Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
Mark Ecke, the extraordinarily successful football coach at Cheshire High School, resigned this week rather than face a hearing before the Board of Education over his proposed termination. Ecke had been suspended since a junior varsity lacrosse game on May 3, during which his son was injured after a violent hit, triggering Ecke to reportedly scold the referees. Local [...]
1. Connecticut joins California as the only states to pass the Student-Athletes’ Right to Know Act, which provides transparency in the recruiting process and also helps parents and student-athletes ask the right questions during the recruiting process. Introduced by Representative Patricia Dillon and supported by University of New Haven professor Allen Sack and National College Players Association President [...]
Sports Litigation Alert and Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics recently featured my article on the Student-Athletes’ Right to Know Act in their November 2011 issues. (Click on the following link to view the article in PDF: LICA 13-1 reprint Student-Athletes Right to Know Act). I have also posted the article below. My sincere thanks to Holt Hackney, publisher [...]
Will the NHL return to Hartford? Not without a new or refurbished arena, according to the commonly held belief. Howard Baldwin, President of Whalers Sports and Entertainment and chairman of the Connecticut Whale now has a plan to address this need. Baldwin has unveiled a plan to revitalize the XL Center in Hartford, ultimately leading to the return of [...]
A case was recently decided in Bridgeport (Conn.) Superior Court in which the mother of a youth hockey player sued the mother of another player, claiming that she was assaulted – albeit after she allegedly assaulted the defendant’s son. Daniel Tepfer of the Connecticut Post has the story and the strange facts of this case: [...]
UConn QB Box to Transfer Desmond Conner of the Hartford Courant has the story on UConn quarterback Michael Box, who has decided to transfer. Box, who was recently relegated to the running the scout team, reportedly is considering 1-AA schools such as Richmond, Delaware, Coastal Carolina and James Madison. He should be eligible to play immediately by [...]
This week’s news that the UFL has eliminated the Hartford Colonials from the league was hardly a surprise. The league’s financial problems were well documented and the Colonials have been rumored to be on the chopping block for some time. Despite only playing one season, we enjoyed the addition of the Colonials to the Connecticut sporting landscape. Here are [...]
About two weeks ago Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy introduced a budget plan that included cutting the athletic programs from vocational-technical high schools (“Vo-Techs”), which are operated by the state. Tonight, Vanessa De La Torre of the Hartford Courant is reporting that fall sports will be played at Vo-Techs this year, primarily due to scheduling issues: Mark Linabury, spokesman for Acting [...]
