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Sports and Law
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Legal Battery: Tackling ok or not ok?
11 Apr 2013 by Patrick Pirozzi / No Comments
Former Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice was fired last week after video clips surfaced in which he was depicted physically and verbally abusing his players.
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Banning Fighting in Hockey
11 Apr 2013 by Ramy Odeh / No Comments
Three NHL players, all known for their fighting prowess, committed suicide during the summer of 2011. These tragic deaths sparked a debate on whether fighting should be allowed in hockey.
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End of an Era II: NHL Needs to Make Visors A Mandatory Piece of Equipment
22 Mar 2013 by Ramy Odeh / No Comments
Two weeks ago in Madison Square Garden, New York Rangers defenseman Marc Staal was viciously struck in the eye with a puck. Staal suffered fractured orbital bones, loss of vision, and could miss the rest of the season. Unfortunately this is just one example of countless eye injuries that have occurred to players who refuse to wear a visor.
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NHL Needs to Make Hits to Head a Strict Liability Offense
02 Mar 2013 by Ramy Odeh / No Comments
In the 2011-12 NHL season, over 90 players fell victim to concussion or concussion-like symptoms, with these individuals missing over 1700 combined games.
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Lawsuit: Armstrong Misled his Readers?
02 Mar 2013 by Patrick Pirozzi / No Comments
A class action lawsuit against Lance Armstrong (and other related parties) was filed in a California court last month in relation to recent admissions concerning his doping scandal.
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End of an Era: NHL’s New CBA Closes Player Contract Loophole
31 Jan 2013 by Ramy Odeh / 1 Comment
In 2006, Rick DiPietro was poised to become the next great American goaltender. Just six years (and countless injuries) later, his fifteen-year contract has become a sterling example of the type of contract the NHL now forbids.
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Should Manti Te’o Sue Hoaxer Ronaiah Tuiasosopo?
31 Jan 2013 by Patrick Pirozzi / 3 Comments
The internet hoax involving Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o has dominated recent sports news since Deadspin reported that one of the most talked about stories of the college football season was actually fabricated by Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, and perhaps others.
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Will Junior Seau’s Confirmed Brain Damage Refuel NFL Concussion Suits?
15 Jan 2013 by BarryB / No Comments
Former NFL linebacker Junior Seau shocked the sports community when he shot himself in the heart in May 2012. Shortly after his death, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) stepped in to recover and study Seau’s brain. This past week, Seau’s widow and his son came forward to confirm that the NIH found signs that the linebacker suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain condition.
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DUI on weekend — no NFL game for you
23 Jul 2012 by Brad Holland / No Comments
The NFL Arrest tracker (yes, that actually exists) will add yet another name very shortly, as Seattle Seahawks Running Back Marshawn Lynch was arrested on “investigation of DUI” early Saturday morning. The news became public late Monday night.
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Things get even messier in Goodell-Vilma “bounty saga”
04 Jul 2012 by Brad Holland / No Comments
On Saturday night, while Canadians everywhere prepared for Canada Day, Jonathan Vilma filed his second civil suit as a result of the NFL’s “pay for pain” bounty scandal.
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