Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law

by Eli Nachmany | February 26, 2021 | Career Spotlights, Updates | 0 Comments

Twenty-five years ago tomorrow, the storied Pokémon franchise began with the Japan release of Pocket Monsters Red and Green on the Game Boy. Many of us recall playing classics like Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow, Gold/Silver/Crystal, and others through the years. When I...

by JSEL | February 25, 2021 | Highlight, Updates | 0 Comments

Brown and red leaves weren’t the only unusual sight during last year’s Masters Tournament. On top of an unprecedented November scene at Augusta National, one of the game’s most historic sites witnessed another peculiarity: one of the game’s most influential players...

by Eli Nachmany | February 13, 2021 | Highlight, Updates | 0 Comments

The wait is over. Earlier this month, EA Sports announced that it would revive its popular college football video game franchise NCAA Football. This time around, however, the game will be called EA Sports College Football. The name is not the only thing that will be...

by JSEL | January 29, 2021 | Updates | 0 Comments

Volume 12-1 of the print edition of the Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law will be published here on February 10! The fall issue will feature the following articles: A Proposal for Group Licensing of College Athlete NILs, Jeffrey F. Brown, James Bo...

by JSEL | January 26, 2021 | Interviews | 0 Comments

In the midst of the ongoing debate over student-athlete compensation and the expansion of Name, Image, and Likeness rights, a Professor at Georgia Tech, and former college athlete himself, Baratunde Cola, has proposed a unique idea: have student-athletes create...

by madisonmartin | January 9, 2021 | Career Spotlights | 0 Comments

Chidi Oteh is an experienced associate at Ropes & Gray LLP in Boston in their asset management and sports groups. In his sports practice, Chidi works on the negotiation of employment, sponsorship, media and speaking arrangements for various collegiate and...

by Eli Nachmany | January 2, 2021 | Commentary | 0 Comments

Cert Granted in Alston: Revisiting Board of Regents and the Uniqueness of Antitrust Law’s Applicability to Sports in Light of the NCAA’s Cert Petition As Congress debates federal legislation on the subject of publicity rights for student-athletes, the NCAA...

by JSEL | December 30, 2020 | Commentary, Updates | 0 Comments

Regulating the Blanket License: A Path Towards Terminating the ASCAP/BMI Consent Decrees By Dallin Earl Dallin Earl is a 2020 graduate of Harvard Law School and former president of the Recording Artists Project at HLS. The introduction to Regulating the Blanket...

by alexblutman | December 28, 2020 | Highlight | 0 Comments

When the NCAA promised to explore rule changes related to name, image, and likeness (“NIL”)  and subsequently released a working group report proposing an outline for legislation on the issue, many praised the passage of California’s Fair Pay to Play Act (“FPP”) as...

by JSEL | December 10, 2020 | Highlight | 0 Comments

by Christine Abely[1] Matt Hart’s recent book, Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and its Culture of Deception, explores the story of Nike’s Oregon Project and the events ultimately leading to its shutdown. The training program for elite runners was headed by...