Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
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In celebration of opening day of the 2011 Major League Baseball season, Attorney Bill O’Sullivan provided a lecture on the law of baseball to the Sports Law class that I teach with Rob Romano at Quinnipiac School of Law. Attorney O’Sullivan’s presentation covered the legal history of baseball from the perspective of a Mets fan and an attorney. [...]
PBS Frontline aired “Money and March Madness” last night, a feature including the potentially ground-breaking O’Bannon v. NCAA case. Michael McCann of the Sports Law Blog and Sports Illustrated was interviewed for the feature. Here is a brief excerpt regarding the issue of student-athletes’ right to publicity and the NCAA’s argument that student-athletes waive those rights [...]
On Monday, April 4, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., the Yale Law School Sports and Entertainment Law Society will be hosting a panel on contemporary sports law issues. Topics will include the NFL lockout, the possible NBA lockout, age and autonomy restrictions on professional athletes, digital media and the law, antitrust and sports, and many [...]
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Connecticut Sports Law guest columnist Rob Romano for an interview for his new website “Romano on Sports” concerning sports agents. In particular, we discussed the athlete’s process of selecting an agent, the role that personal counsel can play for an athlete, and the regulation of agents. Rob Romano: What advice [...]
