Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
NCAA President Mark Emmert recently spoke with Tavis Smiley of PBS concerning the Penn State scandal and the possibility of NCAA sanctions, including the so-called “death penalty” for the Penn State football program. See the video below (via You Tube and Erick Smith, USA Today).
PBS Frontline aired “Money and March Madness” last night, a feature including the potentially ground-breaking O’Bannon v. NCAA case. Michael McCann of the Sports Law Blog and Sports Illustrated was interviewed for the feature. Here is a brief excerpt regarding the issue of student-athletes’ right to publicity and the NCAA’s argument that student-athletes waive those rights […]
