Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
The foundation of collegiate athletics has taken some serious hits over the last few weeks. Taylor Branch’s cover story for The Atlantic Monthly, “The Shame of College Sports” rocked the NCAA, and was dubbed by some as one of the most important articles ever written on the subject. That story was followed by the chaos of conference realignment. [...]
The 2010 NCAA Final Four is set, with only one of the four No. 1 seeds advancing to play in Indianapolis. While the tournament has been characterized by upsets and exciting finishes, the start of the tournament was characterized by the issue of money in collegiate athletics. The proposal to expand the NCAA tournament from 64 [...]
ESPN.com’s Pat Forde, in a scathing editorial, lays blame for the Mayo sacndal at the foot of USC and head basketball coach Tim Floyd. Taking into a account another high-profile scandal that touched USC involving football player Reggie Bush, Forde goes so far as to suggest that USC should receive the NCAA death penalty. While that [...]
ESPN’s Outside the Lines ran a piece yesterday concerning former USC basketball player O.J. Mayo. Since he was in the seventh grade, Mayo has been identified as one of the top basketball talents in the United States. Mayo played for USC this season, but it was a foregone conclusion that his college career would be [...]
“Am I nuts?” Former sneaker pitchman and basketball promoter Sonny Vaccaro wants answers. How can the NCAA, the networks, the coaches and the athletic conferences all profit from big-time college athletics, while the players get nothing? How can the NCAA and NBA keep a talented basketball player from earning a living off of his unique [...]
