Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
Is there a market for sports agents in Connecticut? This is a question that I have been asked a number of times. My response is often “yes, see Joe Linta.” (Also, see my post “Is There A Market for Sports Agents in Connecticut? Next Question!”) Chip Malafronte of the New Haven Register, wrote an interesting [...]
Memorial Field, home field of the Natick High School football team, epitomizes New England high school football. The field is located a short walk from the school, with a tree-lined street and a pond in between. The layout is simple, with steel gray bleachers, concession stands and a light bulb scoreboard. Perhaps the most unique [...]
As Connecticut golfers start to dust off their clubs and visit the local driving ranges, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is taking extraordinary measures to block the development of the Yale Farms Golf Course in Litchfield County, as reported by Rinker Buck of the Hartford Courant: In what Blumenthal, the state attorney general, called an [...]
This is UConn Country. Most Connecticut residents associate the colors of navy and gray and the white husky dog with the UConn athletic program. Certainly it is understandable if local businesses use similar color schemes or incorporate UConn’s mascot into their products, logos or storefronts. Other businesses might use similar designs by mere happenstance. But [...]
Christian Nolan of the Connecticut Law Tribune quoted me in an interesting article entitled “When Lawyers are Part of The Game,” which is featured in this week’s edition of the paper. Click the following link to read the article in its entirety: when-lawyers-are-part-of-the-game. The article discusses NCAA compliance against the backdrop of the allegations of recruiting violations at [...]
Jim Calhoun, UConn’s Hall of Fame basketball coach, will return to coach the Huskies next season. In a statement, Calhoun announced his return: It is my full intention to return for the 2009-10 season…I look forward to coaching next season and to continuing as the head coach at Connecticut into the future. In many ways, [...]
I recently came across an excellent blog – Ultimate Sports Insider - by Michael Cross. Cross, the Executive Associate Director of Athletics at Princeton University, uniquely covers the business aspects of collegiate athletics. Most recently he wrote about the case of Oliver v. NCAA (covered here on Connecticut Sports Law), and asks whether the presence of agents will [...]
In the wake of reports that UConn has paid nearly $80,000 in legal fees to outside counsel in connection with NCAA compliance this year, I have received a number of questions concerning the role of an attorney with respect to such matters. The following are two of the most commonly asked questions: 1. What types of NCAA compliance [...]
