Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
A brand new, seasoning-opening college basketball tournament is coming to Connecticut this fall. The Connecticut 6 Classic was announced yesterday, and is drawing attention as much for the six involved schools – Quinnipiac, Fairfield, Yale, Hartford, Central Connecticut and Sacred Heart – as the school that has been left out – UConn. The exclusion of UConn [...]
On the heels of a Federal Court injunction preventing Quinnipiac from dropping its women’s volleyball team until a full trial could be held, the university announced that the team had been reinstated. However, that was not the last word for Quinnipiac, which also announced that it was cutting its men’s indoor track team. Quinnipiac has [...]
Michael P. Mayko and MariAn Gail Brown of the Connecticut Post quoted me in an article about the Title IX lawsuit against Quinnipiac University concerning the school’s decision to drop women’s volleyball from its athletic program. I was quoted on connection with the three prongs of the test for Title IX compliance: Even if the number [...]
Quinnipiac University’s athletic program appeared to be riding high in recent years. In January 2007, the $52 million TD BankNorth Center opened, providing a state-of-the-art facility and key recruiting tool for its basketball and hockey programs. A few months later, Quinnipiac hired former UConn assistant Tom Moore to coach its men’s basketball team. Moore used his [...]
UPDATE: This event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled. The Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce is presenting a panel discussion entitled ”Connecticut Sports, Business & Beyond!”on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at the TD Banknorth Sports Center at Quinnipiac University from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. The panel will be moderated by Joe D’Ambrosio of WTIC and ESPN [...]
