Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
Katie Thomas of the New York Times has published an outstanding article on some colleges’ practice of manipulating the rosters of their women’s athletic teams to comply with Title IX. Here is an excerpt of the article: …as women have grown to 57 percent of American colleges’ enrollment, athletic programs have increasingly struggled to field a proportional number of [...]
Here are Connecticut Sports Law’s top story lines of 2010, from 2 through 5. Click here to see 6 through 10. 2. Marist University’s lawsuit against James Madison University provides another chapter in the story of virtual free agency in college coaching. A Beacon in Poughkeepsie: Marist Claims Victory Over James Madison in Coaching Contract Suit More on Marist [...]
For those of you who are interested, I have attached Judge Underhill’s Memorandum of Decision in Biediger v. Quinnipiac University. Judge Underhill found, in part, that varsity cheerleading should not be considered a sports for the purposes of compliance with Title IX. Stay tuned for more analysis. Quinnipiac Title IX Decision
UPDATE: Judge Stefan R. Underhill has ruled that cheerleading is not a sports for the purposes of Title IX compliance. More analysis to come. Quinnipiac University and its women’s volleyball team await the decision of U.S. District Court Judge Stefan R. Underhill in the Title IX case that was recently tried. Although Title IX cases naturally [...]
Trial in the Title IX lawsuit brought by members of the Quinnipiac University volleyball program against the University is set to begin today in United States District Court in Bridgeport. Doug Malan of the Connecticut Law Tribune has a nice piece on the case. Malan writes that although Quinnipiac reinstated the volleyball program after the [...]
By Davidson G. Lucas The television rating for the NFL draft increased 62% between 2002 and 2008[1]. Fans of professional teams are interested to see which college players will be selected by their team while college football fans tune in to see where the recently departed stars from their team will play professionally. The NFL draft is organized [...]
Another National Signing Day in college football is upon us - an exciting and joyous occasion for high school student-athletes preparing to play ball at the next level. But student-athletes and their families should enter into a Letter of Intent with eyes wide open, as this contract is fraught with legal issues. Connecticut Sports Law has covered these issues in some detail: Signing [...]
Future of Quinnipiac Volleyball Still in Doubt? A recent post on the Title IX Blog discusses the state of women’s volleyball at Quinnipiac. More specifically, the post queries whether Quinnipiac will consider once again cutting its volleyball team, now that competitive cheering has resolved the school’s gender inequities. For more on the Quinnipiac Title IX [...]
