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Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law

2015

Sports law

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Barriers To Leadership In Women's College Athletics, Erin E. Buzuvis Jan 2015

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, …

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Ohio And Sports Law, Adam Epstein Jan 2015

Ohio And Sports Law, Adam Epstein

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Are The Green Bay Packers Socialists?, Matthew J. Parlow, Anne-Louise Mittal Dec 2014

Are The Green Bay Packers Socialists?, Matthew J. Parlow, Anne-Louise Mittal

Matthew Parlow

The Green Bay Packers are an oft-misunderstood organization — not in the decisions that the Packers make, but in their legal status and structure. Scholars, commentators, and even the general public refer to the Packers as “community-owned.” While this characterization is true — to a degree — the specifics of this unique ownership structure in professional sports have never been comprehensively documented and analyzed. Perhaps this is the reason that some political pundits have termed the Packers “socialists.” However, such commentators also seem to not fully appreciate the historical development, and contemporary understanding, of this social, economic, and political ideology. …

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The Nba And The Great Recession: Implications For The Upcoming Collective Bargaining Agreement Renegotiation, Matthew J. Parlow Dec 2014

The Nba And The Great Recession: Implications For The Upcoming Collective Bargaining Agreement Renegotiation, Matthew J. Parlow

Matthew Parlow

Like most businesses, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has suffered significant negative impacts from the Great Recession. The league's drop in revenue exposed distinct flaws in the NBA's current business model and in the terms of employment for NBA players. Due to the precarious economic state of the NBA, the league anticipates a contentious, but necessary, renegotiation of the NBA's collective bargaining agreement (CBA), which will expire at the end of the 2010-11 season. This article will analyze the effects of the Great Recession on the NBA and the likely implications for the renegotiation of the CBA. Part II of …

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