Sports Law Analytics

Reminder - the oral defense of your case brief assignment is Dec. 1.

The PGA Tour’s suspension of Doug Barron for violation of its anti-doping policy has resulted in a lawsuit.  The New York Times reports here.  According to the story, the violation was based on Barron’s use of two drugs - synthetic testosterone and beta-blockers.  This will be an interesting case to follow, as other pro athletes have received TUEs for both substances.  This is the first case I am aware of that involves both substances.  Stay tuned… 

The Wall Street Journal ranks various anti-doping programs in a number of sports here.  The Professional Bowlers Assocation and the World’s Strongest Man Competition rank near the bottom.

The multi-faceted website Huffington Post now has section devoted to sports here.  Lots of insightful commentary by Wayne Winston, Dave Berri, Roger Abrams, etc.  I’ve added the site to the blogroll for easy access moving forward.

Here is an update on former tennis prodigy Ally Baker.

The website First and Goal just published their top 50 sports-related blogs.  The results are here.  Check out #21 on the list!

I just finished drafting the final exam.  As you know, the final exam is closed book and cumulative.  There are 26 total questions.  There is one long essay question that is worth 6.5% of your final course grade.  The other 25 questions include true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and short answer.  If you have any questions, please save them for our review session on Dec. 8 (dinner provided). 

As you know, the case brief oral defenses will take place Dec. 1.  The final exam will include a few questions based off of the defenses by your peers.  As such, it is important that you take notes during class.  To help with note-taking, I have posted a seven page document on OnCourse with each case listed and ample room to take notes.  You may want to print this document off and bring it to class on Dec. 1.

Please print off and read the following short articles before class on Nov. 10:

1. Under Armour’s recovery suit is described here.

2. Luke Cyphers’s op-ed is here.

3. David Epstein’s discussion of what constitutes a “baby boost” is here.

A columnist for the Los Angeles Times alludes to a “scandal” in an op-ed here.  The focus of the op-ed is on last weekend’s Indiana-Iowa football game that was the focus of much referee-related commentary over the course of the past three days.