With March just weeks away, attention will quickly move from the Superbowl to the NCAA basketball tournament.

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A few quick links as Super Bowl Sunday approaches.

First, the NFL sends cease and desist letters to local vendors in New Orleans who are selling who dat merchandise.

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In a terrific column, Sports Illustrated’s Andy Staples addresses President Obama’s interest in replacing the BCS with a college football playoff. Andy interviews me for the column. Here’s an excerpt:

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Last Friday, I had a terrific time at the University of Florida Levin College of Law participating in the law school’s sports law symposium, which was headlined by former MLBPA executive director Donald Fehr and which concerned the collective bargaining agreements of Major League Baseball, the National Basketball. I was joined by a number of contributors to Sports Law Blog and other persons in sports law. Darren Heitner, Adam Bregman, Christie Sanders, Lourdes Cortizo and other members of the UF Sports and Entertainment Law Society did an excellent job organizing the event, a video for which will be available in the near future.

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The 3rd Annual Tulane Law School National Baseball Arbitration Competition took place this past weekend at Tulane Law School. The event was a huge success, with 38 teams from schools across the country participating in a simulated baseball salary arbitration competition. Special thanks to Professor Roger Abrams and Jon Fetterolf for serving as the judges for the final rounds of the competition on Sunday and for putting on an entertaining and educational presentation for all of the competitors on Saturday afternoon. Thanks also to Armando Velasco, Jeffrey Sundram, Blake Simon, Chris Weema, Melissa Desormeaux, Danielle Moore and the Tulane Sports Law Society for hosting a great event.

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I have a new SI.com column on the impact of Javaris Crittenton’s plea deal on Gilbert Arenas. Here’s an excerpt:

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David Grant of the Christian Science Monitor recently wondered why NCAA student-athletes can receive gifts worth up to $500 if they are able to play in Bowl Games, but during the season those same players are much more restricted in what they can receive because of their student-athlete status.

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The Wall Street Journal Law Blog asks, “Would an All-White Professional Basketball League be Legal?” Apparently, someone wants to start a professional basketball league limited to “players that are natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race . . . .”

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The Entertainment and Sports Law Society at the University of Miami School of Law is hosting its 13th Annual Symposium on Friday, February 5. The registration form, containing a list of the speakers, may be accessed here. It looks to be an outstanding event! more…