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Using Contract Law To Tackle The Coaching Carousel, Stephen Ross, Lindsay Berkstresser
Using Contract Law To Tackle The Coaching Carousel, Stephen Ross, Lindsay Berkstresser
Stephen F Ross
This Article suggests that student-athletes can protect themselves (and, indirectly, fans and students at the university at which they are about to enroll) by securing a binding promise from the coach that he will not voluntarily leave the university throughout the student-athlete's career. This promise could be in a legally binding contract directly between the coach and student-athlete, or by adding to the coach's employment contract with the university a proviso expressly designating student-athletes as third party beneficiaries. Part I briefly describes the problems resulting from the coaching carousel and describes the potential for contracts that limit a coach's mobility …