Archive for the 'Sport Law' Category

Poll: Should UConn Still Sign Deal With Notre Dame?

UConn announced that its home and home series with Michigan has been finalized. 
STORRS, Conn. – The University of Connecticut has finalized an agreement with the University of Michigan for a home-and-home football series in the 2010 and 2013 seasons. UConn will travel to Ann Arbor on Sept. 4, 2010 to play in Michigan Stadium while [...]

Alan Milstein on Clarett v. NFL and Prospect of Similar Challenge to NBA Eligibility Restriction

Alan Milstein, who litigated on behalf of Maurice Clarett in Clarett v. NFL (I was also part of Clarett’s legal team), was interviewed over on Hoop Teens about the prospect of a player challenging the NBA’s eligibility rule, which requires that U.S. players be at least 19-years-old by December 31 of the year of [...]

Tuesday Sports Briefs

Ken McGagh / Daily News

More on McCummings
Sean Jacquet of the The MetroWest Daily News features Natick quarterback Scott McCummings, who has committed to UConn.  According to Jacquet, UConn envisions using McCummings as a quarterback:
Several other schools (Syracuse, Stanford, Harvard, Vanderbilt, Rutgers, Florida International) courted the 6-foot-2, 215-pound McCummings – Syracuse reportedly rated him as its [...]

Maple Bats and Antitrust Law

Professor Christopher Robinette of Widener University School of Law and TortsProf Blog passes along a provocative student note written by Steve Matzura, who will be graduating from Widener Law next May. Matzura’s note, which is being published by the Widener Law Journal, is titled, “Will Maple Bats Splinter Baseball’s Antitrust Exemptions?: The Rule of Reason [...]

Glen "Big Baby" Davis and The $500,000 Diet

Sports contracts include all sorts of bonuses in order to incentivize behavior, but this one caught my attention:
The Boston Celtics are bringing back Glen “Big Baby” Davis, who agreed to a two-year deal that could pay $6 million . . . Davis will receive $5 million in base salary and can earn an additional 500,000 [...]

UConn Signs Natick QB Scott McCummings

According to Desmond Connor of the Hartford Courant, UConn received an oral comittment from Scott McCummings, a quarterback from Natick High School (Natick, Mass).
As a Natick football alum, this news brings great excitement.  Although I haven’t seen McCummings play in person, I can assure the Husky faithful that he is well coached.  Natick Head Coach [...]

Alito on the Baseball Antitrust "Exemption"

In 2008, Justice Alito gave a speech to the Supreme Court Historical Society on Major League Baseball’s antitrust status, as Howard and Ed Edmonds discussed here and here. Justice Alito’s remarks have now been published in the Journal of Supreme Court History, and are available on-line.

What if Rick Pitino Had Been a Woman?

Professor Joseph Kohm, who teaches sports law at Regent University School of Law and is a certified MLB agent (and former member of the Syracuse men’s basketball team), checks in with an interesting question:

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My wife [Professor Lynne Marie Kohn] teaches Family Law and Gender in the Law at Regent University and she asked [...]

NHL Finally Takes Ownership of Phoenix Coyotes

By Dan Canavan
After obtaining approval from Bankruptcy Judge Redfield T. Baum, the NHL officially became the owner of your Phoenix Coyotes on November 2, 2009.  After a series of bankruptcy setoffs and other creditor transactions, the NHL paid approximately $140 million for the Coyotes.  The NHL and the other 29 clubs will shoulder the cost [...]

Big East Men’s Basketball Preview

By Richard Kent
1. Villanova: They are so deep at guard that it is scary.  A Final Four team last year.Corey Fisher leads.
2. WVU: Da’Sean Butler may be the best player in the Big East.
3. UConn: Also a Final Four team last year.  They boast the best coach in Jim Calhoun.  Stanley Robinson should have a [...]