When Social Media and Sports Law Collide

By Lucy Marlow, Solicitor, Thomas Eggar LLP   Following the recent BBC Panorama documentary concerning doping allegations against Mo Farah’s coach, Alberto Salazar, which have been strenuously denied, our thoughts turn to the legal issues involved in the protection of reputation, particularly in this era of social media.   As with so many high profile sportspeople, Mo’s reputation reaches beyond the personal, and becomes associated with the body of sponsors and sporting bodies with