Maximum Security Photo Credit: USA Today In a first, the apparent winner of The Kentucky Derby, Maximum Security, the favorite at 4-1, was disqualified for interference. As Maximum Security came around the final turn, the horse reacted to the crowd noise, according to jockey Luis Saez. Maximum Security briefly veered off his lane on the... Continue Reading →
University at Buffalo Sports Law students capped off their great semester with UB Sports Law day. We began the day visiting Jim Sandoro at the Pierce-Arrow Museum. Mr. Sandoro gave us a tour of the transportation museum while discussing the history of the museum and the surrounding neighborhood. In discussing the surrounding neighborhood Mr. Sandoro... Continue Reading →
The contributors for the UB Law Sports and Entertainment Forum, and the entire Buffalo Sports and Entertainment Law Society, would like to congratulate the 2019 draft eligible Buffalo Bulls football players on becoming the newest members of the National Football League. Though their names were not called during the NFL Draft itself, six of the... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: CBS Sports Is the NFL undermining its own authority? Josh Gordon's well-chronicled story took an interesting turn Tuesday as the 28 year-old receiver signed his one-year tender worth $2.025 million. Despite being drafted in the 2012 Supplemental Draft, Gordon has only three accrued NFL seasons. A player earns an accrued season by being... Continue Reading →
While it is common for sports leagues and organizations to be protective of their trademarks, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has unique trademark rights over various Olympic-related trademarks that no other American organization has. The 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo in just over a year from now. In preparation for the... Continue Reading →
This past week the NFL and the NFLPA scheduled their first meeting regarding collective bargaining negotiations. Although over the course of the past negotiations the NFL has held, and used, considerable bargaining power over the current NFL players subject to the CBA, new professional leagues may have eroded some of this bargaining power. Players may... Continue Reading →
The new Seattle NHL Franchise will be settling upon a name in the not-so-distant future, though they will have to be sure to avoid the trademark issues that affected the Vegas Golden Knights. On December 4th, 2018, the National Hockey League (NHL) awarded the City of Seattle an expansion team to the delight of Seattle... Continue Reading →
The Major League Baseball season is under way which means there will be bat flips and home run celebrations. Inevitably, this means there will be benches-clearing brawls after a pitcher has made a “retaliation” pitch in on a batter that celebrates a home run. This exact sequence of events happened recently when Derek Dietrich hit... Continue Reading →
As previously discussed, last week the AAF decided to suspend operations, raising questions about the future of the league. Lost in the shuffle of stories about the significant sums of money lost by investors was the uncertain future of the league’s players. Each player’s gamble on playing in the league may, in the short term,... Continue Reading →
