Last week, baseball fans were stunned to hear of Adam LaRoche’s retirement. Shortly thereafter, the reason for his retirement was revealed: the White Sox asked for LaRoche to limit his son’s access to the clubhouse. It is rumored that Major League Baseball Player’s Association may file a grievance against the White Sox on LaRoche’s behalf….
Author: James Landry
Sweet Home Missouri
The Rams have officially made the move from St. Louis to Los Angeles, but they are trying to withhold on completely moving. Over the weekend, it was reported that the Rams are offering new player contracts with language stating the laws of Missouri, not California, in order to control the relationship between player and team….
Analysis of Run Gum v. United States Olympic Committee & USA Track and Field
Last month, the Untied States Olympic Committee (“USOC”) and USA Track & Field (“USATF”) were sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon by Run Gum, a company co-owned by Olympic runner Nick Simmonds, alleging that restrictions on the type of advertisements athletes can wear on their jersey violate antitrust laws. Run…
Pierre-Paul’s Case Against ESPN and Adam Schefter
Last summer New York Giants Jason Pierre-Paul blew up part of his right hand in a fireworks accident. He was admitted to Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital to have procedures done to save his hand, wherein the media rushed to find out more information, which is when Adam Schefter tweeted out two images of Pierre-Paul’s medical…
Will NOTSPORTSCENTER Receive Trademark Protection?
Last week, Notsportscenter, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, filed a federal trademark application for the term NOTSPORTSCENTER. Will this receive trademark protection? First, the mark must be inherently distinctive, or have secondary meaning. We are going to assume that NOTSPORTSCENTER is not inherently distinctive, but instead, it is descriptive. It is merely the combination…
Caddies Lose Lawsuit v. PGA Tour
Caddies who work for the PGA Tour filed suit a year ago, in Federal court in California, for being forced to wear corporate logos on bibs and becoming ‘human billboards’. The lawsuit also stated that the PGA threatened to prevent the caddies from working if they did not wear the bibs. The Court dismissed the…
The Golden Rule
The NFL’s golden year comes to a close this weekend as Super Bowl 50 looms large. Throughout the season, all NFL fields have painted the 50-yard marks gold to represent the large milestone in league history. Cam Newton has stated that if he wins the league MVP award the night before the Super Bowl, he will wear…
Mizzou QB Suspended for Allegedly Snorting Cocaine on Video
A video of Maty Mauk, Missouri’s Quarterback, was posted over the weekend of him, allegedly, snorting cocaine. While we do not know when this video was recorded, we do know that Mauk has been suspended by Mizzou 3 times over the past 4 months. After this video surfaced, Mizzou responded quickly and swiftly suspending Mauk…
Garber v. Major League Baseball
UPDATE Jan 19, 2016 1:40 pm EST: A settlement has been reached. In 2012, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Major League Baseball (MLB) accusing the MLB of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act with their blackout and television territory policy. The Sherman Antitrust Act states: “Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise,…
MLB Needs to Change Policies After STL Hack
Last week, the former St. Louis Cardinal scouting director Chris Correa pleaded guilty to 5 counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer, 18 U.S. Code § 1030. At the sentencing hearing was the first time the scope of what he accessed became public. The accessed information, valued at $1.7 million, included access to Houston…
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