Articles

01.27.16

NCAA Delay in Lessening Athletes' Workload Turns Amateurism on Its Head

At its convention earlier this month, the National Collegiate Athletic Association delayed, for at least a year, action on a proposal that would give so-called student-athletes some, but not much, time off. The proposals were modest, including a break for two weeks after the end of a season, a ...


01.20.16

Big Picture-What Could We See in 2016?

Despite the year-end Fed announcement, the current spirit of the real estate market seems generally positive, or as put by one senior capital markets executive: "We've learned some lessons [about gauging risks] in the not-too-distant past." Industry experts add that the short-term effects of ...


01.19.16

New NCAA Basketball Eligibility Rules Apply to Less Than One One-Hundredth of NCAA Players

Last week the NCAA announced new, loosened rules for students contemplating entering the NBA draft. Considering the NBA draft figures for the most recent year listed on the NCAA website (2013), this rule change will affect far less than one percent of those playing NCAA basketball. This ...


01.15.16

It's Hard to Move an NFL Franchise to the High Ground

If a manufacturer of widgets wanted to move his factory from St. Louis to Los Angeles, it would probably not cause any legal problems. If an association of 32 widget manufacturers decided that such a move should (or shouldn't) be made, the antitrust laws, which prohibit concerted activities ...


01.13.16

Typical Monday Night Football: Little Said About Education

The college football championship game last Monday night was an exciting contest between two superb teams. The fact that education is the primary mission of the institutions they represent, however, was barely mentioned in the telecast. In fact, it seemed irrelevant. This was an athletic ...


01.12.16

Congress Approves Export of U.S. Crude Oil

On December 18, President Obama signed into law HR 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, the so-called Omnibus Appropriations bill. This $1.15 trillion measure funded the Federal Government through FY 2016. Included in this seemingly unrelated Omnibus package were provisions that ended ...


01.11.16

Barriers for Using ACOs for Multipayer Contracting

In the initial rules governing the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) released in 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) stated that it intended for the MSSP to create a platform for multipayer value-based purchasing. Once nascent accountable care organizations (ACOs) gained ...


01.10.16

Predictions on the Future of Digital Media

It's pundit time - this time, digital media style. Last year I predicted challenges to YouTube's dominance in online video, a beginning of cord cutting and the unbundling of video services, and an explosion in short form video content. This year the media landscape will continue to shift as VR ...


01.08.16

New Venue for Youth Sports: The Civil-and Criminal-Courts

Last month there were two legal developments in California that may have a substantial impact on youth sports: felony assault and battery charges against a 15-year-old high school water polo player for breaking an opponent's nose during a game, and a case allowed to proceed to trial next spring ...


01.04.16

Sports Ethical Dilemma: 105 MPH Fastball vs. Domestic Violence Allegations

Last week the Speaker of the NYC City Council, whose district includes parts of the Bronx near Yankee Stadium, said that she is considering boycotting Yankee games next season because the Yankees recently acquired, in a trade with the Cincinnati Reds, Aroldis Chapman, who has been the subject ...