Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
Here are Connecticut Sports Law’s top story lines of 2011, from 2 through 5. Click here to see 6 through 10. 2. Ed O’Bannon leads a class action lawsuit against the NCAA concerning the use of the images and likenesses of former players. This case, which recently spurred a similar lawsuit by the legendary Bill [...]
On Thursday afternoon, I was the guest speaker at the Central Connecticut Paralegal Association’s (CCPA) Employer Appreciation Luncheon. The topic was O’Bannon v. NCAA, what I described as the most important case in amateur athletics. I truly enjoyed my visit with the members of the CCPA. My sincere thanks to Sharon Spinella, CCPA President, and Lisa Voorvaart, CCPA Vice President, [...]
ESPN.com’s Lester Munson published an interesting article concerning three lawsuits that have the potential to transform collegiate athletics. The lawsuits include O’Bannon v. NCAA; a class action brought by former Rice football player Joseph Agnew regarding the termination of scholarships; and a class action concerning concussions. Munson compares the NCAA’s position to that of Big Tobacco, and details some [...]
On Tuesday evening, I had the privilege of leading a discussion on O’Bannon v. NCAA and the right of publicity in Professor Rob Romano’s graduate sports law class at St. John’s University. Here are some notes and observations that are worth sharing: When I spoke about O’Bannon with high school students, they were extremely familiar with [...]
On Friday I attended the New York Law School Sports Law Symposium. Congratulations and thanks to Elliot Solop and the members of the Sports Law Society, who organized an excellent event. Here a few thoughts from the symposium: The NBA lockout doesn’t garner the same level of interest as the NFL lockout did, which doesn’t [...]
The Shame of College Sports Taylor Branch of The Atlantic Monthly has published an article on the state of collegiate athletics that, according to Frank DeFord, “may well be the most important article ever written about college sports.” The article covers the NCAA’s notion of amateurism, pay-for-play, O’Bannon v. NCAA and other hot-button issues in college sports. There is [...]
I was recently interviewed by Ben McKenna of The Legal Blitz, a sports law blog published by Ben McKenna and Steve Silver, students at Temple Law School. The interview covered a wide range of topics, from how I became involved in sports law to issues in high school and college sports, including concussions and the use [...]
I had the privilege of leading a discussion on O’Bannon v. NCAA and the right of publicity with a group of high school students in the Sports and Entertainment Management Program of the National Student Leadership Conference at Fordham University. Here are some notes and observations that are worth sharing: The students, who were extremely intelligent [...]
