SLT year in review
December 26, 2011
SportsLawTalk wishes everyone a joyous holiday season. Over the next few weeks look for some major changes at SLT. As we get ready to welcome 2012, SLT takes a look back at 2011 in the Sports Law world. Today we go back and look at January, February and March, 2011. The Sports Law world was dominated by labor struggle in 2011, but as we enter the last week of the year both the NFL and NBA are back in full swing.
March saw then Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel receive a two game suspension from the University. By the end of March Tressel's seat was getting much hotter.
The biggest news in March was the decertification of the NFLPA. This move allowed the NFLPA to take the offensive and move forward with an antitrust suit against the NFL.
Several months later the NBA players would try the same move, without the same success as the football players
SportsLawTalk wishes everyone a joyous holiday season. Over the next few weeks look for some major changes at SLT. As we get ready to welcome 2012, SLT takes a look back at 2011 in the Sports Law world. Today we go back and look at January, February and March, 2011. The Sports Law world was dominated by labor struggle in 2011, but as we enter the last week of the year both the NFL and NBA are back in full swing.
One of the first stories of the year was Pitt firing newly hired football coach Mike Haywood. Haywood had just come to Pitt from Miami of Ohio, when he was arrested for a domestic violence charge. Pitt immediately fired Haywood, who had yet to even lead a practice at Pitt. Pitt would go on to hire Todd Graham from Tulsa, of course Graham would come under much criticism when he left Pitt for Arizona State just a few weeks back.
January 13, 2011 was an interesting day at SLT. There was talk of an 18 game NFL schedule. The University of South Florida reached a settlement with recently fired football coach Jim Leavitt and LSU's Les Miles received a seven year contract extension.
Football coach Mike Leach has been in the Sports Law headlines for much of the past few years as his legal battles with Texas Tech, ESPN and Craig James continue. Leach, however, is back doing what he does best, and that is coaching football. Leach was recently hired at Washington State. In January of 2011 Leach's legal battles were receiving much attention.
February saw the CBA battle in the NFL start to heat up. Judge David Doty was back in the news as he presided over a dispute about TV revenue between owners and players. The NFLPA claimed that the NFL had failed to negotiate maximum TV revenue in 2009 and 2010, so that the league could protect itself from a lockout in 2011. by receiving $4 billion in 2011 in case there was a lockout.
Earlier in the month the NFL and NFLPA agreed to go to mediation.January 13, 2011 was an interesting day at SLT. There was talk of an 18 game NFL schedule. The University of South Florida reached a settlement with recently fired football coach Jim Leavitt and LSU's Les Miles received a seven year contract extension.
Football coach Mike Leach has been in the Sports Law headlines for much of the past few years as his legal battles with Texas Tech, ESPN and Craig James continue. Leach, however, is back doing what he does best, and that is coaching football. Leach was recently hired at Washington State. In January of 2011 Leach's legal battles were receiving much attention.
February saw the CBA battle in the NFL start to heat up. Judge David Doty was back in the news as he presided over a dispute about TV revenue between owners and players. The NFLPA claimed that the NFL had failed to negotiate maximum TV revenue in 2009 and 2010, so that the league could protect itself from a lockout in 2011. by receiving $4 billion in 2011 in case there was a lockout.
March saw then Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel receive a two game suspension from the University. By the end of March Tressel's seat was getting much hotter.
The biggest news in March was the decertification of the NFLPA. This move allowed the NFLPA to take the offensive and move forward with an antitrust suit against the NFL.
Several months later the NBA players would try the same move, without the same success as the football players
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