A few summer observations and other commentary:
First, over the summer, I was fortunate to visit for several weeks in Los Angeles and San Diego where I spent my formidable years growing up. I was struck repeatedly by something I had never noticed before. I spent nearly every day of my time [...]
I just received received an email alert from the Sports Business Daily that NCAA President Myles Brand died from pancreatic cancer at age 67.
For those who have been following the Supreme Court case American Needle v. NFL, this Friday clothing manufacturer American Needle Inc. will file its opening brief, arguing that the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals was wrong to define the NFL as a single-entity under Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
As many of you know, I [...]
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, 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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.