Deadspin has an interesting piece on a lawsuit brought by a small company named SportsFuzion against Nike and the Basketball Hall of Fame alleging breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, and fraud. The lawsuit concerns the following:
On our blog, dre cummings and Roger Groves have written extensively about the Rooney Rule, an internal NFL rule which requires that NFL teams interview minority candidates for head coaching positions and which (as Cumberland law prof Marcia McCormick wrote about on Workplace Prof Blog earlier this month), now also requires that teams interview minority candidates for senior football operations positions. Thought it’s difficult to show “causation” there has been a marked increase in the number of African-American head coaches since the league adopted the Rooney Rule. For some terrific background on the history and goals of the Rooney Rule, check out Temple law prof Jeremi Duru’s article in the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal and dre cummings’ article in the Thurgood Marshall Law Review.
