On June 4, 2008, I wrote a piece titled, Let Andy Play. That article and its 51 comments changed this site forever. Andy Oliver, an outstanding pitcher at Oklahoma State University had been suspended by the NCAA because the association found out that at the time Oliver was deciding whether to go to OSU or […]
Ashwin Krishnan (Editor-in-Chief) and Josh Podoll (Submissions Editor) at the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law (JSEL) are currently soliciting and reviewing submissions for the very first edition of its Journal. Their plan is to publish the inaugural issue of the Journal in Spring 2010 and they believe that you kind people reading this […]
One benefit of going to law school is that you have the opportunity to take drafting classes, where you will learn tricks about terms to place in various types of contracts. For instance, this past summer I took a class titled, Analysis and Drafting of Intellectual Property. Our major project was a license agreement, with […]
The recent string of lawsuits arising over NCAA player licensing has raised significant questions about the nature of what it means to be a college athlete, and furthermore, what it means to be an amateur athlete. The pending decisions have the potential to reshape the landscape of college sports and the definition of the word […]
Guest post by Dynasty HR Director, Justin Herzig. Throughout the past week, there has been much discussion over the recent verdict handed down in an Ohio courthouse. Dwayne “Deejay” Hunter, a top football prospect commonly referred to as a big-time hitter with 10.2 100 yard speed, was at the mercy of Judge Andrew Nastoff as […]
Even though the Solicitor General advised the Supreme Court not to grant cert in the case of American Needle Inc. v. National Football League, the Supreme Court decided that it will review the case and see whether the NFL is immune from Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act for the licensing of intellectual property. […]
On the pitch, Chelsea is consistently one of the strongest clubs, but off the field the club has had its fair share of disputes. Most recently, the club received notice that they will lose the privilege of signing new players to their squad until January 2011. Chelsea has stated they plan to mount the strongest […]
What: American Bar Association Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries Annual Meeting When: October 8-10, 2009 Where: Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City I attempted to transcribe the schedule, but it is so long and rich with interesting topics and speakers, that I will just let you check out the brochure yourself. The brochure […]
A few days ago, I received an email from Anastasios “Tassos” Kaburakis, Ph.D., Attorney at Law and Assistant Professor of Sport Law and Sport Management/Director of Sport Management Graduate Program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He wanted to share the announcement of NCAA Division I Proposal 2009-22. The expectation is that the proposal will pass […]
School is about to start back up across the nation, which means that many law schools will start to announce their Sports Law Symposiums for the Fall and Spring semesters. Yesterday, I received an email about Marquette University’s 2009 Conference. Marquette is home of the National Sports Law Institute, one of, if not the, most […]