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15 Legal Issues Collegiate Athletics 1 (2013-2014)

handle is hein.journals/lica15 and id is 1 raw text is: November 2013 Volume 15, Issue 1 Legal Issues in A Report of Court Decisions, Legislation and Regulations Affecting Collegiate Athletics IN THIS ISSUE 2 Mediation Set for Walker Plaintiffs, But First a JPML Hearing The plaintiffis in the concussion lawsuit brought by Chris Walker and others against the NCAA have agreed with the NCAA to mediation before retired Federal Judge Layn Phillips on Feb. 18. 3 Court: University Followed Proper Protocol in Firing Coach A Mississippi state appeals court closed the door on the former head football coach atAlcorn State University (ASU), affirm- ing a lower courts decision not to take up his claim that he was unjustly terminated from his position by the university. 4 James Would Face Obstacles in Showing Fox Discriminated Craig James was fired by Fox Sports Southwest. He says it hap- pened when Fox Sports learned ofcomments he made during a political campaign -People choose to be gay... I think it' a choice. I do. Same-sex marriage, ifsomeone chooses to do that, that' done. And Gods going to judge each one ofus in this room for our actions. And in that case right there, they're going to have to answer to the Lord for their actions. 5 Court Grants Summary Judgment to University on Student Athlete's Breach of Contract, Due Process Claims A federal judge has granted summary judgment to the University of Vermont (UVM) in a case in which the school was sued by a student athlete for breach ofcontract and Constitutional viola- tions after he was kicked offthe men' ice hockey team. 6 High Court Sides with U of Iowa in Assault of Athlete Case The Iowa Supreme Court has held that University of Iowa (UI) President Sally Mason was well within her rights to fire the schools longtime dean of students after he reportedly mishandled a high-profile 2007 sexual assault case involving footballplayers. 7 Rutgers Not Liable for Fan's Injury as She Returned to Her Car A state court judge in New Jersey has held that Rutgers Univer- 49 sip is not liable for i6 a slip-n-fall incident that occurred after a football game, since the injured fan veered away from the sidewalk leading from the stadium. 9 When Coaches Can't Compete -Non- Competes In Sports In the lucrative world of big time college football, universities continually try to gain an edge over the competition by, among other things, luring top notch coaches with generous multi-mil- lion dollar contracts. 12 Latest Filing Suggests Oakland Coach Was Abusing Players Oakland University has responded to a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by its former women' basketball coach by sug- gesting that she mentally and emotionally abused her players by obsessing over their weight and imposing her religious beliefs on them. 12 Judge OKs Settlement in Iowa Abuse Claim An Iowa state court judge has approved a settlement between the University oflowa and a former member ofthe women' rowing team, which calls for the school to pay $300,000 to a student athlete who alleged in a 2010 lawsuit that former coach Mandi Kowal' training regimen left her with chronic exertional syndrome. Route To: /

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