Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
The past two nights have brought two fresh events to the Connecticut sports scene. On one end of the spectrum, professional football visited Hartford in the form of the United Football League (UFL). At the opposite end, six college basketball teams kicked off a showcase of Division I teams not named UConn. Inspired by the fifty-five year old “Philadelphia [...]
A few years back the City of Hartford launched an advertising campaign designed to attract more young people to live and work in the City. One of the more infamous promotions included a billboard placed on I-84 that read “Come to Hartford. I swear, it’s fun.” The billboard was derided as an indictment of people’s expectations [...]
By Dan Canavan While sitting in the Rentschler Field press box preparing for Thursday night’s UFL contest, my colleague Dan Fitzgerald leaned over and whispered: “which team is which?” The teams had just run out on to the field through a pyrotechnic display, and with all the pregame excitement, press box buffet and Doug Flutie [...]
UFL Commissioner Michael Huyghue spoke to the assembled media at Rentschler Field on a variety of items concerning the business of the UFL. Here are some notes and highlights from the discussion: Single Entity The UFL employs a single entity business model. All teams share a single training facility and one General Manager handles personnel matters for all four [...]
Passing Game: despite a few near misses, the passing appears to be a step up from what UConn fans are used to; after all the QBs – Brooks Bollinger and Quinn Gray (who got hurt right before the half) - have legitimate NFL experience Advertising: long, short video boards with changing advertisements stretch along the sidelines and in the end zones, [...]
Dan Canavan and I are in the press box at Rentschler Field field for the first United Football League game to be held in East Hartford, Connecticut. We’re covering the New York Sentinels’ game versus the Florida Tuskers focusing primarily on the business aspects of the start-up league. A few local connections: College Football Hall of Famer and [...]
Connecticut Sports Law has been named to the First and Goal blog’s recently published list, “Top 50 Blogs for Sports Agents & Managers.” Here are all of the blogs in the sports law category that were listed: Sports Law Blogs There are a lot of legal issues involved with sports. Contracts represent lots of money [...]
Sox and Dawgs has the scoop on the copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Bart Steele against Turner Broadcasting, Major League Baseball, The Boston Red Sox, and Bon Jovi. The lawsuit arises from what Steele alleges to be the improper use of his song “Man I Love This Team” in the production of a commercial for [...]
