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7 Prof. Sports & L. 1 (2016-2017)

handle is hein.journals/profsptla7 and id is 1 raw text is: Route To: / / PROFESSIONAL SI March-April 2016 * Volume 7, Issue 1 Banned at The Ballpark Smokeless Tobacco By Jordan Kobritz ajor League Baseball (MLB) kicked off the 2016 season on April 3 with the familiar sights and sounds of players in uniform, bats hitting balls, pitches plunking into catchers' mitts, and fans cheering for their home team. But one thing is missing in seven of the 30 MLB ball parks: Smoke- less tobacco. Baseball players have used smokeless tobacco for more than a century, since the days ofTy Cobb and Babe Ruth. Although the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says that smokeless tobacco use among baseball players has declined over the years, according to Matthew L. Myers, President ofthe Campaign forTobacco-Free Kids, an estimated 25-30% of MLB play- ers currently use smokeless tobacco. That number is surprising, considering that all tobacco products are banned at the high school, college and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) levels. The CDC has long maintained that smokeless tobacco can cause cancer, oral health problems and nicotine addiction. MLB is a believer. In the minor leagues, where players are not unionized, MLB has banned the use of smokeless tobacco since 1993 and signs are posted in all MiLB clubhouses warning players of the dangers ofusing such products. The posters include graphic and shocking photos depicting former players who used. See Banned on Page 17 Court Sacks Pro Se Litigant Suing Redsk ns for Fa ure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies federal judge from the District of Colorado dismissed the lawsuit of a pro se litigant, who claimed that the Washington Redskins denied her work because she is African American, female, and a victim of domestic violence. In so ruling, the court reasoned that plaintiff Loretta Hillware failed to first exhaust the administrative remedies that were available to her under the federal anti-discrimination statutes, and the time has expired for her to do so. Hillware alleged the following facts in her complaint: In her former position with the New Orleans Saints the she was... experienced in business development, as well as sales and marketing; She was well-respected and highly regarded in a 5-state region for her deep knowledge of sales and (accomplished) marketing efforts. She established innovative concepts for overall new business relationships, as well as captured the retention offormer clients. Her career turned when she allegedly became a victim of domestic violence See Court Sacks on Page 19 COPYRIGHT C 2016 HACKNEY PUBLICATIONS (HACKNEYPUBLICATIONS.COM) and the

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