Legal Issues - College Athletics
Legal Issues - College Athletics
Ex-official allowed as witness in lawsuit
Circuit Judge Wallace Haralson amended a motion to strike former NCAA official David Swank as an expert witness for Ray Keller of Stevenson during a hearing Wednesday morning and will allow him to testify.
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Mar 23, 2006, 10:04
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Lawsuit has NCAA looking in mirror
SCOTTSBORO - The National Collegiate Athletic Association is fighting the inclusion of David Swank, former chairman of its Committee on Infractions, as an expert witness in a lawsuit recently filed by disassociated University of Alabama booster Ray Keller of Stevenson.
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Mar 19, 2006, 08:38
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NCAA should pay 'full cost'
Three former college athletes have filed a class action lawsuit against the NCAA, seeking what could be scholarship increases of about $2,500 annually and damages that could amount to $350 million.
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Feb 23, 2006, 11:18
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Radical Feminists Reinterpret Title IX
This year's spectacular Rose Bowl game attracted a phenomenal 35.6 million viewers because it featured what we want: rugged men playing football and attractive women cheering them on. Americans of every class, men and women, remained glued to their television sets and nearly 95,000 spectators watched from the stands.
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Jan 17, 2006, 08:30
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Judge dismisses two claims in countersuit by UA artist
Two claims in a countersuit brought by sports artist Daniel Moore stemming from a trademark case have been dismissed by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge David Proctor, following an Oct. 27 hearing, dismissed Moore's claims that University of Alabama officials violated the Visual Artists Rights Act and the Alabama Deceptive Trade Practices Act when the university changed from crimson to green the color on uniforms and jerseys on a Web site depicting his work for a survey. Another claim was dismissed by agreement between lawyers for Moore and the university.
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Nov 4, 2005, 15:02
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Cottrell lawyers expect to lose big judgment
His players think they can win a playoff game. His attorneys think they can get him the payoff they've already won. After years of hard times, it's a good time to be Ronnie Cottrell. In the next month or so, if everything goes right, the former Alabama assistant could win a state championship and cash a bonus that would pay him Charlie Weis money.
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Nov 4, 2005, 14:59
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Has Title IX has run its course?
There are times where the stars align and issues that span more than just the world of sports collide. The impending hearings to confirm John Roberts as the country's next Supreme Court Justice will most certainly focus on his opposition to Title IX. Also, this past week, Wisconsin Badgers Head Football Coach Barry Alvarez announced that the 2005 season would be his last. Alvarez will still continue to act as Athletic Director for the university.
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Aug 7, 2005, 10:21
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Unsettling
Sixteen million dollars. Jiggle that number around in your deepest pocket, see how it feels.
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Jul 31, 2005, 14:44
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Koetter and Smith erred in Wade case, report says
Arizona State University's former athletic director and the head football coach made errors in judgment in how they acted after being warned of dangerous behavior by football player Loren Wade, according to an investigative report issued Monday. Wade, 21, is suspected of shooting former ASU football player Brandon Falkner in March after he saw his former girlfriend talking to Falkner outside a Scottsdale nightclub.
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Jul 26, 2005, 23:08
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Auto racing and the Title IX myth-makers
We love to make our sports stars into mythic figures. It is comforting to believe in cultural myths, like the stories we read to children about George Washington chopping down a cherry tree. However, in order to construct these unreal icons, one needs to create a little fiction. Interestingly, the same holds true when it comes to reporting on Title IX.
Jul 12, 2005, 22:42
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