Monday, October 19, 2015

Eight Men Out (by 23 Oct)

Answer 1-3 questions of your choosing from below.  Respond to at least 2 of your classmates' posts.
  • What was unfair?
  • Who is to blame?
  • Any modern comparisons?  Current or recent scandals that have similar characteristics?
  • What should have happened?  Was the outcome just?
  • How could you learn from this story? How could you avoid temptation (whatever that looks like for you) and address justice?

Thursday, October 1, 2015

O'Bannon case

General background on the case, including a Frontline video:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/money-and-march-madness/ncaa-lawsuit/

1 October legal update from NYTimes
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/sports/obannon-ncaa-case-court-of-appeals-ruling.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_sp_20151001&nl=sports&nlid=25414714&ref=headline&_r=0&referer=
Helpful, general point from this article:
"The case, although legally a dispute over antitrust law, has come to embody a broader debate about whether college athletes, who ostensibly pursue sports as part of their education, should be compensated for labors that are highly lucrative for their colleges, their conferences and the N.C.A.A."