Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
I am pleased to announce that I’ll be speaking at an event entitled Transitioning to College Athletics, hosted by the Fairfield Prep Fathers’ Club, on Thursday evening. Other speakers include Stephen Donahue, Fairfield Prep Athletic Director; Bob Ford, Jr., coach of State Championship Cross Country team; other Prep coaches and my friend Joe Rog. I look forward to discussing the [...]
Last night, I had the pleasure of serving as a panelist for a Connecticut Bar Association event entitled Secrets of the Law Bloggers: The Benefits and Challenges of Writing a Law Blog. For those in attendance, I hope that the panel was interesting and informative. Connecticut occupies an interesting position in the world of legal blogging. Law bloggers from [...]
Last night, I had the privilege of serving as a panelist at Pace Law School’s Television and Sports Law Panel, joining attorneys Michael Steger, Elizabeth Corradino, John Baranello and Paul Haberman and special guest speakers Antranig Balian and Vinny Guadagnino. Topics ranged from the New Orleans Saints’ bounty system, to working with agents and managers, to career advice in [...]
I am pleased to announce that I’ll be a panelist at Pace Law School’s Television and Sports Law Panel to be held on Monday, March 5 at 6 p.m. I’ll be joining Michael Steger (Former in-house counsel for “America’s Most Wanted”), John Baranello (Entertainment Litigator, Moses & Singer) and Paul Haberman (HPM&B, 8 Count News) as panelists. [...]
I am pleased to announce that I’ll be a speaker at a Connecticut Bar Association event entitled Secrets of the Law Bloggers: The Benefits and Challenges of Writing a Law Blog, on March 6, from 5:30 to 7:30 at Pullman and Comley in Hartford. The other speakers are prominent Connecticut bloggers Adrian M. Baron (The [...]
Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics recently featured my article on Gunner Kiel and verbal commitments in the recruiting process. (Click on the following link to view the article in PDF: Gunner Kiel Demonstrates that Verbal Commitments Are Not Binding). I have also posted the article below. My sincere thanks to Holt Hackney, publisher of Legal Issues in Collegiate [...]
ESPN is reporting that Todd O’Brien’s final appeal in his waiver request was denied by the NCAA. Andy Katz writes, “Saint Joseph’s has finally won. It’s over. Todd O’Brien won’t play college basketball this season for UAB.” For those of you who are unfamiliar with O’Brien’s story, see my post Todd O’Brien Denied Release By St. Joseph’s. [...]
Patriots’ O’Brien to be Named Head Coach at Penn State Bill O’Brien, Offensive Coordinator of the New England Patriots, will be named Head Coach at Penn State University according to a number of sources, including Erick Smith of USA Today. It will be interesting to see the details of O’Brien’s contract considering recent events at [...]
