Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
Urban Meyer was officially named head football coach at The Ohio State University on Monday after rampant speculation that he’d come out of retirement to coach the Buckeyes. For those of you who are interested in coaching contracts, click here for a copy of the term sheet that Meyer signed with OSU. I’ll post some notes and observations concerning the [...]
In September, I wrote about the difficult situation faced by Al Golden, the first year coach at the University of Miami. While Golden was interviewing with Miami, the university was reportedly aware of former booster Nevin Shapiro’s allegations that he provided millions of dollars in impermissible benefits to at least 72 athletes from 2002 through 2010. Miami, however, never informed Golden [...]
Last week, I discussed some lessons that coaches could take from Al Golden’s situation at the University of Miami – namely the fact that the university did not inform him (or its new athletic director) of the potential scandal concerning Nevin Shapiro and improper benefits provided to players prior to his accepting of the head coaching [...]
As the fallout from the Yahoo! Sports report on widespread NCAA violations at the University of Miami continues, an interesting and somewhat disturbing note came to light regarding Miami’s lack of candor with new head coach Al Golden. Miami, although aware of Nevin Shapiro’s allegations a year ago, said nothing to Golden when he was hired. [...]
“As long as schools stay quick on the trigger to show coaches the door when they are cold, coaches will continue to look for better opportunities when they are hot.” -Russ Campbell, to the San Jose Mercury Times The recent lawsuit brought by Kent State University against its former basketball coach, Geno Ford, demonstrates some [...]
Another mid-major has taken its former head coach from the basketball court to the court house. Kent State University (“Kent State”) sued former men’s basketball coach Geno Ford, alleging that he breached his contract with the university by accepting the head job at Bradley University (“Bradley”). Kent State has also named Bradley as a defendant, alleging that [...]
Erick Smith of the USA Today reported that former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel did not attend a NCAA rules compliance seminar in Tampa this past weekend. Tressel was originally scheduled to attend the seminar as part of Ohio State’s self-imposed penalties. Subsequent to the imposition of those penalties, Sports Illustrated blew the top off of the [...]
Jim Tressel resigned his post as head football coach at the Ohio State University (OSU) on Monday under a cloud of scandal and impending NCAA sanctions. Tressel allegedly attempted to cover-up potential violations by six of his players, who traded OSU memorabilia for tattoos. A Sports Illustrated article by George Dohrmann (with David Epstein) proved to be the final straw, outlining a [...]
