The UConn men’s basketball team, in advancing to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament, did its best to remove the accusations of NCAA violations from the front of the sports page. Nevertheless, the alleged NCAA violations continue to be explored. Paul Doyle of The Hartford Courant examines how UConn’s administration and oversight of its [...]
3 Points on UConn’s Alleged NCAA Violations
March 26, 2009 By 6 Comments
In today’s Hartford Courant, Paul Doyle examines the biggest story in Connecticut sports – the allegations that UConn violated NCAA rules during the recruitment of Nate Miles. As you’ll see, I am quoted in the story (the Courant’s print version identifies me as “Daniel Fitzpatrick”, instead of Daniel Fitzgerald…which is slightly better than the first time [...]
Calhoun Responds to Allegations of NCAA Violations
March 26, 2009 By 2 Comments
Yahoo! Reports that UConn Broke Recruiting Rules
March 25, 2009 By 6 Comments
Yahoo! Sports has reported that UConn may have committed major violations of NCAA rules in the recruitment of basketball player Nate Miles. In a story written by Adrian Wojnarowski and Dan Wetzel, UConn is linked to former student manager turned agent Josh Nochimson in connection with two potential violations of NCAA rules in the recruitment of Miles. [...]
The Legal Situation of NFL’s Donte Stallworth
March 21, 2009 By 1 Comment
One-time New England Patriots player Donte Stallworth finds himself in serious legal trouble after he struck and killed a pedestrian with his Bentley last week. Reports have indicated that Stallworth may have been intoxicated at the time of the accident. For the criminal and civil ramifications, check out this video from the Legal Broadcast Network. (Thank [...]
ConnTIP: A New Connecticut Blog
March 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Gregg Lallier and I have launched a new blog: Connecticut Technology & Intellectual Property, or “ConnTIP” (http://conntip.com). The blog will cover news, events and issues affecting the high-tech industry in Connecticut, of both a legal and non-legal nature, including intellectual property issues. In addition, ConnTIP will cover national and international developments of note. As always, I’ll [...]
Can Rule-Abiding Players Sue Alleged Cheaters? English Soccer Squabble May Hold the Answers
March 18, 2009 By 4 Comments
Imagine if Mike Greenwell sued Jose Canseco for the loss of endorsements that Greenwell would have received had he won Major League Baseball’s MVP award in 1988, rather than the artificially enhanced Canseco. And what if Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk and some of their St. Louis Rams teammates sued the New England Patriots on the grounds that the team’s [...]
UConn Poised to Make Mark on NFL Draft
March 17, 2009 By 1 Comment
Win-loss record, conference record, out-of-conference schedule, bowl appearances, and recruiting: just a few measures of a collegiate football program. But what about the number of players that the program sends to the NFL? When a program takes fairly unheralded recruits, and develops them into top NFL prospects, that is a clear reflection on the quality of the [...]
