Sports and the Law: Major Legal Cases
Focus on Current Legal Concerns\ The unprecedented demise of the 1994 baseball season and the long hockey negotiations have focused more attention than ever before on legal issues in sports, ranging from the constitutional rights of college athletes to the liability of football-helmet makers. Through 50 original essays this first-of-its-kind handbook examines liability issues peculiar to sports, discusses disputes involving some of the most famous people and events in sports history, explores...
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Focus on Current Legal ConcernsThe unprecedented demise of the 1994 baseball season and the long hockey negotiations have focused more attention than ever before on legal issues in sports, ranging from the constitutional rights of college athletes to the liability of football-helmet makers. Through 50 original essays this first-of-its-kind handbook examines liability issues peculiar to sports, discusses disputes involving some of the most famous people and events in sports history, explores the ramifications of antitrust laws as they apply to athletics, and probes the increasingly sensitive and litigious area of sex and race discrimination. Essays discuss influential issuesMany of the essays discuss subjects that recently have gained increasing prominence, such as suits alleging misrepresentation and unfair treatment of athletes by coaches. Other essays deal with the action of sports commissioners, or the policies of governing bodies, especially the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Useful for lawyers and fans alike Lawyers unfamiliar with sports law will appreciate the book as a reliable introduction to this rapidly expanding field. For scholars in other fields it serves as a legal primer and a quick survey of cases and issues. The book is especially useful in college libraries as a source of answers to sports questions and a reliable resource for writing term papers. Finally, sports fans familiar with the athletic achievements of Oscar Robertson, John Mackey, Curt Flood, and others, will discover here the details of their participation in the legal arena. School Library Journal YAGiven the central role played by both law and sports in contemporary American society, students will be familiar with many of the topics covered in this volume. Fifty original essays discuss cases involving the rights and responsibilities of coaches, franchise owners moving their teams from one city to another, and access to male locker rooms by female journalists. The material is organized into four sections: liability and legislation, regulation of organized sports, rights of players and owners, and racial and gender discrimination. Covering cases heard in federal and state courts and the actions of regulatory bodies like the NCAA, the essays range in length from 3-10 pages. Each one is followed by a selected bibliography. Useful for debaters, research, and fans and athletes interested in understanding legal issues involving sports.Patricia Q. Noonan, Prince William Public Library, Manassas, VA
ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsContributorsISports Law: Liability and Legislation1Tortious Impact3In Jeopardy: Football Helmet Manufacturers and Wearers8Negligence and Liability: A Coach's Nightmare11The Coach's Legal Duty to Properly Instruct and to Warn Athletes of the Inherent Dangers in Sport14Injustice Uncovered? Worker's Compensation and the Professional Athlete18Fans Strike Out with Foul Ball Litigation24The Application of the Attractive Nuisance Doctrine to Sport28Not the Same Game32Sports versus the Sabbath: Professional Baseball and Blue Laws36Amateurs, Professionals, and Eligibility for Americans in the Olympics40Fading in the Stretch: Live Horse Racing in the 1990s48IISports Law: The Regulation of Organized Sports53The NCAA and the Courts: College Football on Television56Books and Bulldogs: Athletes and Academic Standards Abuses63Switzer, a Sooner Scofflaw?67The Win at Any Price Syndrome: Steroids in Athletics71To Play or Not to Play: Substance Abuse Policies of Three Major Sports Leagues78Two All-Pros Collide with the Football Commissioner85Commissioner Kuhn Victorious over Owner Finley88George Steinbrenner's Bronx Zoo92In the Groove? The Legal War over Golf Clubs97Baseball's Big Inning: The Sacrifice of the 1919 Black Sox111Beating the Spread: College Basketball Point Shaving121Jack Molinas: A Basketball Player with Great but Unclean Hands125Fast Balls and Fast Bucks Don't Mix129A Gridiron Hero Self-Destructs133Charlie the Hustler and the Hall of Saints137Fantasy Sports and the Law143IIISports Law: The Rights of Players and Owners147When a Professional Sport Is Not a Business: Baseball's Infamous Antitrust Exemption149Let the Bidding Begin: Free Agency Comes to Baseball166Baseball Owners Called "Out" for Collusion176Joe Kapp's Fight for Free Agency184Tight End Mackey Blocks Commissioner Rozelle187"These People Just Plain Don't Like Each Other"190Oscar Robertson: The Player and the Case195The Letter of Intent and Collegiate Athletes198Agents, Athletes, and Academics201Minnesota Gopher Basketball: Problems on the Court and in the Courts205Sports Broadcasting: Who Owns the Property Rights?215The Land of the Free Disputes Homes for the Braves221Fear, Attack, and Pressure: The Relocation of the Raiders224Colts Gallop to Indianapolis233The NFL-AFL Merger: Law, Politics, and the Power of Money237IVSports Law: Racial and Gender Discrimination245Wyoming's "Black Fourteen"247White Ball/Black Ball251The Stone Left Unturned: Marge Schott's "Suspension"255The Quest for Gender Equality: Setbacks and Strides260Let's Play, Too: Sex Discrimination in Intercollegiate Athletics268Little League Baseball: Where Are the Girls?280Barely There: Female Reporters in Male Locker Rooms283Major League Baseball Called for Balk!288Index of Cases293Index of Names and Subjects297
\ School Library JournalYAGiven the central role played by both law and sports in contemporary American society, students will be familiar with many of the topics covered in this volume. Fifty original essays discuss cases involving the rights and responsibilities of coaches, franchise owners moving their teams from one city to another, and access to male locker rooms by female journalists. The material is organized into four sections: liability and legislation, regulation of organized sports, rights of players and owners, and racial and gender discrimination. Covering cases heard in federal and state courts and the actions of regulatory bodies like the NCAA, the essays range in length from 3-10 pages. Each one is followed by a selected bibliography. Useful for debaters, research, and fans and athletes interested in understanding legal issues involving sports.Patricia Q. Noonan, Prince William Public Library, Manassas, VA\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsContributors examine legal issues surrounding sports in 50 original essays, looking at issues such as the constitutional rights of college athletes; the liability of football-helmet makers; sex discrimination in intercollegiate athletics; substance abuse in professional sports; antitrust laws as they apply to athletics; and historical cases such as the Black Sox scandal of 1919. Includes chapter bibliographies and a case index. For students and professionals in sports law. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
