Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules
What: Santa Clara Law 2011 Sports Law Symposium When: September 8, 2011 (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.) Where: Locatelli Center, Santa Clara University (map) Topics: Concussions (Keynote: DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director, NFLPA), Steroids (Keynote: Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN Investigative Reporter), Labor Strife (Keynote: William B. Gould, IV, former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board), and the Use of Player Images…
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What: Harvard Law School 2011 Sports Law Symposium When: Friday, March 25, 2011 (9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.) Where: Ames Courtroom (9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) and Austin West (1:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.) PANEL #1 – AMATEURISM PANEL - 9:30-10:40am Different sports entities answer the question “what it means to be an amateur” in different…
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You have heard of Brandon Jennings. He had problems attaining the requisite scores to go to a D1 school and decided to play his first year out of high school overseas. His struggles were documented, but he was still a lottery pick of the Milwaukee Bucks. There were many doubters. He has shut them up…
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The NCAA’s agenda in certain situations involving schools and athletes is certainly questionable. Grassroots basketball enthusiast Sonny Vaccaro made some interesting points recently in an interview with Henry Abbot here. On the topic of Derrick Rose and the wins vacated from Memphis, it is possible the NCAA came down hard on the Tigers because the…
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The time has come. I have read article after article and received tweet after tweet about a couple of high profile lawsuits against the NCAA and Collegiate Licensing Company (one also includes Electronic Arts as a defendant), so it’s time to stop collecting tabs on my Firefox browser and address some of the issues involved…
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On paper, Renardo Sidney looks like a star…The next big thing. ESPNU has the McDonald’s All-American power forward from Fairfax High School ranked as the #7 player in the country. A 2007 Sports Illustrated article even predicted Sidney to be the first pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. In the last few weeks, this high…
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The video above is quite humorous. The video under this text and before the links is not intended to give you a laugh, but still is pretty damn good in my book. It has been a relaxing week. I finished my last finals of my second year of law school, and had a lot of…
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In every generation, one athlete makes a bold move, laces up a new pair of shoes never seen before, and does something that turns the footwear industry on its head. In 1936, Adi Dassler came to the Berlin Games with a suitcase of track spikes and persuaded Jesse Owens to give them a try. When…
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I briefly mentioned Brandon Jennings yesterday and then came to find out that the soon-to-be overseas youngster just signed a deal with UnderArmour. Since right around the 2008 NBA Draft, I had heard rumors from many industry insiders about UnderArmour making a push into the basketball shoe market. Derrick Rose’s name was mentioned as the…
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Brandon Jennings decided to go overseas to play for Pallacanestro Virtus Roma in the Italian league instead of going to Arizona. Apparently he did not have the scores to play for U of A and additionally wanted to start making cash now instead of waiting a year. Let’s make one thing clear, though: Jennings did not…
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