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2015-2016 Annual Survey: Recent Developments in Sports Law 543 (2015-2016)

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SURVEY


    2015   &  2016 ANNUAL SURVEYS: RECENT
         DEVELOPMENTS IN SPORTS LAW



                            INTRODUCTION

    This survey highlights sports-related cases decided by courts between
January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2016. While every sports-related case may
not be included in this survey, it briefly summarizes a wide range of cases that
impacted the sports industry in 2015 and 2016. The survey intends to provide
the reader insight into the important legal issues affecting the sports industry
and to highlight the most recent developments in sports law. To better assist
the reader, this survey is arranged alphabetically by the substantive area of law
of each case.

                   ALTERNATIVE  DISPUTE RESOLUTION

    Alternative dispute resolution involves an alternate form of adjudicating
cases. Parties may choose to settle a dispute through arbitration instead of
through the court system. These cases arose over contract disputes, in which
the contracts involved an arbitration clause. If a party brings a dispute to court
when the contract contains an arbitration clause, the opposing party may file a
motion to compel  arbitration. Other arbitration disputes arise over unfair
arbitration decisions.

                  Amateur  Athletic Union, Inc. v. Bray'

   The Amateur  Athletic Union (AAU) appealed the lower court's denial of
its motion to compel arbitration against AAU volunteer Augustus Bray after
Bray  filed claims for defamation, negligence, and intentional infliction of
emotional distress against AAU officers. Bray filed the claims after false
claims were made against him for assault by contact at a track meet. The court


1. 499 S.W.3d 96 (Tex. App. 2016).

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