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Managers Strike Back? What Sports Organizations Need to Know as Misconduct Accusations Lead GMs to Team Up

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The recent termination of Portland Trail Blazers General Manager Neil Olshey has brought workplace culture and bullying to the forefront of professional sports’ front offices nationwide. As shown in the Olshey case, teams...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

National Association Of Basketball Coaches Advocates Playing Of ‘Black National Anthem’ With ‘Star Spangled Banner’

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The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the national organization of men’s basketball coaches, and its Committee on Racial Reconciliation has forwarded a letter to all of its member coaches encouraging...more

Butler Snow LLP

Shoes Make the Man, And Sometimes Spur Lawsuits

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Shoe companies like Nike, Adidas, and Under Armour begin courting future NBA stars when the players are in high school with the goal of signing them to endorsement deals when the player goes pro. This past year, the FBI and...more

Troutman Pepper

New NCAA Basketball Rules Create Compliance Challenges for Division I Universities

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On August 8, the NCAA announced a number of significant changes to its Division I college basketball bylaws. These changes — which come in response to the 2017 federal criminal investigation alleging fraud in college...more

Stinson LLP

Three Stripes and You're Out: Coach Pitino's Outrage Against Adidas

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The FBI recently charged 10 people, including four college basketball assistant coaches at prominent Division I universities and a head executive at Adidas inter alios, with corruption and bribery crimes for...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Three Point Shot - December 2016

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In Partial Trademark Victory over Chinese Sportswear Company, MJ Posterizes Unauthorized User of Chinese Version of His Name - In Game 3 of the first round of the 1991 NBA Eastern Conference playoffs between the New York...more

Mintz - Education and Nonprofits Viewpoints

More Money, More Problems? – The Rise of Compensation and Expectations for College Coaches (Employment Matters)

This is the second installment of a series regarding legal issues affecting college athletics that Employment Matters will run during this year’s NCAA basketball tournament. It is no secret that the salaries of coaches...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Rutgers Basketball Scandal – Some Questions For The Compliance Practitioner To Ask

The seemingly continuous saga of the Rutgers Athletic Department and the attendant fallout from the Mike Rice scandal has reappeared in the news recently....more

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