This research examined all 430 amateurism student-athlete reinstatement (SAR) cases between 2004 and 2006. This paper reports on the trends in the SAR staff decision making process, including the benchmark results of cases on the basis of the bylaw violated by the athlete and the mitigating...

"Pro football, the game for the ear and the eye…This sport is more than a spectacle, it is a game for all seasons…X's and O's on the blackboard are translated into imagination on the field". This 13 seconds of digitally-altered audio, incorporated by National Football League Films, Inc. into...

Scholars have examined the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) definition, development, and application of amateurism (Allison, 2001; Byers, 1995; Crowley, 2006; Falla, 1981; Glader, 1978; Sack & Staurowsky, 1998; Smith, 1993; Thelin, 1996; Watterson, 2000; Wheeler, 2004), but the matter of amateurism as it...

Patent protection for genetic enhancements would tend to spur genetic innovation, but would tend to limit access to those genetic enhancements through discriminatory mechanisms such as price and favoritism. The patent system would likely ensure high rates of genetic enhancement innovation,...

This paper explains the operation of English set-off rules, especially in an insolvency scenario, including cross-border insolvency. In addition to serving as a concise exposition of the law of set-off, this paper discusses case-law and highlight points not mentioned in other set-off texts

A company voluntary arrangement ('CVA') under Part I of the Insolvency Act 1986 ('IA') is a statutory contract into which terms may be implied on ordinary contractual principles. Although some cases proclaim that the court has no power to vary the terms of a CVA or authorise a breach of the CVA...

The proliferation of rules aimed at the management of cross-border insolvencies has not been coupled with sufficient attention to the choice of law rules relating to the avoidance of antecedent transactions as legal acts detrimental to all the creditors. This article is the first of its kind in...

This article discusses the legal status of links, in connection with the pending cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union in Svensson, C More and BestWater. Hyperlinks, deep links, framed links and embedded links are discussed. It focuses on the Opinion of the European Copyright...

The FA Premier League (“FAPL”) runs the Premier League, the leading professional football league competition for football clubs in England. FAPL’s activities include commercially exploiting the associated broadcasting rights. In maximising the value of the broadcasting rights to its...

This article reports on research to identify the risks relevant to teens when using these services and provide them with practical guidance regarding how to miminise and avoid such risks. The authors, drawn from the education and law disciplines, undertook to ascertain the actual scale and...