Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
New York Mets Prevail in Fan’s Suit Over Broken Bat Rob Romano has the story on Attorney Carla Varriale, who successfully defended the New York Mets against a claim by a fan who alleged that he was injured after a bat shattered during a game at Shea Stadium. UConn Huskies Draft Central With the NFL Draft [...]
Katie Thomas of the New York Times has published an outstanding article on some colleges’ practice of manipulating the rosters of their women’s athletic teams to comply with Title IX. Here is an excerpt of the article: …as women have grown to 57 percent of American colleges’ enrollment, athletic programs have increasingly struggled to field a proportional number of [...]
The recent Notice of Allegations issued by the NCAA against Ohio State University (OSU) head football coach Jim Tressel are uniquely personal. He is alleged to have withheld information from OSU to keep his players, who received improper benefits and otherwise violated NCAA rules, eligible. The case presents a clear situation of a coach needing personal counsel [...]
U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson ruled in favor of NFL players on their motion for preliminary injunction, thus lifting the owners’ lockout. The NFL promises to seek a stay of the ruling and an expedited appeal. In the meantime, players are trying to decide whether to report for work tomorrow morning and the league is trying to [...]
Titans and USC Settle Suit Over Running Backs Coach The University of Southern California (USC) and the Tennessee Titans have settled their lawsuit over USC’s hiring of running backs coach Kennedy Pola while he was under contract with the Titans. The terms of the settlement are confidential. Despite the quiet end to this suit, the legal issues [...]
