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. [...]
