Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
Mark Selig of the Daily News Record interviewed me for his article on the recent judgment of default entered in favor of Marist University against James Madison University. (Click on link to view article Marist Article – Daily News Record). The article covered a number of interesting issues, and I have included a few highlights below: Damages [...]
The willingness of a small New York university to enforce one of its coaching contracts in a court of law, may effect the virtual free-agency system that has long operated in collegiate athletics. A New York Supreme Court entered a judgment of default in favor of Marist University in its lawsuit against James Madison University (JMU). Marist alleged [...]
The reports of Notre Dame’s interest in UConn Head Football Coach Randy Edsall serve as reminder of the tenuous nature of contractual relationships in collegiate athletics. As the National Football Post’s Robert Boland wrote, “college contracts are made to be broken.” Connecticut Sports Law has also documented the system of virtual free agency in the post Coaching [...]
Sports Litigation Alert recently featured my article on the case of Marist v. Brady, in its July 31, 2009 issue. This article provides a more detailed analysis of the breach of contract case that Marist College brought against Matt Brady, its former basketball coach, which Connecticut Sports Law covered here. My thanks to Holt Hackney, publisher [...]
Sean McMann of the Poughkeepsie Journal quoted me in a story concerning the lawsuit that Marist University recently filed against its former basketball coach, Matt Brady, and Brady’s new employer, James Madison University. The story details a familiar topic, the virtual free agency system that has developed with respect to collegiate coaches: In recent years, [...]
