Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
With the UConn Football team kicking off their season tomorrow night against Hofstra, here are a few things to keep in mind while cheering on Randy Edsall’s Huskies: Randy Edsall is coaching under a new contract, which includes a $1.5 buyout clause should he leave UConn after this season. Rich Rodriguez left West Virginia for Michigan despite a whopping [...]
Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics featured the Connecticut Sports Law Article Setting the Trend in South Bend: Notre Dame Hires Sports Attorney as Athletic Director. To view the article, click on the preceding link. My thanks to Holt Hackney and the staff at Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics.
A New Haven youth baseball league has banned a 9-year-old from pitching, because his 40-mile per hour fastball is too fast. New Haven Attorney John Williams is planning to meet with the player’s parents to discuss available legal options. To read about the business that is Brett Favre, see Andrew Brandt’s article on The National Football Post. As [...]
The death of Gene Upshaw, president of the National Football League Players Association, sent shockwaves through the sports world yesterday. Not only was Upshaw a hugely influential person in the present-day NFL, but he had been for 25 years. Upshaw led the NFL players to the riches of unrestricted free agency and the current collective bargaining agreement [...]
Last month, as I was sitting in Giants Stadium awaiting Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band to begin their first show on the Magic stadium tour, I had a familiar thought – how do the Jets feel at home playing in a stadium that is decorated in red and blue, the color of the [...]
