Here’s my new SI column on the NBA labor crisis. While the weather is beautiful today and many folks might not be glued to their TVs, I’ll be an in-studio analyst tonight on NBA TV at 6 pm and 11:30 pm eastern. I’m joining Kenny Smith to talk about NBA lockout. Hope you can watch. more…
Following Nathaniel’s excellent work on the Dodgers situation, I have a video for Sports Illustrated channel on what’s next with the Dodgers:
Age restrictions, especially in the NBA and NFL, have been a big discussion point on this blog since it began 8 years ago. Here’s the New Republic’s Nathan Pippenger’s take on the NBA’s age limit, which requires that players be 19 plus one year out of high school. more…
John Glennon of The Tennessean asks Gary Roberts and me that question, and we seem to disagree. more…
News broke last Monday that MLB Commissioner Bud Selig elected to exercise his “best interests of baseball” power by blocking the Los Angeles Dodgers’ proposed television agreement with the Fox network. In short, Selig believes that the allegedly below market value deal would mortgage the future of the Dodgers franchise by diverting much needed funds from the team to satisfy Dodgers’ owner Frank McCourt’s personal debts (and help resolve his on-going divorce proceedings). Many commentators have speculated that Selig’s decision will ultimately result in litigation between the Commissioner and McCourt.
The NBA and NBPA will be meeting today to see if they can get a deal done on a new CBA before it expires at the end of June 30. For related coverage, I am interviewed on NBA TV to provide legal analysis and Gabe Feldman has a piece on Huffington Post on this topic. more…
The NBA’s age eligibility rule will be one of many issues that the league and union negotiate in the coming weeks. A large number of published papers have looked at the legality of the NBA age rule. Examples are here, here, and here.
Last month, former Mississippi State University baseball player Forrest Moore filed a lawsuit in Mississippi state court against the school, its head baseball coach John Cohen (pictured), and assistant athletic director Mike Nemeth. Moore was a scholarship pitcher for the Bulldogs during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons.
Last month, various media outlets reported that Kent State University had filed a lawsuit in Ohio state court against both its former head men’s basketball coach Geno Ford and Bradley University, after Ford left Kent State in March to take the same position at Bradley. The suit alleges that Ford breached his contract with Kent State by accepting the Bradley position without the university’s consent, and seeks $1.2 million from Ford pursuant to the liquidated damages clause in his contract (i.e., $300,000/year for each of the four years remaining on his contract). In addition, Kent State asserted a $25,000 tortious interference with contract claim against Bradley, alleging that the school wrongfully induced Ford to breach his contract with Kent State.
