Respondents to a Seton Hall University Sports Poll were asked if student athletes should be financially compensated for participating in revenue producing sports, above their scholarships and a cost of attendance stipend. The numbers were in favor and up from last year, with 55 percent of the general population, 62 percent of sports fans and…
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Hackney Publications announced today that it was making its latest issue of Sports Litigation Alert, published on February 24, 2023, the new sample issue on the site, a reflection of the issue’s “strength,” according to Editor and Publisher Holt Hackney. “We pride ourselves on providing provocative insight and thought leadership on the sports law issues…
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Students at George Washington University [GWU] may soon be cheering on their NCAA sports teams by yelling “Go Fog” – or “Fogriders,” or Foghoppers,” or even “Blue Fog” – according to an unauthorized disclosure of what is being called an “undemocratic new GW moniker process” to pick a new name for our sports teams, notes…
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As the Kansas City Chiefs prepare to host the AFC Championship game this Sunday, Rob Grabow, writer, producer, co-director, and lead actor in the indie film The Year of the Dog, which touches upon indigenous themes, asks audiences to consider the question, “Is the Kansas City Chiefs team name harmful?” The Year of the Dog, which…
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The Drake Group has established a new non-profit organization under the fiscal 501(c)(3) sponsorship of the Players Philanthropy Fund – THE DRAKE GROUP EDUCATION FUND. On the surface, this “better positioned” the Drake Group to shape the discourse on collegiate athletics, similar to the Knight Commission. Andrew Zimbalist, Drake President explained, “Doing so will enable…
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Reka Gyorgy of Virginia Tech, who was bumped out of a final by trans swimmer Lia Thomas at the NCAAs, wrote the following letter, earning praise from many for making a stand on an important issue: Dear NCAA, I would like to address this past week’s events and express my thoughts. First, I would like to…
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By By John F. Banzhaf III, B.S.E.E., J.D., Sc.D., Professor of Public Interest Law, George Washington University Law School Washington football will announce its new team name today; a change brought on by overwhelming criticism of “Redskins” as “derogatory” and “racist,” but much of the blame for the well documented physical as well as emotional harm…
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It’s all about protecting the shield. This was obvious to me in the 1980s when I began covering sports business for Financial World and it is even more obvious today. Case in point, examine the curious case of Tampa Bay Wide Receiver Antonio Brown. When the self-described personal chef, angered by the fact that he…
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(Editor’s Note: What follows is an excerpt of an article written by Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Writer of Hackney Publications and Professor, Sports Media, Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca College, staurows@ithaca.edu , for subscription-based Sports Litigation Alert.) On Monday, November 15, 2021, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) hosted a special convention…
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Controversy swirled after Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, a three-time Olympian and former No. 1-ranked women’s doubles player, accused Zhang Gaoli, a former member of the Chinese Communist Party’s Standing Committee of forcing her to have sex against her will. Then Peng Shuai disappeared. She allegedly turned up in a photo over the weekend at…
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