Don't mess with; Tressel must pay; MMA suspension
May 19, 2011
Texas looks to put hammer down on unethical agents
Pending the approval of Texas Governor Rick Perry, a new law in Texas will make unethical sports agents think twice about buying players. Maximum penalties would now include felony charges, and as many as ten years in prison for plying Texas college athletes with improper benefits. Texas will be up there with the State of Alabama as a place where sports agents make sure they do everything by the book. How many more states will follow suit based on the well-publicized issues at the University of North Carolina and other schools last year?
Tressel, not The Ohio State Univ., to pay for his defense
The Ohio State University will not pay attorney fees for coach Jim Tressel, when Tressel appears before the NCAA. Tressel has hired attorney Gene Marsh, to handle his case. Marsh is a former head of the NCAA committee on infractions. For more on Gene Marsh's handling of this matter, check out this link.
To review Gene Marsh's profile at the Lightfoot Franklin and White Law Firm click it here.
Mixed martial arts suspension could force retirement
Fighter Chael Sonnen was hoping to be reinstated to fight in both California and Nevada. However, the California State Athletic Commission has other ideas. CSAC Executive Director George Dodd cited two reasons why the state did not lift the fighter's suspension. Sonnen had pled guilty to a money laundering case in Oregon and the possibility that Sonnen gave false testimony on his last appearance before the CSAC IN 2010.
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