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McFarlin: Ray Rice Video Shows that Cameras Should Do the Talking
In both tragedies of domestic violence and alleged police brutality, the victim can be silenced. Cameras can’t.
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Defamation, Celebrities, and the Internet
By the very nature of their positions, celebrities in both the sports and entertainment spheres generate significant public attention and discussion.
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Kickstarting Litigation: What is the Future of Crowdfunded Films?
On April 12, 2013, The Veronica Mars Movie project broke fund raising records, with 91,585 backers pledging a total of $5,702,153. The catch? The film was funded on the crowdfunding website, Kickstarter.
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The NFL and Super Bowl Ticket Prices (Finkelman v. NFL)
A few weeks ago, Josh Finkelman sat in the upper decks of MetLife Stadium watching the Seattle Seahawks defeat the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII. The price for those nosebleed seats? $4,000 for two tickets.
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Macklemore and the Fear of the Minstrel Show
The trajectory of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (“Macklemore”) is where the complexity of the race in music debate begins.
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“Unsportsmanlike” Conduct and That Richard Sherman Interview
Richard Sherman, star defensive back for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, has received severe public criticism for his comments in the immediate aftermath of his team’s victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game this past Sunday.
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University’s Attorney-Client Privilege Survives Basketball Coach’s Disclosure
In a whistleblower suit brought by a former athletic director, a New Jersey Appellate court recently held that a basketball coach’s disclosure to the NCAA of an email to the university’s counsel did not waive the university’s attorney-client privilege. See Hedden v. Kean University, No. A-4999-12T2 (N.J. App. Div. Oct. 24, 2013). Back in 2010, the Kean University (“Kean”) women’s basketball team took a trip to Spain. The trip had both an academic and an athletic component, as the participants were to hone their basketball skills and earn Spanish credits. The opportunity was available only to members of the team. To […]
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NCAA Football: Why the Big Guys Pay Their Little Brothers to Play
There is no question as to why the University of Michigan or the University of Alabama would pay an Appalachian State University or a University of Buffalo to come to their stadium and play a good ol’ game of football – another win, more profits, and no “home and home.”[1] But what incentives does this matchup provide to the little guy? Why would a university within a sub-Division I conference agree to travel to a powerhouse school and receive a beating? The answer lies where it commonly does in college sports: money.[2] Some teams, like University of Buffalo, reason that the […]
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Jay-Z’s Entry Into the Sports Agent Ring
Shawn Carter, popularly known as Jay-Z, is considered one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time, having won seventeen Grammy Awards and placed three albums on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. [1] He is also a man of tremendous business acumen, with a net worth of almost $500 million[2], and the owner of the record label Roc Nation, which manages world famous acts such as Shakira, Rihanna, and Timbaland.[3] On April 2, 2013, Jay-Z dropped a bombshell on the athlete representation industry when he announced his intentions to create a subdivision of Roc Nation, […]