Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
In 2009, the UConn football program left an undeniable impression upon the NFL Draft, with four players chosen in the first two rounds. In 2010, two UConn players were chosen. UConn looks to continue its success in the 2011 NFL Draft, and is off to an excellent start with an all-time high of six players invited [...]
Behind the NFL’s Labor Negotiations Andrew Brandt of the National Football Post takes a look behind the curtain at the mediation between the NFL and the NFL Players Association, with mediator George Cohen. Brandt’s The Busine$$ of Football column is excellent reading for all NFL fans asking the question of whether there will be football in [...]
The Connecticut General Assembly is considering a bill requiring colleges and universities to more fully disclose the terms and conditions of scholarship offers made to high school athletes. Proposed House Bill 5415, entitled “An Act Requiring the Informed Consent of Prospective Athletes Being Recruited to Institutions of Higher Education,” reads as follows: Be it enacted by [...]
The story of UConn’s alleged NCAA violations in the recruitment of Nate Miles, which Yahoo! Sports broke in March 2009, finally has an ending. The NCAA’s Committee on Infractions has levied various recruiting sanctions against UConn, and surprisingly has suspended UConn coach Jim Calhoun for the first three Big East games of next season. UConn has [...]
By Dan Canavan On Saturday, Connecticut hockey fans turned their shoulders into the wind and huddled into Rentschler Field to be a part of the Whale Bowl, the main event of a two-week hockey festival produced by Howard Baldwin and Whalers Sports and Entertainment (“WSE”). The exact number of fans who watched Baldwin’s Connecticut Whale take [...]
