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Ed O'Bannon's victory against the NCAA upheld by Ninth Circuit
Here's my take for Sports Illustrated on Ed O'Bannon winning the appeal in the Ninth Circuit, which (in the NCAA's favor) also eliminated the proposed $5,000 per year payment to student-athletes.
View ArticleRegulating Professional Sports Leagues: A Debate
Earlier this year, the Washington & Lee Law Review published my article "Regulating Professional Sports Leagues." The article advances the case for a proposition that is admittedly unlikely to be...
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Peter King to speak at the University of New Hampshire Deflategate course
You are invited to attend a lecture by MMQB Editor-in-Chief and Sports Illustrated senior NFL writer Peter King at the University of New Hampshire this Wednesday, October 7, from 5:10 to 8 pm in...
View ArticleNew Law Review Article: The Curiously Confounding Curt Flood Act
As most sports law enthusiasts are well aware, although Major League Baseball has traditionally benefited from a judicially created antitrust exemption, it does not enjoy blanket antitrust immunity...
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Impact of Insider Trading allegations on legality of Daily Fantasy Sports
I have a new article for Sports Illustrated on how allegations of insider trading may impact the legal of daily fantasy sports. Also be sure to see the excellent commentary by our colleague Daniel...
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Thabo Sefolosha Trial
The New York City trial of Atlanta Hawks guard Thabo Sefolosha has begun. My Sports Illustrated legal analysis on what to expect.
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UNH Law panel on Cardinals-Astros Hack and Analytics Security for Teams
Image from the Pandora SocietyYou are invited to attend a panel discussion at the University of New Hampshire School of Law next Thursday, October 15, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm on the legal and technology...
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Baseball and Viewpoint Discrimination?
As students are aware of my baseball allegiances, I am getting many questions and comments from students about the Cubs current position in the baseball playoffs. One student shared this story from...
View ArticleSalary Arbitration in Sports Conference
On Thursday, November 19th a trio of veteran sports agents will host the inaugural Salary Arbitration in Sports conference at St. John's University School of Law in Queens. The SAS conference will...
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MIT Lecture: The Law and Science of Deflategate
If you're interested in the law and science of Deflategate, we hope that you attend a special lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday, Dec 11th from 2:30 to 4 pm. MIT Professor...
View ArticleCrowdfunding college sports
The New York Times tells of a Clemson fan who has launched UBooster, a site designed to allow college sports fans to pledge money to help attract high school athletes to the donors' preferred...
View ArticleCrowdfeeding
Apparently, crowdfunding can rely on the adage, "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach." A Baltimore crab house has offered Orioles star Chris Davis free crab cakes for his life and for the...
View ArticlePete Rose remains banned from Major League Baseball
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced today that it would not reinstate Pete Rose, concluding that Rose had not presented credible evidence that, if reinstated, he would not again violate the...
View ArticleUnited States v. Klein and NFL Officiating
I no longer watch football, particularly the NFL; the league is just too corrupt and the sport just too gladiatorial for my taste. But I cannot avoid news stories related to the league. I was...
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Joseph Conti: Aroldis Chapman and Rethinking MLB free agency rules
This post is written by Attorney Joseph Conti------ OverviewOn Monday January 28, 2015 the New York Yankees traded away four prospects to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Aroldis Chapman, but the...
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Student-athlete speech
Depressing frees speech story out of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association sent a letter to member schools asking student sections to tone it down. April Gehl, a three-sport...
View ArticleNo Question, PASPA Applies to Daily Fantasy Sports
The recent controversy surrounding daily fantasy sports (“DFS”) has highlighted both the need to regulate the industry and also to clarify its legal status. State legislatures are now attempting to...
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What a Racket
Literally. Apparently the BBC and BuzzFeed have uncovered a cache of documents revealing that the Capos that control Professional Tennis have tried to keep secret since 2008. These documents seem to...
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More Foreign Athletes Getting in Possible Immigration Trouble
In 2015, Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov made news by being forced to leave the United States when he was convicted a crime of domestic violence and was subsequently placed in removal...
View ArticleInaugural Boston College Sports Law Symposium
On January 30, 2016 the Boston College Law School, or more specifically the students of the BC Sports & Entertainment Law Society, will be hosting the Inaugural Boston College Sports Law Symposium....
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