Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
In what ESPN’s Mike Greenberg described as ”another outrage in the NCAA,” Florida International University (FIU) has denied basketball player Dominque Ferguson permission to contact other schools regarding a potential transfer. Ferguson reportedly appealed the denial, but his appeal was unsuccessful. Ferguson sought to leave FIU for a number of reasons, including the departure of his coach, [...]
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. [...]
SI.com has posted an interesting letter from Todd O’Brien, a former basketball player at St. Joseph’s University presently attending the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB). O’Brien transferred to UAB as a graduate student and intended to take advantage of the same NCAA rule that allows graduate students, such as Wisconsin’s Russell Wilson, to transfer for their last year of eligibility [...]
I grew up in Massachusetts and followed Fall River’s Chris Herren, mostly while he played for Fresno State and the Celtics. So for me, Jonathan Hock’s documentary “Unguarded”, which aired on ESPN this week, was a must see. Hock’s film did not disappoint and it was every bit as captivating as his other ESPN film, “The Best That [...]
UConn Offers Scholarship to Masuk QB Casey Cochran Sean Patrick Bowley of the Connecticut Post reports that UConn has offered Masuk quarterback Casey Cochran a football scholarship. Cochran, who has also been offered a scholarship by Boston College, is the son of well-known high school coach Jack Cochran. He’s coached by John Murphy at Masuk and also trains with [...]
Numerous outlets are reporting that the NFL owners and players have agreed to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement. Peter King of SI.com reports that the player representatives from each team have scheduled a conference call at 11 a.m to vote on the deal. King also discusses the highlights of the deal in his Monday [...]
Pittsburgh Steelers’ running back Rashard Mendenhall has sued Hanesbrands, Inc., the parent company of Champion, over the termination of his endorsement deal with the brand. Champion allegedly dropped Mendenhall in the wake of his comments about September 11 and the death of Osama Bin Laden on his Twitter page. According to an Associated Press article posted [...]
McAdoo Denied Injunction, Unlikely to play in 2011 University of North Carolina football player Michael McAdoo was denied a preliminary injunction in his lawsuit against the university and NCAA that would have allowed him to play football in this, his senior year. Although McAdoo’s lawsuit can continue, it is unlikely to be resolved in time for [...]
