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Wrigley Field, The Trademark, Benjamin J. Welch

Pace Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment Law Forum

This paper is about the theory of applying the law of trade dress and all the protections that come with it to stadiums, specifically to Wrigley Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Chicago Cubs. Trade dress is the version of trademark reserved for the packaging, design, or color of products. If the packaging, design, or color possesses the ability to identify the source or creator of the product, then it can create a possessory interest in the product’s creator for that style of packaging, design of the product, or color used. This possessory interest is used to protect the reputation …

Whatever Happened To The International Convention Against Doping In Sport: The United States Ratified It, But Then What?, Genevieve F.E. Birren Esq., Dr. Robyn Lubisco

DePaul Journal of Sports Law

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Ecological Economics And Sport Stadium Public Financing, Christopher M. Mcleod, John T. Holden

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

Given the recent importance that sport organizations, academics, and the public have placed on environmental sustainability this Article introduces the study of ecological economics—founded upon Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen’s application of thermodynamics to economics—to legal perspectives on public financing. The authors argue that the economic growth limits implied by thermodynamic principles should be incorporated in the public financing of sport stadiums. More specifically, municipalities can require facilities receiving public financing to produce environmental cost accounting reports and to make them publically available.

Daily Fantasy Sports Go “All In”: The Demise Of American Morals?, James Schwabe

Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law

The future of Daily Fantasy Sports throughout the United States remains uncertain. Although there have been numerous attempts to double down on the spread of gambling, the growing attraction to gamble has not been suppressed. With the recent proposed legislation and litigation over the legality of Daily Fantasy Sports, a new debate has emerged that implicates America’s desire to protect its “public morals.” Part I of this Note will discuss the intricacies of Daily Fantasy Sports and the allegations against FanDuel and DraftKings as of February 2016. Part II will analyze the current legal framework surrounding global internet gambling and …

Daily Fantasy Sports And The Presidential Debate, Walter T. Champion Jr., I. Nelson Rose

Marquette Sports Law Review

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The Impact Of Teacher Collective Bargaining Agreements On High School Coaches, Harvey M. Shrage, Curt Hamakawa

Marquette Sports Law Review

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The Calm Before The (Court) Storm: Potential Fan Liability And The Ncaa's Necessary Response, Joshua D. Winneker, Sam C. Ehrlich

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Mixed Martial Artists: Challenges To Unionization, Genevieve F.E. Birren, Tyler J. Schmitt

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Legal And Ethical Implications Of Athletes' Biometric Data Collection In Professional Sport, Barbara Osborne, Jennie L. Cunningham

Marquette Sports Law Review

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The Thrill Of Victory, And The Agony Of The Tweet: Online Social Media, The Non-Copyrightability Of Events, And How To Avoid A Looming Crisis By Changing Norms, Jason Richard Sheppard

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

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Lights, Camera, … Injury! The Nba Needs To Ban Courtside Cameramen, Joshua D. Winneker, Philip Schultze, Sam C. Ehrlich

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - )

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Institutional Racism In The Ncaa And The Racial Implications Of The "2.3 Or Take A Knee" Legislation, Akuoma C. Nwadike, Ashley R. Baker, Velina B. Brackebusch, Billy J. Hawkins

Marquette Sports Law Review

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College Athletic Departments As Media Organizations And The Regulation Of Content: Issues For The Digital Age, Stephen W. Dittmore

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Athletic Directors, Martin J. Greenberg, Alexander W. Evrard

Marquette Sports Law Review

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From Board Of Regents To O'Bannon: How Antitrust And Media Rights Have Influenced College Football, Thomas A. Baker Iii, Natasha T. Brison

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Are Institutions Of Higher Education Failing To Protect Students?: An Analysis Of Title Ix's Sexual Violence Protections And College Athletics, Anita M. Moorman, Barbara Osborne

Marquette Sports Law Review

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A Uniform Application Of The Jock Tax: The Need For Congressional Action, Nick Overbay

Marquette Sports Law Review

No abstract provided.

Athletes Have Rights Too, Right? Investigating The Extreme Unfairness In Sports' Purported Supreme Authority - Why The International Court Of Arbitration For Sport Fails To Reign Supreme, Zachary Gotlib

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

The note argues that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), despite its role as a leading body in international sports dispute resolution, fails to achieve true supremacy due to systemic unfairness. CAS lacks key principles of fairness, particularly in its treatment of individual athletes compared to powerful entities like teams and leagues, hindering its ability to be recognized as a supreme judicial body.

Inequality, Discrimination And Sexual Violence In Us Collegiate Sports, Erin E. Buzuvis, Kristine Newhall

Faculty Scholarship

While college athletics attract thousands of participants and millions of fans each year, examination of United States college athletics reveals a pattern of inequality, discrimination and abuse, which operates to foreclose women's access and suppress women's interest in athletic participation and leadership. This Chapter examines three gender related issues of integrity in college athletics: gender discrimination in athletic participation and opportunity; barriers to leadership for women coaches and administrators; and the relationship between athletics and sexual violence at college and universities. The Chapter also identifies a number of remedies that can mitigate these problems involving the Department of Education, Congress, …

By Any Other Name: Image Advertising And The Commercial Speech Doctrine In Jordan V. Jewel, Kelly Miller

Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review

This Comment focuses on the commercial speech doctrine as applied to modern advertising strategies, specifically, corporate image advertising. It centers on the recent litigation between basketball superstar Michael Jordan and a Chicago-area grocery chain, Jewel-Osco. When Michael Jordan was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, Jewel-Osco was invited to submit a congratulatory ad for a commemorative issue of Sports Illustrated devoted exclusively to Jordan’s career and accomplishments. Because Jordan had spent the bulk of his storied professional basketball career with the Chicago Bulls, the ad seemed a natural fit. Jordan, who did not give permission for his name to …

Torts In Sports - "I'Ll See You In Court!", John F. Carrol

Akron Law Review

This comment analyzes violence in the major professional sports of football, hockey, basketball, and baseball and the inability of the internal control systems of the various sports leagues to adequately control incidents of excessive violence. Judicial redress should be available for injuries resulting from acts committed outside of the rules of the game. The possible theories of recovery and applicable defenses to liability will be analyzed. Criminal liability also will be considered along with recently proposed congressional bills which advocate civil and criminal penalties for excessively violent acts in professional sports.

Punt, Impasse Or Kick: The 1987 Nflpa Antitrust Action, Elyzabeth Joy Holford

Akron Law Review

The business aspects of professional sport dominated the media when a twenty-seven day strike disrupted the 1987 NFL football season, which included the hiring of replacement players, the filing of numerous labor charges by both the NFL Management Council (NFLMC) and the NFL Players' Association (NFLPA) and the dismal end of the strike after many players crossed the picket lines to return to play.' On the day that the NFLPA announced that the strike was over, they also shifted into their final goal line defense: the filing of an antitrust action against the National Football League (NFL) and each individual …

25 Years Of Sports Law Scholarship: The History Of The Marquette Sports Law Journal/Review , Paul M. Anderson

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Continuing Disclosure Requirements And The Continued Use Of Municipal Bonds In Sports, Mindi Friedman

Marquette Sports Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Predominate Goliath: Why Pay-To-Play Daily Fantasy Sports Are Games Of Skill Under The Dominant Factor Test, Jeffrey C. Meehan

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Ncaa Division I Athletic Directors: An Analysis Of The Responsibilities, Qualifications And Characteristics, Glenn M. Wong, Christopher R. Deubert, Justin Hayek

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - )

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Athletic Compensation For Women Too? Title Ix Implications Of Northwestern And O'Bannon, Erin E. Buzuvis

Faculty Scholarship

The NCAA has been relying on Title IX requirements to defend its polices prohibiting compensation for college athletics; it argues that paying athletes in revenue sports, coupled with the commensurate obligation under Title IX to pay female athletes, would be prohibitively expensive.

As a response to the NCAA’s argument, the Author seeks to advance two positions: first, that Title IX would, as argued by the NCAA, require payment of female athletes using some measure of equality; and second, that it is not Title IX that renders the prospect of athlete compensation cost prohibitive, but rather, the fact that college athletics …

"Is That Me I See On The Tv?" An Analysis Of The O'Bannon Decision, Zachary S. Beal

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

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Barriers To Leadership In Women's College Athletics, Erin E. Buzuvis

Faculty Scholarship

Today there is an enormous gender disparity among collegiate head coaches and athletic administrators in the United States. Women fill less than a quarter of head coach and athletic director positions in college athletics and are even minorities among coaches of women's teams. Few other professions are as impervious to gender integration. Leadership in college athletics is, in the words of one scholar, one of the "few male bastions remaining," which raises the question: Why are women so starkly underrepresented in leadership positions within college athletics? There is no easy answer, but rather a variety of factors that exclude, deter, …

Breaking Bad: An Examination Of The Ncaa's Investigation Practices Over The Last Forty Years, Ryan Appel

University of Miami Business Law Review

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