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The Jocks And The Justice: How Sotomayor Restrained College Athletes, Phillip J. Closius
The Jocks And The Justice: How Sotomayor Restrained College Athletes, Phillip J. Closius
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Two judicial opinions have shaped the modem college athletic world. NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma declared the NCAA's exclusive control over the media rights to college football violated the Sherman Act. That decision allowed universities and conferences to control their own media revenue and laid the foundation for the explosion of coverage and income in college football today. Clarett v. NFL held that the provision then in the National Football League's (NFL) Constitution and By-Laws that prohibited players from being eligible for the NFL draft until three years from the date of their high school …
Mlb Calendar 2013-2014, Edmund P. Edmonds
Mlb Calendar 2012-2013, Edmund P. Edmonds
Social Psychology, Calamities, And Sports Law, Michael Mccann
Social Psychology, Calamities, And Sports Law, Michael Mccann
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This Article examines the role of situational pressures, fundamental attribution errors, and legal frameworks in how professional sports actors respond to the threat and occurrence of calamities. Both natural and manmade threats to American health are likely to rise over the next decade. Such threats may include catastrophic weather, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and communicable disease pandemics. In response to these threats, professional sports leagues, professional athletes, fans, and media might engage in unprecedented behavior. Consider, for instance, increasingly-devastating weather patterns, and how they might animate leagues to relocate franchises to cities with more favorable forecasts. The same outcome might …