Officials Share Insights as to Why Emerging Sports Leagues Have Been Successful

Nov. 18, 2011 - PRLog -- Austin, TX- November 18, 2011- The latest edition of Sports Litigation Alert includes an article that reports on the ins and outs of sports leagues and why some are more successful than others.

Jordan D. Mamorsky, an attorney at Labaton Sucharow, writes that, “In today’s marketplace, established sports leagues like the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB dominate in terms of viewership, profits, and general popularity. However, many other successful leagues operate in the United States and have developed relationships with communities, created jobs and mobilized fan bases through effective growth strategies.”

Lessons can be learned from these leagues, which have excelled in problem solving, advertising relationships, and continuing profitability despite periods of economic downturns.

Case summaries in the current 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:

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

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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.