Teaching Sports Law — No Offseason for Sports Law Decisions

By Adam Epstein   Though school’s out for summer (for the most part), within the last week there have been two very interesting sports law decisions both involving intercollegiate sports.   The New York State Supreme Court ruled that Marist College’s former basketball coach Matt Brady breached his contract when he accepted a job at James Madison University. First, Brady did not receive written consent from Marist before he engaged in contract negotiations with his new employer. Sec