Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
Gunner Kiel, the top rated pro-style quarterback in high school football, made news last week when we decided to attend the University of Notre Dame, instead of Louisiana State University. It was the second time that Kiel changed his mind concerning his choice of school. Kiel originally provided a verbal commitment to Indiana, before switching to [...]
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. [...]
Steve Berkowitz and Jodi Upton of the USA Today recently featured an interesting article on collegiate athletic directors and their salaries, comparing them to CEOs of corporations. (Also see their chart with the salaries of Division I athletic directors). Both athletic directors featured, Mark Hollis of Michigan State and Dave Brandon of Michigan, have extensive [...]
“As long as schools stay quick on the trigger to show coaches the door when they are cold, coaches will continue to look for better opportunities when they are hot.” -Russ Campbell, to the San Jose Mercury Times The recent lawsuit brought by Kent State University against its former basketball coach, Geno Ford, demonstrates some [...]
The play-in round of the NCAA Tournament is scheduled to tip off tonight. Brackets are filled out and fans are waiting to see if their upset picks are going to run the table. Seemingly each year a mid-major exceeds expectations and plays deep into the tournament. Often times the coaches for these schools become hot prospects, as [...]
The annual Randy Edsall Watch is underway in Connecticut with reports that Coach Edsall has discussed the University of Miami’s coaching vacancy with the University’s Athletic Director. These reports remind me of the following article that I wrote about the state of collegiate coaching contracts. The reports of Notre Dame’s interest in UConn Head Football Coach Randy [...]
UConn proved that a Big East team could beat a team from the vaunted Southeastern Conference, as the Huskies beat South Carolina 20-7 in the PapaJohns.com Bowl. After a season that was defined by the tragic passing of UConn’s Jasper Howard, a string of impossibly close losses, a huge win at Notre Dame, and the [...]
Nearly two years passed from the announcement that UConn would play Notre Dame until this past Saturday. During this time the conversation over these teams focused on sports business issues. Why wouldn’t Notre Dame play UConn at Rentschler Field? If UConn played Notre Dame at Giants’ Stadium, how would the gate be split? If UConn played Notre Dame at Gillette Stadium how [...]
