Oct 8, 2021
By Gregg E. Clifton, of Jackson Lewis The NCAA must defend claims that they are a joint employer from student-athletes seeking to be paid for the time they spend participating in collegiate athletic activities. Despite U.S. District Court Judge John Padova’s dismissal...
Oct 8, 2021
By Robert J. Romano, JD LLM, Professor of Sport Management at St. John’s University When Mark Emmert, President of the NCAA, was interviewed by Frontline in February 2011, reporter Lowell Bergman didn’t pull any punches when he presented, quite frankly, the new head...
Oct 8, 2021
By Robert J. Romano, JD LLM, Sports Law Professor at St. John’s University In May of 2021, former University of Cincinnati Men’s Basketball Coach John Brannen, filed a lawsuit against the University, Director of Athletics John Cunningham, and President Neville Pinto,...
Sep 10, 2021
By Gregg E. Clifton and John G. Long, of Jackson Lewis A case that may signal the continued erosion of the amateur status of college student-athletes will continue as the action in Ralph “Trey” Johnson et al. v. NCAA has survived the...
Sep 10, 2021
A former NCAA Division I head women’s volleyball coach sexually harassed, and physically and emotionally abused her players for several years, according to a federal lawsuit filed last week in Alabama. The case was brought by several former University of South Alabama...
Jul 30, 2021
By Michael A. Ross, MS On August 16th, 2018, Jannie Keith (Plaintiff) filed a lawsuit against the Talladega City Board of Education (Defendant). The Court examined the Plaintiff’s claims brought forth under the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal...
Jul 30, 2021
By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Writer, Professor, Sports Media, Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca College, staurows@ithaca.edu Was David Cohen, a seemingly successful and once valued senior associate athletics director wrongfully terminated and...
Jul 16, 2021
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,...
Jul 16, 2021
A lawsuit against the Chicago Blackhawks, claiming that the team was liable for the actions of former video coach Bradley Aldrich when he sexually assaulted a player a little over a decade ago and then a high school student after he had left the team’s employ, has led...
Jul 16, 2021
The National Football League has announced the outcome of the workplace review of the Washington Football Team led by independent counsel Beth Wilkinson, as well as remedial measures and penalties arising out of that review. What follows is its statement on the...
Jun 4, 2021
By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer Paul Gagliardi was the men’s tennis coach at Sacred Heart University (“SHU”). He felt he was being mistreated because the women’s tennis coach was paid more. Gagliardi raised this issue and was later terminated. He filed...
Jun 4, 2021
By Gregg E. Clifton and Patrick L. Egan, of Jackson Lewis A group of Democratic U.S. Senators, led by Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) have introduced the College Athlete Right to Organize Act. The proposed legislation would amend the...
