Sports law

Professor Yen

Spring 2004

Course Readings – revised 1/23/04

Week 1, January 9, 2004 – The Power of the Commissioner, player contracts

Readings (commissioner’s power):

  • Text, pp. 1-31
  • Supplement, pp. 4-9

Readings (player contracts):

  • Text, pp. 87-107, 113-119
  • Supplement, pp. 18-22

Week 2, January 16, 2004 – Antitrust and the Labor Market for Professional Sports

Readings:

  • Sherman Act, sections 1 and 2 (available on course web page)
  • Text, pp. 150-227, 250-255, 289-290.
  • Supplement, pp. 24-27

Week 3, January 23, 2004 – Antitrust and the Labor Market for Professional Sports, cont.

Readings:

  • Text, pp. 119-140, 304-310, 314-321
  • Supplement, pp. 29-37
  • Curt Flood Act, 15 U.S.C. §27a (available on course web page)
  • MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement, pp. 66-70 (Reserve System)

Week 4, January 30, 2004 – The NBA Salary Cap, (Joe Rosen, Guest Lecturer)

Readings

  • NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement, Article VII (available on course web page)
  • Salary Cap FAQ (available online at:

Week 5, February 6, 2004 – paper conferences

There will be no class this week. Instead, students should sign up for paper conferences. Times are available on Wed. Feb. 4 from 2-4 p.m. and Friday Feb. 6 from 9-12 a.m.

Week 6, February 13, 2004 – The NCAA’s “labor maket,”

Note: Negotiation Reports from Salary Cap Exercise are due.

Paper topics must be finalized by this date.

Readings:

  • Text, pp. 675-697, 725-771, 779- 798
  • Supplement, pp. 86-98, 101-114
  • NCAA Div. I Manual, Articles 2, 12-16 (available on course web page)
  • U.S. v. Brown University, 5 F3d 658 (1993) (available on course web page)
  • Article about settlement in U.S. v. Brown University (available at

Week 7, February 27, 2003 – NBA Salary Cap (Joe Rosen and Stacey Dogan, Guest Lecturers). NCAA, cont.

The first part of class will be used to review the results of the Salary Cap Exercise.

The second part of class will feature Professor Stacey Dogan.

Readings (NFL Franchise Relocation for Professor Dogan):

  • St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission v. NFL, 154 F.3d 851 (8thCir. 1998) (available on course web page)
  • Los Angeles County Coliseum Commission v. NFL, 726 F.2d 1381 (9thCir. 1984) (available on course web page)

Week 8, March 5, 2004 – Intellectual Property

Readings:

  • INS v. AP, 248 U.S. 215 (1918) (available on course web page)
  • Feist v. Rural Telephone, 499 U.S. 340 (1991) (available on course web page)
  • Text, pp. 389-413, 428-436
  • Copyright Code Excerpts, 17 U.S.C. §§102, 106, 107 (available on course web page)

Week 9, March 12, 2004 – Paper Conferences

Paper Conference schedules will be posted on Professor Yen’s door, EW 422.

Week 10, March 19, 2004 – Disability, Doping,

Readings:

  • PGA Tour v. Casey Martin, 532 U.S. 661 (2001) (available from course web page)
  • Text, pp. 53-71
  • Supplement, pp. 12-14
  • NCAA Banned Substances (available on course web page)
  • Drugs in Sports (contains information about various drugs, including many found on the NCAA Banned Substances list) (available at

Week 11, March 26, 2004 – No class

Work on papers. Remember the due dates for turning your draft in to Professor Yen and your commentator.

Week 12, April 2, 2004 – student papers

Class meets 10-12.

Week 13, April 16, 2004 – student papers

Class meets 10-12, 3-4:30.

Week 14, April 23, 2004 – student papers

Class meets 10-12, 3-4:30.

Week 15, April 30, 2004 – student papers, Jennifer Flynn, Guest Lecturer

Class meets 10-12.