Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
Dan Canavan, a featured columnist for Connecticut Sports Law, was named to Hartford Business Journal’s 40 Under 40. Congratulations to Dan for the well-deserved honor! Click here to see Dan’s Connecticut Sports Law articles. Dan is also the Carolina Hurricanes correspondent for The Hockey Writers.
Michael Mayko of the Connecticut Post interviewed me for his article, “Ruling sends strong message to other schools”, concerning the case of Biediger v. Quinnipiac University. With respect to the precential value of Judge Underhill’s decision that cheerleading shiould not be considered a sport for Title IX compliance purposes, I had the following observation: “This ruling puts schools [...]
Mark Selig of the Daily News Record interviewed me for his article on the recent judgment of default entered in favor of Marist University against James Madison University. (Click on link to view article Marist Article – Daily News Record). The article covered a number of interesting issues, and I have included a few highlights below: Damages [...]
For those of you who are interested, I have attached Judge Underhill’s Memorandum of Decision in Biediger v. Quinnipiac University. Judge Underhill found, in part, that varsity cheerleading should not be considered a sports for the purposes of compliance with Title IX. Stay tuned for more analysis. Quinnipiac Title IX Decision
UPDATE: Judge Stefan R. Underhill has ruled that cheerleading is not a sports for the purposes of Title IX compliance. More analysis to come. Quinnipiac University and its women’s volleyball team await the decision of U.S. District Court Judge Stefan R. Underhill in the Title IX case that was recently tried. Although Title IX cases naturally [...]
