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- Cole Renicker
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- Tags: Cole Renicker, Deflategate
As the NFL Season Ends, Tom Brady and the NFL Resume ‘Deflategate’ Saga
Being an immensely popular and public entity has created serious drama for, and within, the National Football League (NFL). In what has come to be known as “Deflategate,”[1] the NFL and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, one of its marquee players, have clashed in federal courts for over a year. After Brady’s initial four-game […]
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Turf Wars: The Players’ Fight for Equality in the 2015 Women’s World Cup
I remember watching the championship game of the 1999 Women’s World Cup (WWC) with my parents, sitting in awe and feeling inspired. For non-soccer fans, it was the game in which United States’ defender Brandi Chastain scored the fifth penalty kick in a shootout to lead the U.S. to victory over China. Perhaps what people […]
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Paid in Peanuts & Cracker Jacks – Class Action Provides Insight into the Low Wages of Minor League Baseball
Minor league ballplayers have always been characterized for their grit, sacrifice, and love of the game. Indeed the frequently dramatized romance of interminable bus trips and watching players “play for peanuts” has become as much tradition as it is a right of passage. But is it fair to tax these ballplayers dreams by compensating them […]
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- Lindsay Colvin
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- Tags: Jr., Kevin Ward, NASCAR, NFL, Ray Rice, Roger Goodell, Tony Stewart
Don’t Race to Resolution: NASCAR as an Example of Respectful Restraint
Of late, the NFL has been as difficult to turn away from as a car crash. Between Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson, Greg Hardy, Roger Goodell, ESPN, and sponsor dissatisfaction– to list just a few hot-button issues – the American public has been unable to stop talking about the challenges the league finds itself facing. And […]
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- Lou Nicosia
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- Tags: Arbitration, Domestic violence, NFL, NFLPA, Ray Rice, Roger Goodell
Appalling or Appropriate? An Analysis of the Merits of Ray Rice’s Appeal
On September 15, 2014, it was announced that Ray Rice plans to appeal both his indefinite suspension and termination from the Ravens in the wake of domestic violence charges. While Rice is not currently with a club, he is still a member of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA); therefore, the NFLPA will be assisting Rice […]
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