By: Marsha Durr Many current headlines in Hollywood are dominated by gender issues. Claims of sexual misconduct appear daily, and the stark wage-gap between men and women has yet…
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Todd Graham’s Buyout and the Myth of the “Broke” Athletic Department
By: Cameron Miller When Arizona State let go of head football coach Todd Graham in the wake of a Territorial Cup victory over Arizona, it lost more than just…
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NCAA Internationalization: Antitrust Perspectives
By: Cameron Miller In remarks made to the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics on October 30, NCAA President Mark Emmert rightly characterized his organization as one in crisis[1]. With…
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Has SoundCloud’s Plug Been Pulled?
By: Michael Boehringer Recently, in the news and other media outlets, there has been a lot of talk about the future of SoundCloud. SoundCloud is a music sharing application…
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Federal Investigation Uncovers Scandal in College Basketball
By: Evann Waschuk Last Tuesday, college basketball made headlines after the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York presented findings from an FBI investigation that linked…
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Collectively Bargaining the National Anthem into Sports Leagues
By: Zubin Kottoor “The Star-Spangled Banner” playing before the start of a sporting event has been a staple of American culture since the early 1900s.[1] Standing during the playing…
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NFL Franchise Relocation and the Business of Loyalty
By: Seth Lee On June 16, 2008, thousands of Sonics fans gathered outside of a US Federal Courthouse in Seattle to rally in support of keeping their team in Seattle…
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Strange (or Perfect) Bedfellows: The NCAA and FBI.
By: Cameron Miller The NCAA endured its fair share of scandals of recent memory. The sordid Jerry Sandusky saga at Penn State broke in 2011.[1] UNC’s paper class scheme was…
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Chris Hansen Cannot “Bring Back the Sonics”
By: Will Gunnels The politics of publicly-funded sports arenas are as contentious as ever. Residents of major cities are often upset that they have to subsidize billionaires’ real estate developments…
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Take me out to the Ball Game, not the Hospital
By: Maria Oldham I am twenty-five years old and my father still makes sure that he sits next to me on whichever side is closer to home plate when we…