By John Miller, Ph.D., sports law professor at the University of Southern Mississippi Jeff Harlow entered into an employment agreement with Chaffey Community College for the position of Professional Expert-Head Coach, Baseball for January 15, 2004, through May 31,...
By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer Jen Banford and Annette Wiles coached at the University of Minnesota Duluth (“UMD”). Both resigned from the athletic department and sued UMD, alleging various claims including disparate treatment. The District Court granted...
By Rachel L. Goodman, Esq., Dylan F. Henry, Kacie E. Kergides, Esq., and Kimberly L. Sachs, Esq. of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP (Editor’s Note: The following appeared in Sports Medicine and the Law, a complimentary publication available at...
By Robert J. Romano, JD LLM, St. John’s University Jason Peters, one-time coach for the University of Pittsburgh’s wrestling team, had his racial discrimination and breach of contract lawsuit against the University dismissed by a federal court in September 2020....
By Michael A. Ross, MS On December 10th, 2020 “a group of Black student-athletes attending various Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) filed a class action lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) alleging the organization’s...
By Michael A. Ross, MS In September 2020, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Southern Division granted summary judgement on behalf of the defendant, the Birmingham Board of Education, while dismissing with prejudice all...
By Christie A. Theriault & Michael S. Carroll, PhD On March 30, 2020, Governor Brad Little signed two bills into law in Idaho, both of which were regulations pertaining to transgender individuals. A transgender individual is defined as “someone whose...
By Nate D. French, Esq., and Nathan J. Law, Esq. On August 25, 2020, two former National Football League (“NFL”) players, Kevin Henry and Najeh Davenport, filed a class action lawsuit against the NFL in Pennsylvania Federal Court alleging the NFL limited black...
By Libba Galloway, Stetson University In this publication earlier in the year, I commented on the pendulum effect when it comes to transgender participation in sports. I suggested that the trend towards allowing athletes to participate according to their gender...
By Robert E. Wallace, Jr., of Thompson Coburn LLP In 2017 and 2018, 25% of NFL head coaches were men of Color. That’s not bad until you recognize that 70% of the men playing the game on the field are men of Color. Contrast that with 2019, when the percentage...
By Robert J. Romano, J.D., LLM, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, St. John’s University During the 2016 season, pro quarterback Colin Kaepernick sparked a national argument by taking a knee during the National Football League pregame ritual of playing...
By Libba Galloway, Stetson University We’re all familiar with the pendulum metaphor applied to competitive sports — a team’s success swings in a particular direction for a period of time, and then tends to shift in the other direction. When it comes to...
