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Cheating In E-Sports: A Proposal To Regulate The Growing Problem Of E-Doping, Jamie Hwang
Cheating In E-Sports: A Proposal To Regulate The Growing Problem Of E-Doping, Jamie Hwang
Northwestern University Law Review
E-sports, also known as professional video gaming, is growing rapidly around the world. In the United States, e-sports events sell out at large sporting venues, including the Staples Center in Los Angeles and the Barclays Center in New York. The growth of this multibillion-dollar industry comes with a host of new legal issues. Among them is the regulation of “e-doping”: the use of hacks and cheats during e-sports games, which gives e-dopers an unfair advantage. E-doping compromises the integrity of the industry, which is vital to its continued growth, by discouraging gamers and fans from trusting the fairness of e-sports. …
The Dawn Of A New Era: Antitrust Law Vs. The Antiquated Ncaa Compensation Model Perpetuating Racial Injustice, Amanda L. Jones
The Dawn Of A New Era: Antitrust Law Vs. The Antiquated Ncaa Compensation Model Perpetuating Racial Injustice, Amanda L. Jones
Northwestern University Law Review
Two crises in 2020 fueled the fire underlying a debate that has been smoldering for years: whether student athletes should be compensated. The COVID-19 pandemic coincided with the Black Lives Matter movement and drew unprecedented attention to systemic racism permeating society, including college sports that rely disproportionately on Black men risking physical harm to support an entire industry. The Supreme Court’s decision in NCAA v. Alston opened the door for some athletic conferences to offer student athletes unlimited education-related benefits and called out the NCAA’s business model that relies on not paying student athletes under the justification of amateurism. Alston …