Legal Aspects of Sports Blog

I will start blogging again in late August.  I hope everyone has a great summer

I finished grading the final exams and have posted course grades on OneStart.

With the end of the semester looming, I wanted to highlight a few items:

April 14 - Quiz #10 during class

April 16 - course evaluations and final exam preview

April 21 and 23 - Any Given Sunday movie

May 1 - Reflection Paper #3 (Option #1) or Final “Publishable Quality” Paper (Option #2) due by 5:00PM

May 7 - final exam from 7:15PM to 9:15PM 

Check out this sports promotion.  Scroll down for the calorie count.

For those of you who chose Option #1, the third and final reflection paper is due May 1, 2009 at 5:00PM.

For those who elected to pick Option #2, your “publishable quality” piece is also due May 1, 2009 at 5:00PM.

I will have a box set up in the reception area of HPER 112 to collect the papers.

The final exam will be Thursday, May 7, 2009 from 7:15PM to 9:15PM.  Details here.

The Wall Street Journal reports on the finding here.

Larry Scott, CEO of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour for the past six years, has opted to step down and take the Pac-10 Commissioner position.  Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated shares his thoughts here. 

I will lecture on Ch. 12 tomorrow, so please read it ahead of time. 

On Thursday (March 26), Reflection Paper #2 is due (if you chose Option #1 for the course writing requirment).  If you wrote Reflection Paper #1 about Jerry Maguire, Reflection Paper #2 must pertain to one of the academic articles in the course supplement.  I will be in class from 1:00PM to 1:05PM on Thursday to collect Reflection Paper #2.  You can turn it in early if you want (hard copies only, no emails).    

If you chose Option #2 for the course writing requirment, please email me an update on your progress (if you haven’t already). 

There is a new academic paper being circulated positing that a college basketball team is more likely to win a game if they trail by one (1) point at halftime. The New York Times write-up (by the authors) about the article is here.  The paper itself is here.  A tennis-specific paper with the opposite finding can be found here.  I have yet to read either paper, but look forward to it.