by Martin J. Greenberg and Michael R. Gavin Introduction “There’s a belief . . . that baseball is a dying game. But the numbers indicate otherwise. Baseball isn’t dying.
Sport$Biz – An Irreverent Looks at Big Business in Pro Sports
Pettit National Ice Center
Unbeknownst to many outside the Olympic community, Wisconsin has a tremendous history and tradition of speed skating. In fact, in 1928, Oconomowoc, just outside of Milwaukee, held the first United
NFL’s Revised Personal Conduct Policy
by Martin J. Greenberg and Aaron Davis The National Football League (NFL) and its players have been plagued over the past several years with cases involving domestic violence, assault, child
The Windfall Clause
by Martin J. Greenberg and Michael R. Gavin Whenever public funds are either suggested or utilized for the public funding of a professional sports facility, a “stadium debate” ensues. Public
Deflategate
How the Second Circuit took the air out of Judge Berman’s attempt to vacate the long-standing deference standard for arbitration decisions by Martin J. Greenberg and Lori Shaw I. Introduction
Soccer Specific Stadiums
by Martin J. Greenberg and John Wilson INTRODUCTION The ultimate goal of the Major League Soccer (“MLS”) is to expand its fanbase by adding more franchises and drawing from both
Clinton Portis: A Cautionary Tale
Clinton Portis (“Portis”) played his collegiate football for the University of Miami, where he was on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) National Championship team of 2001 and earned All-Big
Foul Balls & Broken Bats, Oh My!: MLB Safety Concerns at the Forefront of Major Class-Action Lawsuit as Fan Injuries Rise
In recent years, baseball games have become more of an entertainment spectacle than a sporting event, with distractions happening from every angle throughout the entirety of the baseball game. What
Open Letter to President Mark Emmert of the NCAA – Abuse Must End
An Open Letter to the NCAA Regarding the Endemic Problem of Physical and Mental Abuse by Coaches in College Athletics – ABUSE MUST END. Student-athletes, as you can see, are a vulnerable group at a university. Abusive coaches who win typically have strong support from the university and the community. Because of the atmosphere of fear that abusive coaches can create, student-athletes “avoid speaking up for fear of being seen as a complainer or a troublemaker, injuring their opportunity to play.
Miller Park Sales Tax Sunset Dates: Miller Park – The Best Public-Private Partnership in the History of Wisconsin
On October 22, 1996, construction commenced for a new baseball stadium to replace County Stadium in Milwaukee; this new ballpark became known as Miller Park. The first sanctioned Major League