SPORTS LAW
SPRING SEMESTER 2016
THURSDAYS 9 – 10:40 am, Room 501
PROF. VERSTEEG, Office Hrs: M & W noon – 2 pm, 4 – 5 pm
Exam: Wednesday, May 2 @ 9:30 am: 75 Multiple Choice Questions
Req’d Text: SPORTS LAW: CASES & MATERIALS (3RD ED) VerSteeg & Sahl (2014)
Week 1: Jan. 7: Ch. 1 Olympics, Private Associations, Performance Enhancing
Drugs (Introductory Cases): pp. 1-23
1) DeFrantz v. USOC, 492 F.Supp. 1181 (1980)
2) Walton-Floyd v. USOC, 965 SW2d 35 (1998)
3) WADA v. Scherf, CAS 2007/A/1416
Week 2: Jan. 14: Ch. 1 Olympics, Private Associations, Performance Enhancing
Drugs (Cont.): pp. 23-46
1) Slaney v. IAAF & USOC, 224 F.3d 580 (2001)
2) Sport Court Rules Paul Hamm Can Keep His Olympic Gold
3) Matthew Foote, “Three Strikes And You’re Out,” 6 DePaul J. Sports L &
Contemporary Probs. 1 (2009)
4) Cameron Myler, “Resolution of Doping Disputes,” 40 New England L.Rev. 747
(2006)
Week 3: Jan. 21: Ch. 2: Athlete-to-Athlete Injuries, Facilities Operators, Ch. 3:
Coach Liability (Introductory Cases): pp. 49-74
1) Trujillo v. Yeager, 642 F.Supp. 86 (2009)
2) Karas v. Strevell, 227 Ill. 2d 440 (2008)
3) Williams v. Strickland, 251 NC 767 (1960)
4) Turner v. Mandalay, 180 P.2d 1172 (2008)
5) Moose v. MIT, 43 Mass.App,Ct. 420 (1997)
6) Trujillo v. Yeager, 642 F.Supp. 86 (2009)(Reprise)
Week 4: Jan. 28 4: Ch. 3: Coach Liability (Cont.), Equipment: pp. 74-104
1) Kahn v. East Side Union High School District 75 P.3d 30 (2003)
2) Crace v. Kent State 924 NE 2d 906 (2009)
3) McCormick v. Lowe & Campbell Athletic Goods, 144 SW 2d 866 (1940)
4) Pell v. Victor J. Andrew High School, 462 NE 2d 858 (1984)
5) Note: Product Liability & Warranty/Commercial Law Theories
Week 5: Feb. 4: Ch. 4: Institutions, Officials, & Waivers: pp. 105-131
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1) Kleinknecht v. Gettysburg College, 989 F 2d 1360 (1993)
2) Hammond v. Bd. Ed. Carroll County, 639 A 2d 223 (1994)
3) Santopietro v. New Haven, 239 Conn. 207 (1996)
4) Heitt v. Lake Bancroft, 418 SE 2d 894 (1992)
5) Lund v. Bally's, 78 Cal.App. 4th 733 (2000)
6) Kirton v. Fields, 997 So. 2d 349 (2008)
Week 6: Feb. 11: Ch. 5 Contracts: A. Introductory Concepts: pp. 133-152
1) Los Angeles Rams v. Cannon, 185 F.Supp. 717 (1960)
2) Central N.Y. Basketball v. Barnett, 181 NE 2d 506 (1961)
3) Vanderbilt Univ. v. DiNardo, 174 F. 3d 751 (1999)
NO CLASS THURS. FEB. 18 (NELB MONDAY SCHEDULE)
Week 7: Feb. 25: Ch. 5 Contracts: B. Sample Contracts: pp. 152-186
1) 1930 Babe Ruth Contract
2) MLB Uniform Player's Contract
3) NBA Uniform Player Contract
NO CLASS THURS. MARCH 3 (NELB WINTER BREAK)
Week 8: March 10: Ch. 6 Antitrust (And Some Aspects of Labor Law): A. Basic
Principles (Introductory Cases & Materials): pp. 189-212
1) Sherman Antitrust Act sect. 1 (15 USC sect. 1)
2) Ryan Rodenberg, “Age Eligibility Rules in Women’s Professional Golf,” 19 J.
Legal Aspects of Sport 103 (2009)
3) Law v. NCAA, 134 F 3d 1010 (1998)
4) American Needle v. NFL, 130 S.Ct. 2201 (2010)
Week 9: March 17: Ch. 6 Antitrust (And Some Aspects of Labor Law): A. Basic
Principles (Cont.), B. Further Considerations: pp. 212-245
1) Mackey v. NFL, 543 F 2d 606 (1976)
2) Wood v. NBA, 809 F 2d 954 (1987)
3) John Wolohan, "The Curt Flood Act of 1998 and Major League Baseball's
Antitrust Exemption," 9 Marquette Sports Law Journal 347 (1999)
4) Sherman Antitrust Act sect. 2 (15 USC sect. 2)
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Week 10: March 24: Ch. 7 Some Constitutional Concerns: pp. 249-274
1) Brentwood Academy v. Tennessee Secondary School Ath. Assoc., 531 US
288 (2001)
2) Spring Branch v. Stamos, 695 SW 556 (1985)
3) James v. Tallassee High School, 907 F.Supp. 364 (1995)
4) Jordan v. O'Fallon Township High School, 706 NE 2d 137 (1999)
5. Veronia School Dist. 47J v. Acton, 515 U.S. 646 (1995)
[Omit Hart v. Elec. Arts pp. 275-279]
Week 11: March 31: Ch. 8 Title IX, The Rehabilitation Act, & Americans With
Disabilities Act: pp. 281-297; 301-308; 318-323
1) B. Glen George, "Title IX and the Scholarship Dilemma," 9 Marquette Sports
Law Journal 273 (1999)
2) Daniels v. School Bd. Brevard County, 985 F.Supp. 1458 (1997)
3) Mercer v. Duke Univ., 190 F 3d 643 (1999)
4) Boucher v. Syracuse Univ. 164 F 3d 113 (1999)
[Omit Boulahanis v. Bd. Regents pp. 297-301]
5) Equity in Athletics v. US Dept. Educ., 291 Fed.Appdx. 517 (2008)
6) Maureen A. Weston, “The Intersection of Sports and Disability,” 50 St. Louis
L.J. 137 (2005)
[Omit Knapp v. Northwestern Univ. pp. 308-314]
[Omit Ganden v. NCAA pp. 314-318]
7) PGA Tour v. Martin, 532 U.S. 661 (2001)
Week 12: April 7: Ch. 9 NCAA: pp. 327-358
1) Rodney K. Smith, "A Brief History of the NCAA's Role in Regulating
Intercollegiate Athletics," 11 Marquette Sports Law Review 9 (2000)
2) Matthew Mitten, "Applying Antitrust Law to NCAA Regulation of `Big Time'
College Athletics," 11 Marquette Sports L. Rev. 1 (2000)
3) Tanyon T. Lynch, "Quid Pro Quo: Restoring Educational Primacy to College
Basketball," 12 Marquette Sports L. Rev. 595 (2002)
4) Ross v. Creighton Univ., 957 F.2d 410 (1992)
5) English v. NCAA, 439 So.2d 1218 (1983)
6) Bloom v. NCAA, 93 P.3d 621 (2004)
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Week 13: April 14: Ch. 10 Agency: pp. 361-371; 384-401
1) Detroit Lions v. Argovitz, 580 F.Supp. 542 (1984)
2) Brown v. Woolf, 554 F.Supp. 1206 (1983)
[Omit Oliver v. NCAA pp. 371-379]
[Omit US Public Laws: Sports Agent Responsibility & Trust Act pp. 379384]
3) Chris Deubert, “What’s A Clean Agent To Do?” 18 Vill. Sports & Ent. L.J. 1
(2011)
4) Stacey Evans, “Sports Agents,” 17 Vill. Sports & Ent. LJ (2010)
Week 14: April 21: Ch. 11 Intellectual Property: pp. 403-434
1) Pittsburgh Athletic v. KQV Broadcasting, 24 F.Supp. 490 (1938)
2) NBA v. Motorola, 105 F 3d 841 (1997)
3) Monster Communications v. Turner Broadcasting Sys., 935 F.Supp. 490
(1996)
4) Adidas v. Payless, 546 F.Supp. 2d 1029 (2008)
5) O'Brien v. Pabst Sales, 124 F 2d 167 (1942)
6) Abdul-Jabbar v. General Motors, 85 F 3d 407 (1996)
[Omit Note: CBC Distribution & Marketing pp. 435-438]
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