Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
Connecticut Sports Law covers the intersection of sports and the law, inevitably touching upon the business of sports as well. Today’s sports fans seek more than the scores, the betting lines and the injury reports. Consider recent stories in the world of sports: speculation over Patriots QB Matt Cassel’s impending free agent status has run rampant. I’ve heard [...]
Boston.com included an interesting note about the Patriots and their Thanksgiving spirit. Owner Robert Kraft and players Kevin Faulk, Sammy Morris, Ray Ventrone, Larry Izzo, Matthew Slater and Kevin O’Connell handed out foodbaskets to 200 families at Goodwill in Roxbury, Massachusetts on Monday. Perhaps more interesting is that Kraft reportedly includes a clause in every player’s [...]
Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics has featured the article “Another Lawyer Turned AD: Indiana Hires Fred Glass” written by Connecticut Sports Law publisher Dan Fitzgerald in its November issue. The publication of this article is particularly timely, as the NCAA handed down its harshest penalty to former Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson, essentially preventing him from coaching [...]
Bill Simmons of ESPN.com writes about the proliferation of new stadiums in the NFL and the resulting deterioration of home-field advantage. Simmons argues that teams’ never ending search for new revenue streams has pushed true fans to the upper decks and out of the stadium completely, all to the detriment of the home team’s advantage [...]
UConn Head Football Coach Randy Edsall has denied interest in the head job at Syracuse. Nevertheless, the rumors have persisted. In fact, the Hartford Courant ran an article yesterday bearing the headline “Edsall Doesn’t Clarify Position on Coaching Vacancy.” The cases of Nick Saban and Rich Rodriguez, whose hollow denials of interest in other coaching jobs, shortly [...]
Two events are being held in Connecticut tomorrow for those interested in sports law and business. The University of Connecticut School of Law is hosting a career panel tomorrow, November 19 at 12:30 pm, featuring UConn Athletic Director Jeff Hathaway and New York sports attorney Jeffrey Miskin. For more information, click here. The Greater New [...]
Patriots QB Matt Cassel took one more step towards securing a big money contact in free agency, throwing for 400 yards, including 3 touchdowns, and running for another 62 in a heart-breaking loss to the Jets. Mike Lombardi, of The National Football Post, believes that Cassel’s value has increased to the point that the Patriots [...]
Approximately 70,000 New England Patriots fans are preparing to brave the elements to watch tonight’s game against the New York Jets. However, the fans really left in the cold are those who live outside of the Boston area, where the NFL has decided not to simulcast the game on local television channels. Only fans in [...]
