Recent Deals Demonstrate Need For Cap on Contract Length
The Minnesota Wild made waves this offseason by signing Zach Parise and Ryan Suter to identical 13 year, $98 million contracts. Shortly before that, the Pittsburgh Penguins signed Sidney Crosby to a...
View ArticleCycling Union Prepares to Come Clean; Armstrong’s Problems Getting Worse?
The United States Anti Doping Agency (USADA) recently released its evidence against former cyclist Lance Armstrong. Though Armstrong has claimed innocence against charges of blood doping and use of...
View ArticleNCAA Botches Miami Investigation
The NCAA’s seemingly never-ending probe of the University of Miami football and basketball programs took a bizarre turn on Wednesday, as the governing body admitted that it improperly obtained...
View ArticleThe Fight Over Legalized Sports Betting Begins
In 1992, Congress passed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, 26 USC 3701, to ban sports gambling outside states where it was already established (Nevada, and to much lesser extents,...
View ArticleAthletes Awarded Millions from California’s Workers Compensation System
All states allow athletes to be awarded workers’ compensation benefits for injuries sustained during their playing days. However, California has emerged as a favorite jurisdiction for two reasons....
View ArticleJay-Z Branches Out Into Sports, Lands Cano and Cruz; Is LeBron Next?
Jay-Z has built an impressive empire as a rap mogul, and now he’s moving into sports, reaching an agreement with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which represents more than 800 professional athletes....
View ArticleIs Brazil’s World Cup in Jeopardy?
With the World Cup just a year away, widespread protests across Brazil have cast a long shadow over the host country’s ability to stage soccer’s biggest event. President Dilma Rouseff called an...
View ArticleRetired NFL Players Struggle To Get Medical Benefits
The physical rigors of an NFL career are familiar to any football fan. However, the unfortunate case of former Cincinnati Bengal Reggie Williams is one that stands out, and is instructive of the...
View ArticleReversal of Penn State Penalties May Lead to End of Miami Investigation
That the NCAA investigation of the University of Miami has dragged on beyond any reasonable timeframe is beyond dispute. Students who entered the school as freshmen when the investigation began are...
View ArticleThe “Greatest Sports Business Deal Of All Time” Coming to an End?
The NBA, and more specifically, four of its teams, were on the wrong side of an historic windfall. And now, they’re looking to get out of it. When the ABA merged with the NBA in 1976, the plan was to...
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