Maintaining the Integrity & Commercial Value of Sports While Protecting Athlete’s Rights

Friday, October 13 (9 – 9:15 am)

Overview:  How the Integrity of Sport is Protected in the U.S.

Matthew J. Mitten, Professor of Law and Executive Director, National Sports Law Institute and LL.M. in Sports Law Program for Foreign Lawyers, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, WI

Supplementary Materials

Articles and Research

• Erica N. Reib, Comment, Ante Up or Fold: What Should Be Done About Gambling in College Sports?, 21 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 621 (2011).
• John W. Kindt & Thomas Asmar, College and Amateur Sports Gambling: Gambling Away Our Youth?, 8 Vill. Sports & Ent. L.J. 221 (2002).
• Lori K. Miller & Cathryn L. Claussen, Online Sports Gambling – Regulation or Prohibition?, 11 J. Leg. Aspects Sport 99 (2001).
• Marc Edelman, Navigating the Legal Risks of Daily Fantasy Sports: A Detailed Primer in Federal and State Gambling Law, 2016 U. Ill. L. Rev. 117 (2016).
• Maureen A. Weston, Academic Standards or Discriminatory Hoops? Learning-Disabled Student-Athletes and the NCAA Initial Academic Eligibility Requirements, 66 Tenn. L. Rev. 1049 (1999).
• Paul Anderson, The Regulation of Gambling Under U.S. Federal and State Law, Int’l Sports L. J. 68 (2009).
• Paul M. Anderson, A Cart That Accommodates: Using Case Law to Understand the ADA, Sports, and Casey Martin, 1 Va. Sports & Ent. L.J. 211 (2002).
• Travis Tygart & Anthony R. Ten Haagen, The Americans With Disabilities Act, The United States Anti-Doping Agency, and the Effort Toward Equal Opportunity: A Case Study of the United States Anti-Doping Agency v. George Hartman Matter, 2 Harv. J. Sports & Ent. L. 199 (2011).

Statutes

• Bribery in Sports Contests, 18 U.S.C. § 224 (2017).
• Enforcement of Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 9 U.S.C. §201 (2017).
• Illegal Gambling Business Act of 1970, 18 U.S.C. §1955 (2017).
• Interstate Wire Act of 1961 (‘The Wire Act’), 18 U.S.C.S. §1084 (2017).
• Professional and Amateur Sport Protection Acts (‘PASPA’), 28 U.S.C. §3702 (2017).
• Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970 (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §1962 (2017).
• Transportation in Aid of Racketeering Enterprises Act of 1961 (‘The Travel Act’), 18 U.S.C. §1952 (2017).
• Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (‘UIGEA’), 31 U.S.C. §5363(2017).

Rules and Regulations

• NFLPA Regulations Governing Contract Advisors (as amended through August 2016)
• NBPA Regulations Governing Player Agents (as Amended February 2016)
• MLBPA Regulations Governing Player Agents (as Amended Effective February 5, 2016)

Cases

• Armstrong v. Tygart, 886 F. Supp.2d 572 (W.D. Tex. 2012).
• Baisden v. WVSSAC, 568 S.E.2d 32 (W. Va. 2002).
• Barron v. PGA Tour Inc., 670 F. Supp.2d 674 (W.D. Tenn. 2009).
• Biediger v. Quinnipiac Univ., 691 F.3d 85 (2d Cir. 2012).
• Bowers v. Fed’n Internationale de L’Automobile, 489 F.3d 316 (7th Cir. 2007).
• Brennan v. Bd. of Trust., 691 So.2d 324 (La. App. 1997).
• Castillo v. Tyson, 268 A.D.2d 336 (N.Y. App. Div. 2003).
• Finley & Co., Inc. v. Kuhn, 569 F.2d 527 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 876 (1978).
• Cruz v. PIAA, 157 F. Supp. 2d 485 (E.D. Pa. 2001).
• Davis v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, 564 S.W.2d 33 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978).
• Graham v. USADA, 2011 WL 1261321 (E.D.N.C. 2011).
• Elitt v. U.S.A. Hockey, 922 F. Supp. 217 (E.D. Mo. 1996).
• Hill v. NCAA, 865 P.2d 633 (Cal. 1994).
• Kuketz v. Petronelli, 821 N.E. 2d 473 (2005).
• Matthews v. NCAA, 179 F. Supp. 2d 1209 (E.D. Wash. 2001).
• Mayfield v. NASCAR, 713 F. Supp.2d 527 (W.D. N. C. 2010), aff’d, 674 F.3d 369 (4th Cir. 2012).
• Molinas v. NBA, 190 F. Supp. 241 (S.D.N.Y. 1961).
• National Football League Management Council v. National Football League Players Association, 647 Fed. Appx. 32 (2nd Cir. 2016).
• NFL Management Council v. NFL Players Ass'n, 820 F.3d 527 (2d Cir. 2016).
• Noffke v. Bakke, 315 Wis.2d 350 (Wis. 2009).
• PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin, 532 U.S. 661 (2001).
• Richards v. USTA, 400 N.Y.S.2d 267 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1977)
• Shultz v. Hemet Youth Pony League, Inc., 943 F. Supp. 1222 (C.D. Cal. 1996)
• Singh v. PGA Tour, 2014 WL 641311 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.).
• Slaney v. IAAF, 244 F.3d 580 (7th Cir. 2001).
• United States v. Manni, Trial Pleading, 2009 WL 1604780 (E.D. Mich 2009).
• United States v. Mazzei, 700 F.2d 85 (2d Cir. 1983).
• Williams v. Nat’l Football League, 495 Fed. Appx. 894 (10th Cir. 2012).