Its an NFL game, the end of regulation time and you are headed into OT. So how much does winning the coin toss affect your chances of winning the game? Well that depends on whether this is the regular season or the playoffs. Since 1974 when the league adopted OT rules for regular season games,... Continue Reading →
He’s Back…
If you watched the Phillies at all this season, you may have noticed the best mascot in sports, the Phillie Phanatic, looked a bit different. His antics, however, were the same. The cosmetic adjustments weren’t part of the normal evolution mascots generally undergo, rather they were the direct result of a lawsuit between the Phillies organization and the... Continue Reading →
An Interview with a Sports Law Attorney: Josh Fox, Senior Counsel at Proskauer Rose
A dream of mine dating back to the time I was in middle school was to work in the business side of baseball, ideally for a team or the league office. As I got older, I realized the part of the business that intersects most closely with professional athletes is labor and employment law, since... Continue Reading →
MLB Lockout Effect on Competitive Balance
The recent lockout not only affects the players, but also the teams. Prior to the lockout, MLB was seeing a very eventful off-season. Big name players like Max Scherzer, Corey Seager, Javier Baez, Starling Marte, Marcus Semien, among many others all signed massive contracts with different clubs. These deals are all upwards of $100... Continue Reading →
CTE an easy excuse for criminals?
Over the past decade, we have learned a significant amount about head injuries in sports and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Although there is plenty we still do not know about CTE - and we cannot detect it in living patients - what we know so far has helped us understand, or try to understand, some... Continue Reading →
Rodeo Read Vol. 8
Hello everyone, welcome to another riveting edition of everyone’s favorite segment: the Rodeo Read. The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind—wilder than the Wild West itself for the legal community. From sneakers to streaming services, there’s plenty of sports and entertainment law-related news to get through, so let’s jump right in. Nike Pulls... Continue Reading →
What in the Covid is Going on: The NBA & NHL
Professional sports leagues are being ravished with covid issues — This is Part II of a two-part series Stop me if you have heard this before, covid is running rampant throughout sports leagues. If it sounds familiar, you are right. It seems like the sports world came to a halt just yesterday and covid vaccinations... Continue Reading →
Minor League Clubs Sue MLB, Challenging the Anti-trust Exemption
It has finally happened. After months of conjecture, debate and then a lengthy period of silence, several minor league baseball clubs that were eliminated as part of MLB’s restructuring have filed suit against MLB under the anti-trust laws. As a professor of sports law, one of my favorite topics is MLB’s historic anti-trust decision... Continue Reading →
What in the Covid is Going on: The NFL
Photo Via: Sporting News Professional sports leagues are being ravished with covid issues — This is Part I of a two part series Stop me if you have heard this before, covid is running rampant throughout sports leagues. If it sounds familiar, you are right. It seems like the sports world came to a halt... Continue Reading →
Samir Suleiman; Proving Hard Work Will Pay Off in the NFL
Mr. Suleiman graduated from James Madison University with a B.S. in Sport Management. He started his career in 1997 at the NFL Management Council where he analyzed player contracts and monitored club compliance with the salary cap. Then he worked at the Jacksonville Jaguars from 1998-1999 as Manager of Contract Information. From there, he segued... Continue Reading →