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- "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." -- William Butler Yeats
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If you’re reading this blog post sports law matters to you in some way. Perhaps you’re a student thinking about a future career and considering law school. Perhaps you’re in law school taking classes that you’ve been told will help you embark on such a career. Perhaps you’re a young lawyer thinking about shifting from commercial transactions to working for a team. Perhaps you’re a seasoned academic who has taught sports law for decades and it’s early on a quiet Saturday morning with snow falling outside with your wife still asleep and you had an idea—but I digress.
- By Warren K. Zola, Carroll School of Management, Boston College
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- A Title VII Case Leads to the Question of Whether a Referee Association is a Place of Public Accommodation and Where the Liability Exposure May Be
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Today’s blog entry comes from the Wait a Second blog. It was something that I was going to blog on anyway, but the Wait a Second blog beat me to the punch. As everyone knows, I still will blog on cases that other bloggers have blogged on if I feel I can offer a unique perspective.
- By William Goren, one of the country's foremost authorities on the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
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- There's a Storm Brewing in Baseball
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There is a storm brewing in baseball and the current pandemic is exacerbating the situation. The current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) was finalized on November 30, 2016, and is scheduled to expire on December 1, 2021.
- By Warren K. Zola, Carroll School of Management, Boston College
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- Dwayne Haskins Early Career and Release
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When Dwayne Haskins was drafted 15th overall by the Washington Football Team (“WFT”), the former Ohio State standout was expected to make a big impact.
- By Johnathan Nucci, 2L at Penn State Law and President of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society
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- The Media and NIL
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As we read about the flurry of collegiate NIL proposals, whether from California that led with the first legislation, (and which is currently being revised), or Florida that will, in theory, be the first law to actually go into the defect, or various forms of proposed NCAA or national legislation, the impact on the broadcasters gets almost no attention.
- By Bobby Hacker, SLA Board Member, Attorney at Law and Sports Media Consultant
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- Kick-Start Your New Year with Our SLA Chat Series, TX-OK-LA Edition
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SLA Members in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas are invited to join us on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, at 5:00 pm Central for a limited-space, informal chat led by Vicky Neumeyer, SVP & General Counsel, New Orleans Saints and Pelicans, and Brandon James, VP of Basketball Administration & Deputy General Counsel, San Antonio Spurs.
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- Congratulations!
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It is with great pleasure......
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- Once We Know, We'll Know What to Do
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In a Facebook post last Saturday, after reading an online CNN article “What protesters say is fueling their anger," I wondered what I could do to help eliminate racism, which is causing so much harm to our collective humanity. I wasn’t sure what to do first.
As a law professor and member of the Sports Lawyers Association (including 2 years as its president and 18 years on its board of directors) for 30+ years, I’ve had the good fortune of getting to know and work with many persons of color as students and professional colleagues. I’ve become friends with many of them. During the past couple days, I learned that I didn’t know some of them very well.
- By Matthew J. Mitten, Professor of Law and Executive Director, National Sports Law Institute, Marquette University Law School
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- WFTDA COVID-19 Guidelines to Return to Roller Derby
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The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body of women’s flat track roller derby representing more than 450 member leagues on 6 continents. The member leagues are independently run amateur sports leagues.
- By Trisha Newman
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- NEED FOR SPEED – A CLOSER LOOK AT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF AUTOMOBILE RACING
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The final lap. As a speeding Ford Mustang, marked number nine, makes its final left turn, racing enthusiasts can see the M&M’s logo whisk by as the green and red colored streaks on the machine become one. The ninety-degree sun beats down on the driver.
- By Paul Haberman and Michael Scott