Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
Sports Litigation Alert recently featured my latest article on the Al Golden – University of Miami situation, in its September 9, 2011 issue. The article, which I have posted below, provides a more detailed analysis of the lessons that coaches can learn from this story (click on the following link to see the reprint in PDF Miami’s Dealings with Al Golden Provide [...]
Al Golden and the Case for Longer Coaching Contracts Dave Krieder of MaxPreps has written an excellent article on his interview with Tom Lemming about Miami football coach Al Golden. Lemming believes that Miami needs to extend Golden’s contract to allow him to clean up the program. Lemming also believes that longer contracts would alleviate cheating by [...]
Charles Robinson of Yahoo! Sports reports that former Miami football booster Nevin Shapiro provided millions of dollars in impermissible benefits to at least 72 athletes from 2002 through 2010. The story, in the midst of various discussions of reform in collegiate athletics and pay-for-play, could have far-reaching ramifications. The details of the benefits provided to Miami football players by [...]
Clemens Indicted on Charges of Perjury A federal grand jury indicted Roger Clemens for allegedly lying to Congress over his use of performance enhancing drugs. Clemens, via Twitter, has denied the charges: ”I never took HGH or Steroids. And I did not lie to Congress. I look forward to challenging the Governments accusations, and hope [...]
A few months back, I wrote that the registration for the mark “Hartford Whalers” had expired. This discussion is relevant, because new Hartford Whalers jerseys are back on the market. According to Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports’ blog Puck Daddy, IceJerseys.com is selling 1979 Hartford Whalers replica jerseys: Strike up the Brass Bonanza, because that’s about to change. [...]
Despite UConn’s Final Four matchup with Michigan State tomorrow, details surrounding UConn’s alleged recruiting violations continue to be explored. Dave Altimari of the Hartford Courant discusses UConn’s legal fees in connection with the allegations: In the past two years the state has paid Bond, Schoeneck & King, a firm with offices in Overland Park, Kan., [...]
The UConn men’s basketball team, in advancing to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament, did its best to remove the accusations of NCAA violations from the front of the sports page. Nevertheless, the alleged NCAA violations continue to be explored. Paul Doyle of The Hartford Courant examines how UConn’s administration and oversight of its [...]
Yahoo! Sports has reported that UConn may have committed major violations of NCAA rules in the recruitment of basketball player Nate Miles. In a story written by Adrian Wojnarowski and Dan Wetzel, UConn is linked to former student manager turned agent Josh Nochimson in connection with two potential violations of NCAA rules in the recruitment of Miles. [...]
