New Laws Help Student-Athletes Ask the Right Questions During the Recruiting Process

PRLog (Press Release) - Nov. 18, 2011 - Austin, TX- November 18, 2011- The latest edition of Sports Litigation Alert reports on the recruiting process for student athletes.

“The recruiting process is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for most student-athletes. College coaches, however, recruit hundreds of players each year. Therefore, it is paramount that student-athletes and their parents are educated on the process, especially when athletic scholarships are involved.” writes Daniel Fitzgerald, an associate at Brody Wilkinson PC.

On January 1, 2012, new laws will take effect in California and Connecticut that attempt to bridge the information gap between student-athletes and the coaches recruiting them.

Case summaries in the issue include:

   Coach Fails to Establish Retaliation Claim
   Minnesota State Appeals Court Upholds Award to Assistant Coach
   District Court Upholds Arbitrator’s Decision Regarding Workers’ Compensation Choice of Forum Provisions in Chicago Bears Case
   Famous Athletes Lash Out at Those Who Use their Name, Likeness or Other Personal Attributes Without Permission
   Harassment by Athletes Fails to Meet Threshold

Other articles Include:

   Officials Share Insights as to Why Emerging Sports Leagues Have Been Successful
   NBA Season at the Crossroads
   Colangelo Begins Work on a New Project -- the Jerry Colangelo School of Sports Business
   When Lightening is Imminent Stadium Evacuation Procedures Take Center Stage
   Pace Joins Arent Fox as Partner in New York Office

Coming out 24 times a year, the Alert features a searchable archive of more than 1000 case summaries and articles pertinent to the sports law field.

Hackney Publications (www.hackneypublications.com), which publishes the Alert, is a member of the National Sports Law Institute and the Sports and Recreation Law Association (http://srlaweb.org/).

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About Hackney Publications

Hackney Publications (www.hackneypublications.com) delivers valuable and important information about the legal side of the sports industry. Its overriding mission, through its publications, is to maintain a narrow editorial focus on issues that matter to its subscribers. In addition to Sports Litigation Alert, the company publishes Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics, Legal Issues in High School Athletics, Professional Sports and the Law, Sports Facilities and the Law and the Journal of NCAA Compliance.  Hackney Publications was founded by journalist Holt Hackney, who has spent more than 20 years writing about sports, business and the law.