From Tiger to Favre: The Case for a Reputation Protection Model
By Andrew Gilman
The sports world is a long way from the romantic view espoused by the late Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger: "The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page usually records nothing but man's failures."
Of course, the sports pages record more accomplishments than failures. But from Tiger Woods, to Title IX law suits, to scholar/athlete kleptomaniacs and coaches with their peccadilloes, the sports world has had its share of crises in the p