Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
Al Golden and the Case for Longer Coaching Contracts Dave Krieder of MaxPreps has written an excellent article on his interview with Tom Lemming about Miami football coach Al Golden. Lemming believes that Miami needs to extend Golden’s contract to allow him to clean up the program. Lemming also believes that longer contracts would alleviate cheating by [...]
Twenty-three of players in last season’s Pro Bowl entered the NFL as undrafted free agents (UFAs), including Wes Welker, Arian Foster and Miles Austin. This statistic, along with the recent ESPN documentary Brady 6, serve as a reminder that scouting for the NFL Draft is an inexact science. Typically, NFL teams begin signing priority UFAs [...]
New York Mets Prevail in Fan’s Suit Over Broken Bat Rob Romano has the story on Attorney Carla Varriale, who successfully defended the New York Mets against a claim by a fan who alleged that he was injured after a bat shattered during a game at Shea Stadium. UConn Huskies Draft Central With the NFL Draft [...]
What are the implications of the decertification of the players’ union? NFL owners have been exempt from antitrust suits by their players on account of the non-statutory labor exemption. In its simplest terms, the non-statutory labor exemption favors union agreements over antitrust laws. (It is the non-statutory labor exemption that ultimately defeated Maurice Clarett’s challenge of the NFL’s [...]
In 2009, the UConn football program left an undeniable impression upon the NFL Draft, with four players chosen in the first two rounds. In 2010, two UConn players were chosen. UConn looks to continue its success in the 2011 NFL Draft, and is off to an excellent start with an all-time high of six players invited [...]
