Editor’s Note: While this blog is normally dedicated to analyzing legal issues in the field of sports and entertainment, this post departs from that to spotlight some excellent work done by 1Ls at Harvard Law School. At HLS in fall 2012, the eighty students in Section Six participated in an experimental group project in their [...]
May 9, 2013
The Future of the NFL Faced by Concussion Lawsuits
Last month, the NFL Competition Committee passed another rule restricting the use of helmets as a point of contact during games. The decision was met with a customary (read: excessive) amount of vitriol by fans and players. Many fans seem to think that the NFL is irrationally rushing to protect players out of a fear [...]
April 14, 2013
Sports Symposium Investigates the Evolving Fan Experience
On March 28, the Harvard Law School Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law hosted its annual Sports Symposium. Sports industry leaders gathered at Wasserstein Hall to discuss the various legal challenges presented by the ever-changing experience of sports fans. As always, CSEL put on a terrific event that drew a number of distinguished speakers, with [...]
April 3, 2013
Does a Ban on Mixed Martial Arts Competitions Violate the First Amendment?
Within the past two decades, the sport of mixed martial arts (“MMA”) has seen a drastic increase in public acceptance and interest. Today there are forty-six states that sanction and regulate MMA competitions. MMA events promoted by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the world’s premiere MMA promoter, consistently sell out the world’s largest arenas. Broadcasts of [...]
March 29, 2013
Volume 5 Editorial Board
Congratulations to the new Editorial Team for Volume 5 of the Journal, to be published during the 2013-2014 school year: Editor-in-Chief: Kelly Donnelly Executive Editor: Albert Zhu Executive Editor: Kim Miner Executive Editor: Kyle Schneider
March 16, 2013
First-Sale Doctrine in Digital Markets
Copyrights are different from other property rights: There is nothing intuitive or inalienable about them. They are not meant to retain all benefits for a single owner, but rather to act as temporary valves as the benefits of ownership flow from one to many, from the private to ultimately the public. The first-sale doctrine is [...]
March 14, 2013
Register for the 2013 Harvard Law School Sports Law Symposium!
The 2013 Harvard Law School Sports Law Symposium will take place Thursday March 28 from 11:45 AM to 6:00 PM at Milstein West in Wasserstein Hall. This year’s theme is “The Evolution of the Fan,” and panelists will include partners from leading sports law practices and executives from ESPN, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and HBO Sports. See [...]
February 22, 2013
Will a Ticket’s Price Always Exceed its Worth?
Want to watch the Boston Celtics take on their playoff nemeses of the past two seasons, the red-hot Lebron James and the Miami Heat? No problem, except the cheapest seats in the house will cost you $85. Brokers can buy tickets at face value before selling at a substantial profit. Initially, sporting events, concerts, and [...]
February 3, 2013
“Winning” the Hole in One
Ask anyone who has spent four hours on an immaculate green lawn, swinging a club wildly and chasing a small white ball from sandy ditch to wooded pines, and they will tell you: golf is a simultaneously blissful and frustrating sport. But few golfers have experienced the highs and lows of the game like Don [...]
November 15, 2012
Strong Case Against Armstrong?
On October 22nd, 2012, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing body for professional cycling and overseer of international competitive cycling events, banned Lance Armstrong from cycling, stripped him of his seven Tour de France titles and called on him to return the prize money he won for those victories. The UCI’s decision to sanction [...]
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May 9, 2013
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