Sports law
Professor Yen
Spring 2004
Course Readings – revised 1/23/04
Week 1, January 9, 2004 – The Power of the Commissioner, player contracts
Readings (commissioner’s power):
Text, pp. 1-31
Supplement, pp. 4-9
Readings (player contracts):
Text, pp. 87-107, 113-119
Supplement, pp. 18-22
Week 2, January 16, 2004 – Antitrust and the Labor Market for Professional Sports
Readings:
Sherman Act, sections 1 and 2 (available on course web page)
Text, pp. 150-227, 250-255, 289-290.
Supplement, pp. 24-27
Week 3, January 23, 2004 – Antitrust and the Labor Market for Professional Sports, cont.
Readings:
Text, pp. 119-140, 304-310, 314-321
Supplement, pp. 29-37
Curt Flood Act, 15 U.S.C. §27a (available on course web page)
MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement, pp. 66-70 (Reserve System)
Week 4, January 30, 2004 – The NBA Salary Cap, (Joe Rosen, Guest Lecturer)
Readings
NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement, Article VII (available on course web page)
Salary Cap FAQ (available online at: http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm)
Week 5, February 6, 2004 – paper conferences
There will be no class this week. Instead, students should sign up for paper conferences. Times
are available on Wed. Feb. 4 from 2-4 p.m. and Friday Feb. 6 from 9-12 a.m.
Week 6, February 13, 2004 – The NCAA’s “labor maket,”
Note: Negotiation Reports from Salary Cap Exercise are due.
Paper topics must be finalized by this date.
Readings:
Text, pp. 675-697, 725-771, 779- 798
Supplement, pp. 86-98, 101-114
NCAA Div. I Manual, Articles 2, 12-16 (available on course web page)
U.S. v. Brown University, 5 F3d 658 (1993) (available on course web page)
Article about settlement in U.S. v. Brown University (available at http://www-
tech.mit.edu/V113/N64/overlap.64n.html)
Week 7, February 27, 2003 – NBA Salary Cap (Joe Rosen and Stacey Dogan, Guest Lecturers).
NCAA, cont.
The first part of class will be used to review the results of the Salary Cap Exercise.
The second part of class will feature Professor Stacey Dogan.
Readings (NFL Franchise Relocation for Professor Dogan):
St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission v. NFL, 154 F.3d 851 (8th Cir. 1998)
(available on course web page)
Los Angeles County Coliseum Commission v. NFL, 726 F.2d 1381 (9th Cir. 1984)
(available on course web page)
Week 8, March 5, 2004 – Intellectual Property
Readings:
INS v. AP, 248 U.S. 215 (1918) (available on course web page)
Feist v. Rural Telephone, 499 U.S. 340 (1991) (available on course web page)
Text, pp. 389-413, 428-436
Copyright Code Excerpts, 17 U.S.C. §§102, 106, 107 (available on course web page)
Week 9, March 12, 2004 – Paper Conferences
Paper Conference schedules will be posted on Professor Yen’s door, EW 422.
Week 10, March 19, 2004 – Disability, Doping,
Readings:
PGA Tour v. Casey Martin, 532 U.S. 661 (2001) (available from course web page)
Text, pp. 53-71
Supplement, pp. 12-14
NCAA Banned Substances (available on course web page)
Drugs in Sports (contains information about various drugs, including many found on the
NCAA Banned Substances list) (available at
http://www.drugfreesport.com/choices/drugs/index.html)
Week 11, March 26, 2004 – No class
Work on papers. Remember the due dates for turning your draft in to Professor Yen and your
commentator.
Week 12, April 2, 2004 – student papers
Class meets 10-12.
Week 13, April 16, 2004 – student papers
Class meets 10-12, 3-4:30.
Week 14, April 23, 2004 – student papers
Class meets 10-12, 3-4:30.
Week 15, April 30, 2004 – student papers, Jennifer Flynn, Guest Lecturer
Class meets 10-12.