Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
By Dan Canavan Thirty-five years ago today, the Whalers played their first game in Hartford on January 11, 1975. Somewhere in the then new Hartford Civic Center, Whalers founder Howard Baldwin was busy greeting fans, receiving accolades, and entertaining community leaders. Baldwin had just uprooted his World Hockey Association squad from Boston, and moved the [...]
Here are Connecticut Sports Law’s top story lines of 2009, from 2 through 5. Click here to see 6 through 10. 2. Oliver v. NCAA. Does a student-athlete have a right to legal counsel when negotiating a contract with a Major League Baseball Team? A Ohio judge thinks so, but the NCAA disagrees. Although this [...]
With 2009 coming to a close, I have compiled a list of the top story lines and accompanying blog posts from the past year. Part I will list story lines 6 through 10; Part II will be posted tomorrow and will include 2 through 5; and the top story line will be posted on New Year’s Eve. Thank you for your readership, [...]
By Dan Canavan In an era where Jacksonville, Memphis, and Oklahoma City host major league franchises, Hartford sports fans are asking themselves: Why not us? Here are 5 steps that can bring the big leagues back to Connecticut. 1. New Building. The XL Center is at the end of its useful life and falls well below [...]
A few years back the City of Hartford launched an advertising campaign designed to attract more young people to live and work in the City. One of the more infamous promotions included a billboard placed on I-84 that read “Come to Hartford. I swear, it’s fun.” The billboard was derided as an indictment of people’s expectations [...]
Passing Game: despite a few near misses, the passing appears to be a step up from what UConn fans are used to; after all the QBs – Brooks Bollinger and Quinn Gray (who got hurt right before the half) - have legitimate NFL experience Advertising: long, short video boards with changing advertisements stretch along the sidelines and in the end zones, [...]
With the introduction of retro Hartford Whalers jerseys to the market, questions concerning the rights to the mark “Hartford Whalers” abound. The prevailing thought appears to be that the City of Hartford or State of Connecticut owned the trademark rights to “Hartford Whalers” but let the registration expire this summer. There is confusion over whether the rights [...]
A few months back, I wrote that the registration for the mark “Hartford Whalers” had expired. This discussion is relevant, because new Hartford Whalers jerseys are back on the market. According to Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports’ blog Puck Daddy, IceJerseys.com is selling 1979 Hartford Whalers replica jerseys: Strike up the Brass Bonanza, because that’s about to change. [...]
