Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
In the case of Hart v. EA Sports, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that the First Amendment does not trump a student-athlete’s right to publicity, overturning the District Court’s decision. As Rick Karcher writes on the Sports Law Blog, “this is a highly significant and ground-breaking decision by the Third […]
I wasn’t able to post Friday Sports Briefs last week. In its place, here is Monday Sports Briefs: O’Bannon Scores Again Against NCAA The plaintiffs in O’Bannon v. NCAA (In re: Student-Athlete Likeness Litigation) scored another victory over the NCAA. The NCAA sought to prevent the plaintiffs from pursuing a cut of live broadcast revenues, but […]
Here are Connecticut Sports Law’s top story lines of 2012, from 2 through 5. Click here to see 6 through 10. 2. Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel and the trademark rights to his nickname, “Johnny Football.” Heisman Saturday: “Johnny Football” Raises Trademark, NCAA Issues Discussing “Johnny Football” and Trademark Law 3. The pivotal class action lawsuit led […]
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel is now the leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy, which will be awarded tonight. If he takes home the Heisman, interest in “Johnny Football” will be at an all-time high. Accordingly, I wanted to take a closer look at the trademark issues surrounding Manziel’s nickname. As I recently discussed on “The Beat of Sports”, there […]
O’Bannon v. NCAA Scorecard Michael McCann has a brief article in Sports Illustrated summarizing two of the plaintiffs’ recent victories in the potentially game-changing case over the use of the likenesses of NCAA student-athletes. New York Law School Sports Law Symposium The fourth annual New York Law School Sports Law Symposium will be held on […]
Jacobs on UConn Football at Fenway and Beyond In the wake of recent reports of a UConn-Notre Dame game at Fenway Park, Jeff Jacobs has an excellent piece on the possibility of UConn playing home football games at venues other than Rentschler Field: In the past, I was against moving games away from Rentschler. The seismic shift […]
O’Bannon v. NCAA, already one of the most important and fascinating cases in the area of sports law, just became much more interesting. O’Bannon now seeks permission to expand the class action include current Division I football and basketball players. To this point, the suit included only former athletes. Michael McCann has an excellent piece […]
NCAA Pushes for Vaccaro Records in O’Bannon v. NCAA After I posted an update on O’Bannon v. NCAA on Tuesday, another story emerged: the NCAA is pushing for the discovery of Sonny Vaccaro’s records concerning his role in the lawsuit. Vacarro has been referred to as an unpaid consultant for the plaintiffs and has worked to add former […]
