Lauren Garcia
Professor Hinrichs
KIN 550
15 May 2018
Assignment 1
The first case I looked at was TENNESSEE SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, PETITIONER v. BRENTWOOD ACADEMY. The underlying issue here is a high school football coach sent out a letter to eighth grade boys, violating TSSAA’s rule for prohibiting coaches from using undue influence while recruiting middle school athletes. This lawsuit became vital in sports law because it was the first time the Supreme Court had to make a decision regarding which entities are bound by the First Amendment.
Brentwood sued the TSSAA claiming they were violating the schools first and 14th amendment rights. The judgement is reversed and the case remanded when the Sixth circuit affirmed that the …show more content…
I completely agree with the court rulings. Middle school kids are young, naive, impressionable kids. At that age, more often than not, they see adults or authority figures as having their best interest. So naturally if an adult is pushing them in a certain direction (to a high school football program for instance) they are going to feel stuck and obligated to submit to that person in the authority. I definitely don’t think that’s the case for all middle school students, but a lot of them. The middle school athletes are definitely easily manipulated which is why it would be incredibly harmful for this to permissible. According to the article in a many instances, the invitation to a middle schooler will come accompanied with a suggestion, subtle or otherwise. “That failure to accept will hurt the student’s chances to play high school sports and diminish the odds that she could continue on to college or (dream of dreams) professional sports.” That should not have to be a fear in a young middle schoolers …show more content…
He played a huge factor in why the team was so successful. When it was discovered that improper recruiting practices were used with 10 of those violations going against Tarkanian, he got a drastic pay cut and was facing demotion.
The Committee then imposed several sanctions on UNLV and then requested reasoning as to why UNLV should no longer receive further sanctions during the institution’s probation period. As a result, Tarkanian brought the case to the Nevada State court and claimed that the NCAA violated his right to the Fourteenth Amendment to due process law. Tarkanian ended up receiving injunctive relief and a compensation for attorney’s fees against both UNLV and the NCAA. The court concluded that the NCAA’s conduct constituted state action for both jurisdictional and constitutional purposes. Regardless of the intentions of the NCAA with their sanctions, their actions were not within their scope of
Professor Hinrichs
KIN 550
15 May 2018
Assignment 1
The first case I looked at was TENNESSEE SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, PETITIONER v. BRENTWOOD ACADEMY. The underlying issue here is a high school football coach sent out a letter to eighth grade boys, violating TSSAA’s rule for prohibiting coaches from using undue influence while recruiting middle school athletes. This lawsuit became vital in sports law because it was the first time the Supreme Court had to make a decision regarding which entities are bound by the First Amendment.
Brentwood sued the TSSAA claiming they were violating the schools first and 14th amendment rights. The judgement is reversed and the case remanded when the Sixth circuit affirmed that the …show more content…
I completely agree with the court rulings. Middle school kids are young, naive, impressionable kids. At that age, more often than not, they see adults or authority figures as having their best interest. So naturally if an adult is pushing them in a certain direction (to a high school football program for instance) they are going to feel stuck and obligated to submit to that person in the authority. I definitely don’t think that’s the case for all middle school students, but a lot of them. The middle school athletes are definitely easily manipulated which is why it would be incredibly harmful for this to permissible. According to the article in a many instances, the invitation to a middle schooler will come accompanied with a suggestion, subtle or otherwise. “That failure to accept will hurt the student’s chances to play high school sports and diminish the odds that she could continue on to college or (dream of dreams) professional sports.” That should not have to be a fear in a young middle schoolers …show more content…
He played a huge factor in why the team was so successful. When it was discovered that improper recruiting practices were used with 10 of those violations going against Tarkanian, he got a drastic pay cut and was facing demotion.
The Committee then imposed several sanctions on UNLV and then requested reasoning as to why UNLV should no longer receive further sanctions during the institution’s probation period. As a result, Tarkanian brought the case to the Nevada State court and claimed that the NCAA violated his right to the Fourteenth Amendment to due process law. Tarkanian ended up receiving injunctive relief and a compensation for attorney’s fees against both UNLV and the NCAA. The court concluded that the NCAA’s conduct constituted state action for both jurisdictional and constitutional purposes. Regardless of the intentions of the NCAA with their sanctions, their actions were not within their scope of