Sports Business Expert Writes about the $2,000 Stipend and the Rule of Reason

PRLog (Press Release) - Jan. 6, 2012 - Austin, TX- January 6, 2012- In the latest edition of Sports Litigation Alert, Andy Schwartz, a sports business expert and litigation economist, writes about antitrust law and the recent actions of NCAA.

Schwartz writes: “The NCAA has put itself in a position such that, even if one accepts for the sake of argument that some sort of nationwide cap is justifiable under the rule of reason, the one the NCAA has chosen isn’t.””

Summaries Include:

   Court Grants Insurance Company’s Motion to Dismiss Cleveland Indians Claim
   Championship Team Lacks Standing to Challenge Actions of Association
   North Carolina Judge Sides with UNC in McAdoo Suit
   Courts Wants More Facts Before Dismissing Claim in Skiing Mishap
   Court Grants Dismissal of Claim against Allen Iverson

Other Articles Include:

•   A Perspective on the Feldman Case and the ADA — What it Means
•   City’s So-Called Field of Dreams Proves to be a Legal Nightmare
•   Leigh Steinberg Lawsuits Raise a Lot of Questions
•   Getting in the Game: 2011 Report Shows Ups, Downs in Pro Sports Diversity

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.

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Hackney Publications, which is a member of the National Sports Law Institute and the Sports and Recreation Law Association (http://srlaweb.org/), was founded by journalist Holt Hackney, who has spent more than 20 years writing about sports, business and the law.