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2003 Annual Survey: Recent Developments in Sports Law 603 (2003)

handle is hein.blasports/ansrvds0014 and id is 1 raw text is: 2003 ANNUAL SURVEY: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SPORTS LAW I. INTRODUCTION This article focuses on important cases in the field of sports law during the period of January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. It does not discuss every case related to sports law during the past year, but instead provides a survey and summary of some of the more important and more interesting decisions of this period. The article is divided into a number of categories based on particular focus, with some categories further sub-divided by area of law or area of the sports field. II. ATHLETE AGENT ISSUES In Bauer v. Interpublic Group of Cos., I the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California considered allegations by the plaintiff, an athlete agent, that another sports agency firm provided plaintiffs player with negative information about him, thus, intentionally interfering with the contract between plaintiff and player, and therefore, inducing the eventual termination of the player's representation agreement with the plaintiff.2 The plaintiff, Francis G. Bauer was a registered player agent with the National Football League Players' Association.3 David Carr signed a representation agreement with Bauer on January 1, 2002.4 However, Carr terminated his representation agreement with Bauer on January 12, 2002,s signing instead with the defendants on January 22, 2002.6 Although Carr's mother told Bauer that David Carr had recently received negative newspaper articles in the mail prior to termination of the agreement, Carr attested that no one at Octagon Marketing and Athlete Representation, Inc. ever commented on Bauer.7 1. 255 F. Supp. 2d 1086 (N.D. Cal. 2003). 2. Id. at 1088. 3. Id. 4. Id. 5. Id. at 1089. 6. Bauer, 255 F. Supp. 2d at 1092. 7. Id. at 1090-92.

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