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November2017 Volume 19, Issue 1
Legal Issues in
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A Report of Court Decisions, Legislation and Regulations Affecting Collegiate Athletics
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2 Judge Signs Off on Dismissal of LSU-Chavis
Litigation
The two sides in the litigation over a coachs departurefrom one
school to another have reached a settlement after a Louisiana
judge signed a joint motion to dismiss.
3 Inside the NCAA's Doping Appeals Process-
Amani Elijah Bledsoe v. NCAA
On August 24, 2017, Amani Elijah Bledsoe, a defensive line-
man for the University of Oklahoma, filed a lawsuit in Okla-
homa state court against the NCAA, challenging the denial of
his NCAA doping appeal.' The lawsuit asks for a findingfrom
the court in the form of a declaratory judgment that the NCAA
wrongly denied Mr. Bledsoes internal doping appeal by violating
his substantive and procedural due process rights under Oklaho-
ma law. Mr. Bledsoe also sought an injunction to permit him to
play the first 4 games of the 2017 season. In his complaint, Mr.
Bledsoe claims his name and reputation has been forever im-
pugned because of the NCAAs actions and that his draft status
for the NFL will be affected by the NCAA s denial of his rights.
The NCAA filed a motion to dismiss Mr. Bledsoes complaint. A
hearing has been scheduled for November 20th. Since the court
did not grant the injunction sought by Mr. Bledsoe he will be
forced to finish out his 1-year suspension, which ends on October
4,2017.
4 NAIA to Relocate 2018 Division II Men's
National Basketball Championship Because of
Anthem Position
The NationalAssociation of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
and the College of the Ozarks have agreed to relocate the 2018
NAA DII Mens Basketball Championship, which was sched-
uled to take place in Branson, Mo. A new location has yet to be
determined.
5 Anonymous OCR Title IX Complaint Alleges
Anti-Male Bias in Occidental College Athletics
Like so many small college football teams, the Occidental Tigers
have a storied past that dates back more than a century. The
sport took root at the campus just north ofLos Angeles in 1895
at a time when neighboring schools played one another.
NCAA Opposes Athletes' Motion for Summary
Judgement in Athlete Compensation Cap
Case & Files Its Own Motion
In early August of201 7, Plaintiff in In Re: National Collegiate
Athletic Association Athletic Grant-in-Aid Antitrust Litiga-
tion filed a request for summary judgement against Defendants
NCAA and top conferences.
0 Recent Catastrophic Storms Emphasize the
Need for Event-Cancellation Insurance for
Professional Sports Organizations
Recent catastrophic weather events and trends stress the impor-
tance of carrying event-cancellation insurance for professional
sports organizations and stadium owners.
1 Former Women's Tennis Players Sue
UAIlbany and Athletic Director
Four former UAlbany womens tennis players and the schools
former head womens tennis coach, Gordon Graham, have filed a
Title IX lawsuit against the school and its athletic director.
13 Former University of Notre Dame Football
Player Sues
Former University ofNotre Dame football player, Douglas
Randolph, is suing the school, Head Coach Brian Kelly, and
a multitude of other defendants, alleging negligence and other
related claims stemmingfrom to a failure to disclose results ofan
MR[ he underwent in 2015following afootball-related injury.
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