Upon Further Review of Hart v. Electronic Arts: New Article Proposes Partial Recovery for Partially Transformative Use

Back in September 2011, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled in Hart v. Electronic Arts, 808 F. Supp. 2d 757 (D.N.J. 2011) that videogame publisher Electronic Arts may use college athletes' likenesses in its videogames because "there are sufficient elements of [Electronic Arts'] own expression ... that justify the conclusion that its use of the image is ... entitled to First Amendment protection." (Previously blogged about on Sports Law Blog here).

To many, the district court's decision in Hart was controversial, not only because it subordinates the rights of college athletes, but also because it expands what courts have traditionally defined as "transformative use" of one's likeness. For example, the court in Hart concluded that Electronic Arts' inclusion of“virtual stadiums, athletes, coaches, fans, sound effects, music andcommentary” makes use of player likenesses in NCAA Football "transformative." Nevertheless, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had previously held in Hilton v. Hallmark Cards that First Amendmentprotection applies only where “a product containing a celebrity’s likeness isso transformed that it has become primarily the defendant’s own expressionrather than the celebrity’s likeness.”

After several months of contemplating the district court's ruling in Hart v. Electronic Arts, I have released a draft of my upcoming Florida Law Review article, entitled "Closing the Free Speech Loophole: The Case for Protecting College Athletes' Likenesses in Commercial Videogames." In this article I argue that the partial transformation to a person's likeness via digital format -- whether it be by adding additional background elements, or by changing one's jersey number, height or hairdo -- should not be seen as a complete bar to recovery under right of publicity law.

Instead, I argue that a partial transformation to one's likeness should be deemed as a partially mitigating factor that may reduce the infringer's liability, but would not reduce it to zero. Thus, under this alternative assessment, college athletes whose likenesses appear in college football videogames would be entitled to partial recovery.

For those interested in further discussion of college athletes' publicity rights in commercial videogames and the idea of partial recovery for partial transformative use of one's likeness, a full copy of my upcoming law review article is available here.

"Dear Colleague" Letter Regarding PASPA

On April 26, 2012, U.S. Congressmen Frank Pallone and Frank Lobiondo (both from New Jersey) released a "Dear Colleague" letter explaining the impetus for the two bills they recently introduced pertaining to PASPA, the 1992 federal statute prohibiting state-sponsored sports gambling in all jurisdictions except Nevada, Montana, Delaware, and Oregon. An excerpt from the letter is below:

"We have developed two separate, but equally effective, pathways toward the same goal of bringing sports gaming and the economic benefits it yields to the State of New Jersey. The New Jersey Betting and Equal Treatment Act of 2012 (NJ BET Act), H.R. 3081, provides New Jersey with an exemption to the federal prohibition [in PASPA]. It allows state law in New Jersey to determine how sports betting will be regulated within the state. The Sports Gaming Opportunity Act of 2012, H.R. 3797, opens a window in which states can enact alaw providing for sports gambling within their state until January 1, 2016,after which the federal prohibition [in PASPA] against states allowing sportsgambling would go back into place."

The full letter can be found here.

Real Madrid one win away from 32nd La Liga title as both Ronaldo and Messi set Spanish league top goals scorers record to 43.

Real Madrid recover from champions league semi-final defeat and moved closer and close to La Liga Championship after 3-0 win over Sevilla to end Barcelona three years dominance.  Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 43rd league goal and 57th in this season. The goal was followed by a brace from Karim Benzema. 



Real Madrid vs Sevilla video highlights all goals

Real Madrid vs Sevilla 3:0 GOALS

Chelsea's Fernando Torres bang hat-trick against QPR but stay 6th in Premier league log

Fernando Torres successes in Champions league continues in Barclays Premier League with his first hat-trick for Chelsea in 6-1 victory over Queens Park Rangers and add premier league hat-tricks tally to 19. The hat-trick is his fourth in Premier league.



The £50m striker scores his first hat-trick since Sep 2009 and he promises many more. "My last hat-trick was a long time ago but hopefully it

Manchester city and Manchester United in crucial Manchester derby: The Premier league championship decider

Manchester United travel to Manchester City in
crucial Manchester derby is more likely to be the decider for Premier league
champion this season. Sir Alex Ferguson singled the tie as one of those unique ties “It means everything, ... “Everything. Going into work on Tuesday
morning will feel like the most important day of their lives. For both
sets of supporters“.



With three matches on

Minnesota Passes Bill to Allow Beer and Alcohol Sales at College Sporting Events

For those who are interested in the debate over whether to allow beer and alcohol sales at college sporting events, the State of Minnesota recently passed a bill that would allow for the sale of alcohol in suites for premium ticket holders and in a beer garden for the general public. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the new bill is expected to bring the State of Minnesota $1.5-$2.0 Million in annual revenue.

If Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signs this new bill into law, Minnesota will join Iowa, West Virginia and a growing number of other states in allowing beer and alcohol sales at their college sporting events. This is at the same time that many colleges around the country claim there is a need to crack down on undergraduate students' alcohol consumption.

In a 2010 law review article, David Rosenthal (a former student of mine) and I discuss the inconsistent messages that college athletics send about alcohol use. Does it make sense for the University of Minnesota to arrest underage students for drinking beer on Friday nights, and then to sell beer in its football stadium on Saturday afternoons?

Also, when colleges profit from the sale of beer at their sporting events, are they implicitly using their 'student-athletes' to help peddle the product? If so, can we truly call these college athletes amateurs?

Sports Venture Capital

I attended this week the first meeting of a group focused on sports venture capital. The attendees included representatives from the major sports leagues, venture capitalists and a number of initial stage companies with some technology or other services applicable to the sports industry.

MLB and NFL digital media execs gave a fascinating presentation on how those leagues use digital media to interact with and gain new fans, and what they look for when considering their own investments and other partnerships with sports technology companies.

The major sports leagues clearly see potential financial benefits from investing in initial stage technology companies, at least in part because social media is integral to their business models, as well as owning their own content. With the importance of social media for teams and leagues in heightening the fan experience (and increasing revenues), the proliferation of sports start-ups focused on technology and social media is likely to continue and teams and leagues are likely to continue to invest their own funds in these ventures. Technology companies like Apple and Google have been rumored to be bidders for sports media rights such as the English Premier League soccer.

The convergence of technology and sports, and start-up ventures, particularly social media companies, is a trend to watch.

Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2012 Team Squads

Royal Challengers Bangalore Team Squads IPL 2012

Captain: Daniel Vettori (c)



Indian Players: Abhimanyu Mithun, Abrar Anjum Kazi, Arun Karthik, Asad Khan Pathan, CM Gautam, Cheteshwar Pujara, Harshal Patel, KP Appanna, Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammad Kaif, Raju Bhatkal, Ronit More, Ryan Ninan, Sreenath Aravind, S Thiyagrajan, Saurabh Tiwary, Virat Kohli, Vijay Zol, Zaheer Khan, R Vinay Kumar, Syed Mohammad

International Players: AB de Villiers, Andrew McDonald, Charl Langeveldt, Chris Gayle, Dirk Nannes, Luke Pomersbach, Rilee Rossouw, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Muttiah Muralitharan

Coach: Ray Jennings

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Rajasthan Royals IPL 2012 Team Squads

Rajasthan Royals Team Squads IPL 2012
 
Captain: Rahul Dravid



Indian Players: Aakash Chopra, Abhishek Raut, Aditya Dole, Ajinkya Rahane, Ajit Chandila, Amit Paunikar, Amit Singh, Ankeet Chavan, Ashok Menaria, Deepak Chahar, Dishant Yagnik, Faiz Fazal, Gajendra Singh, Pankaj Singh, S. Sreesanth, Samad Fallah, Siddharth Trivedi, Stuart Binny, Sumit Narwal, Shreevats Goswami

International Players: Johan Botha, Paul Collingwood, Shane Watson, Shaun Tait, Bradley Hodge, Dinesh Chandimal, Brad Hogg, Kevon Cooper, Owais Shah

Coach: Michael Bevan

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Pune Warriors IPL 2012 Team Squads

Pune Warriors Team Squads IPL 2012

Captain: Saurav Ganguly



Indian Players: Ali Murtaza, Anustup Majumdar, Ashish Nehra, Ashoke Dinda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dheeraj Jadhav, Eklavya Dwivedi, Harshad Khadiwale, Harpreet Singh, Kamran Khan, Krishnakant Upadhyay, Mahesh Rawat, Manish Pandey, Mithun Manhas, Mohnish Mishra, Murali Kartik, Raiphi Gomez, Rahul Sharma, Robin Uthappa, Sachin Rana, Shrikant Wagh

International Players: Alfonso Thomas, Angelo Mathews, Callum Ferguson, Graeme Smith, Jesse Ryder, Luke Wright, Marlon Samuels, Wayne Parnell, Steven Smith, Micheal Clarke, Tamim Iqbal

Coach: Geoff Marsh

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Mumbai Indians IPL 2012 Team Squads

Mumbai Indians Team Squads IPL 2012

Captain: Harbhajan Singh (c)



Indian Players: Sachin Tendulkar, Abu Nechim Ahmed, Aditya Tare, Ambati Rayudu, Amitoze Singh, Apporv Wankhade, Dhawal Kulkarni, Dinesh Karthik, Jaydev Shah, Kuldeep Yadav, Munaf Patel, Pawan Suyal, Pragyan Ojha, Rahul Shukla, Rohit Sharma, Sujit Nayak, Suryakumar Yadav, Sushant Marathe, Tirumalasetti Suman, Yuzvendra Singh Chahal, Rudra Pratap Singh

International Players: Aiden Blizzard, Richard Levi, Clint McKay, David Johan Jacobs, James Franklin, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Herschelle Gibbs, Mitchell Johnson, Robin John Peterson, Thisara Perera

Coach: Robin Singh

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Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2012 Team Squads

Kolkata Knight Riders Team Squads IPL 2012
 

Captain: Gautam Gambhir



Indian Players: Iqbal Abdulla, Chirag Jani, Debabrata Das, Iresh Saxena, Jaidev Unadkat, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Manoj Tiwary, Manvinder Bisla, Pradeep Sangwan, Rajat Bhatia, Sanju Samson, Sarabjit Singh Ladda, Shami Ahmed, Yusuf Pathan

International Players: Brad Haddin, Brett Lee, Eoin Morgan, Jacques Kallis, James Pattinson, Ryan ten Doeschate, Shakib Al Hassan, Brendon McCullum, Sunil Narine, Marchant de Lange

Coach: Trevor Bayliss

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Kings XI Punjab IPL 2012 Team Squads

Kings XI Punjab Team Squads IPL 2012

Captain: Adam Gilchrist

Indian Players: Abhishek Nayar, Amit Yadav, Bhargav Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Harmeet Singh Bansal, Mandeep Singh, Nitin Saini, Paras Dogra, Parvinder Awana, Paul Valthaty, Piyush Chawla, Praveen Kumar, R Sathish, Shalabh Srivastava, Siddharth Chitnis, Sunny Singh, Vikramjeet Malik, Ramesh Powar

International Players: David Hussey, David Miller, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Nathan Rimmington, Ryan Harris, Shaun Marsh, Stuart Broad, James Faulkner, Azhar Mahmood

Coach: Michael Bevan

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Delhi Daredevils IPL 2012 Team Squads

Delhi Daredevils Team Squads IPL 2012
 
Captain: Virender Sehwag



Indian Players: Aavishkar Salvi, Ajit Agarkar, Irfan Pathan, Kuldeep Raval, Manpreet Juneja, Naman Ojha, Pawan Negi, Prashant Naik, Puneet Bisht, Robin Bist, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sunny Gupta, Tejashwi Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Unmukt Chand, Varun Aaron, Venugopal Rao, Vikas Mishra, Yogesh Nagar, Zafir Patel

International Players: Aaron Finch, Andre Russell, David Warner, Doug Bracewell, Kevin Pietersen, Morne Morkel, Roelof Van Der Merwe, Mahela Jayawardene, Ross Taylor, Glenn Maxwell, Gulam Bodi

Coach: Eric Simons

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Deccan Chargers IPL 2012 Team Squads

Deccan Chargers Team Squads IPL 2012



Captain: Kumar Sangakkara

Indian Players: Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Ahmed Quadri, Akash Bhandari, Akshath Reddy, Amit Mishra, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, Arjun Yadav, Ashish Reddy, Atchuta Rao, Bharat Chipli, Biplab Samantray, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Ishank Jaggi, Ishant Sharma, Manpreet Gony, Parthiv Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Sneha Kishore, Sunny Sohal, Tanmay Mishra, Tanmay Srivastava, TP Sudhindra, Veer Pratap Singh

International Players: Cameron White, Chris Lynn, Dale Steyn, Daniel Christian, JP Duminy, Juan Theron, Daniel Harris

Coach: Darren Lehmann

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Free speech at the old ballgame

I have suggested that the brouhaha over Ozzie Guillen's "praise" of Fidel Castro was silly, in the sense that we are giving far too much creedence to the words of a baseball manager who has built a career out of saying provocative things. (I also recognize that I do not equate Castro with Hitler and thus do not get as exorcised over tepid compliments directed his way).

But I have also argued that the calls from some in the Miami-Cuban community for a boycott of the team and/or for Guillen's firing reflect precisely what the First Amendment demands: counter-speech in response to speech you don't like.

I attended today's game at Marlins Park (against my inept Cubbies), the third game since Guillen's reinstatement after a five-game suspension. Inside, Marlins fans seem to have moved on. I did not see any signs or banners about Guillen and he was not booed on any of the many, many times he came on the field to change pitchers or when he came out to celebrate the Marlins' victory. Outside, there were about two dozen anti-Guillen protesters, mostly in their 50s or 60s or older, which fits with the demographics of anti-Castro sentiment in Miami. No one seemed to be paying them much attention, other than to take pictures on their cell phones.

Mine are below.

Crime doesn't pay, but may taste good

From this link:

Former Florida guard Erving Walker has pleaded no contest to a petty theft charge of stealing a $3 taco ... and fined $301.

Walker, who just completed his senior season and ranks first in school history in assists, was arrested March 30. Gainesville Police said he ordered a taco from a street vendor, got the food and ran away without paying. ...

Roger Clemens Trial, Take 2

Barring an unexpected twist, like a mistrial being declared, U.S. v. Roger Clemens will be heard before U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton over the next four to six weeks.  This is the case's second trial, with last summer's trial being declared a mistrial because prosecutors showed jurors comments by U.S. Congressman Elijah Cummings about his views on the credibility of Andy Pettitte and his wife, Laura.  This is likely the last "major athlete and steroids-related perjury" case that we'll see for many years.  I suspect it will go out with with some fireworks.

I preview the trial for SI.com and also for CNN.

Update on Fantasy Sports and the Law: Change Coming to Maryland

For those who may have missed it, the State of Maryland on April 1, 2012 passed House Bill 7 (pdf): a bill to exempt certain online fantasy sports games from its gambling prohibitions. Instead of prohibiting all fantasy sports games, the bill will allow the state Comptroller to issue special regulations related to the governance of America's fastest growing hobby.

The recent Maryland bill defines "fantasy sports" similarly to how Congress did in the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act. This means that the bill only applies to fantasy games that are based on skill, have predetermined prize amounts, and derive results from the performance of multiple players across multiple teams.

Based on this definition, it seems likely that Maryland residents will soon be allowed to legally enter and collect prizes in most fee-based fantasy sports contests. Indeed, CBS Sports has already amended its Terms of Service (here) to allow Maryland residents to collect prizes. By contrast, the Yahoo! Terms of Service currently continues to disallow Maryland residents.

For a more thorough discussion of the legality of fantasy sports games as well as a list of states where participating in fantasy sports games remains risky, see my 2012 Harvard law journal article, A Short Treatise on Fantasy Sports and the Law.

Chennai Super Kings IPL 2012 Team Squads

Chennai Super Kings Team Squads IPL 2012

Captain: MS Dhoni

Indian Players: Abhinav Mukund, G Vignesh, Joginder Sharma, Kuthethur Vasudevadas, Murali Vijay, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shadab Jakati, Srikkanth Anirudha, Subramaniam Badrinath, Sudeep Tyagi, Suresh Raina, Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh, Wriddhiman Saha

International Players: Albie Morkel, Ben Hilfenhaus, Doug Bollinger, Dwayne Bravo, Francois Du Plessis, George Bailey, Michael Hussey, Nuwan Kulasekara, Scott Styris, Suraj Randiv

Coach: Stephen Fleming

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IPL 2012 Photos - Mumbai Indians vs Delhi daredevils

IPL 2012 Photos : Mumbai Indians vs Delhi daredevils - Apr 16, 2012

Mumbai Indians batsman Richards Levi is bowled

Delhi Daredevils players celebrates the fall of a Mumbai Indians wicket

Harbhajan Singh plays a pull shot during his knock of 33

Delhi skipper Virender Sehwag chats with Mahela Jayawardene

Virender Sehwag in action during his knock of 32 

 Mumbai Indians skipper Harbhajan Singh reacts after their defeat to Delhi Daredevils

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You can't tell the players even with a scorecard

Sunday was the 65th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's Major League debut. I went to the game at the new Marlins Park, the $ 500 million public giveaway, and I was glad to be able to explain to my daughter who Robinson was. But MLB did something bizarre. Every singe player wore the # 42, without his name on the jersey. This literally made it impossible to know who was who, not only for geeky fans (like me) trying to keep score and follow player changes, but also for the PA announcer, who clearly made several mistakes in announcing who was pinch-hitting, who was pitching, etc.

I do not get the idea behind this tribute. What does it say to have every single player wear Robinson's number as his number (as opposed to as a sleeve patch), especially when it means every player seems to lose his own identity, at least for fans sitting far from the field (which at Marlins Park is pretty much everyone). Is the meaning that we all are Jackie Robinson, in the sense that all players, regardless of race or ethnicity, owe Robinson a debt? If so, the number 42 does not necessarily tell me that. I have never intimately associated Robinson with that number the way we associate Michael Jordan with 23, Wayne Gretzky with 99, or Mickey Mantle with 7.

Dangers of consequentialism

Here is a nice discussion of the problem of consequentialism in the enforcement of the rules limiting hockey violence. As the author shows, the only way to understand wildly varying punishments in four cases arising in the NHL playoffs is that suspensions were meted out where someone was injuredand weren't imposed when no one was injured, even though the conduct and intent in the non-injury cases may have been worse.

I don't believe the piece goes far enough in condemning consequentialist punishment, however. Yes, the egg-shell plaintiff rule says you are responsible for even-unanticipated harms of your wrongful conduct. But it doesn't define the wrongfulness of the conduct. That is, a non-negligent act does not become negligent because of an egg-shell victim. So smashing a player's face into the glass is not less illegal because that player is uninjured. The focus on consequences and injuries misses that point.

First thing we do . . .

An interesting (and somewhat troubling) aspect of the coverage of the Bobby Petrino story has been the notion that the university decided to fire Petrino only after "the lawyers" got involved. Arkansas's lawyers got into the mix, pointing out the liability to which Petrino may have exposed them. And everyone was scared of the plaintiffs' lawyers representing the 150+ applicants who did not get the job. Mike Wilbon at PTI has been on this point for several days, as have some internet commentators.

As Mike's investigation shows, Petrino breached university hiring protocols and ethics rules, if not state law governing employment, hiring, and perhaps fraud. That is, and ought to be treated as, a far-more-serious offense than violating NCAA regs or having an affair. And it minimizes what he did to pass it off as a matter of "lawyers" getting involved. Maybe they're involved because Petrino did something wrong and/or unlawful.

Special SI.com Investigative Report: How Bobby Petrino Gamed the System

I team up with David Epstein for an investigative SI.com story on Bobby Petrino getting a job for his mistress at the University of Arkansas. We used the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act and some old fashioned digging to uncover pretty incredible revelations.We obtained and then reviewed the resumes of every single person who applied for the football player development position that went to Jessica Dorrell.  We also went through dozens of emails and handwritten notes, and spoke by phone with a number of people connected to the story.  Hope you have a chance to read our report.

Here's an excerpt:

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Former Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino tried to sidestep University of Arkansas guidelines to quickly hire his mistress, Jessica Dorrell, as the team's player development coordinator, according to documents obtained by SI.com. The documents show that Petrino sought a waiver to circumvent a university affirmative action policy requiring that the job be posted for at least 30 days before interviews could commence. Dorrell's first interview was scheduled even before the waiver was granted by the university's Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance.

According to the documents, obtained via a Freedom of Information request, the job listing for a player development coordinator to serve the football program was posted on March 4. Five days later, Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long pushed along a request from Petrino and sent a memo to Danielle Wood, the school's assistant director of affirmative action, asking if interviews for the position could begin even though the job had been listed for just five days, not the required 30. "We feel that flexibility is needed," Long wrote.

Records show that on March 12, Carrie DeBriyn, the human resources manager for Arkansas athletics, e-mailed the university's Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance to ask that the hiring process be expedited at Petrino's behest. The e-mail said, "Coach Petrino would like to request to interview early due to needing a Player Development Coordinator as quickly as possible." Without filling the position quickly, DeBriyn wrote, "we could potentially make a recruiting error with NCAA rules and regulations." At 10:44 a.m. that same day, approval was granted to interview candidates. According to records, however, Dorrell's interviews had already been scheduled and were set to begin at 9:30 that same morning.

Dr. Fritz Polite, sports management professor at Tennessee and director of the Institute for Leadership, Ethics & Diversity, said that Arkansas's haste in brushing aside affirmative action hiring procedures shows that "the power lies with the coach to sidestep rules ... simply because he's winning."

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To read the rest of the report, click here.  To read Andy Staples's communications with a number of the denied candidates, click here.

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2012 TEAM SQUADS

Indian Premier League 2012, is entering into 5th consecutive year with 9 teams compare to 10 teams last season as Kochi was terminated by BCCI. All the 9 teams tried to make strong team for the season to beat each other. Auction was held in February for the Kochi team players and several other new faces.

Find the list of players for all the 9 teams participating in 2012 Indian Premier League.

Chennai Super Kings Team/Squad for IPL5:

(MS Dhoni (c/wk), Srikkanth Anirudha, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Subramaniam Badrinath, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Michael Hussey, Albie Morkel, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shadab Jakati, Joginder Sharma, Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, Yo Mahesh, Abhinav Mukund, George Bailey, Doug Bollinger, Ben Hilfenhaus, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Scott Styris, Sudeep Tyagi, Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas, Ganapathi Vignesh


Mumbai Indians Team/Squad for IPL5:

Sachin Tendulkar (Cap), Rohit Sharma, James Franklin, Herschelle Gibbs, Davy Jacobs, Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Aiden Blizzard, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Lasith Malinga, Munaf Patel, Mitchell Johnson, Clint McKay, Thisara Perera, Pragyan Ojha, RP Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Abu Nechim, Amitoze Singh, Aditya Tare, Yuzvendra Chahal, Richard Levi, Sushant Marathe, Sujit Nayak, Robin Peterson, Jaydev Shah, Rahul Shukla, Tirumalasetti Suman, Pawan Suyal, Apoorv Wankhade, Suryakumar Yadav


Royal Challengers Bangalore Team/Squad for IPL5:


Daniel Vettori (Cap), Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Saurabh Tiwary, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mohammad Kaif, Luke Pomersbach (wk), Zaheer Khan, Dirk Nannes, Vinay Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun, Muttiah Muralitharan, Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad, Mayank Agarwal, KP Appanna, Sreenath Aravind, Arun Karthik, Raju Bhatkal, Muralidharen Gautam, Abrar Kazi, Andrew McDonald, Karun Nair, Ryan Ninan, Harshal Patel, Asad Pathan, Rilee Rossouw, Vijay Zol



Delhi Daredevils Bangalore Team/Squad for IPL5:

Virender Sehwag (Cap), Kevin Pietersen, Mahela Jayawardene, Ross Taylor, David Warner, Roelof van der Merwe, Aaron Finch, Venugopal Rao, Naman Ojha (wk), Irfan Pathan, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ajit Agarkar, Puneet Bisht, Andre Russell, Robin Bist, Gulam Bodi, Doug Bracewell, Unmukt Chand, Manprit Juneja, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Nadeem, Yogesh Nagar, Prashant Naik, Pawan Negi, Kuldeep Raval, Aavishkar Salvi, Vikas Mishra, Tejashwi Yadav


Kolkata Knight Riders Bangalore Team/Squad for IPL5:

Gautam Gambhir (Cap), Jacques Kallis, Brendon McCullum (wk), Eoin Morgan, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Ryan ten Doeschate, Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Brad Haddin (wk), Brett Lee, James Pattinson, Iqbal Abdulla, Jaydev Unadkat, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Laxmi Shukla, Rajat Bhatia, Manvinder Bisla, Debabrata Das, Marchant de Lange, Sarabjit Ladda, Chirag Jani, Sanju Samson, Pradeep Sangwan, Iresh Saxena, Shami Ahmed



Deccan Chargers Team/Squad for IPL5:

Kumar Sangakkara (Cap/wk), Darren Bravo, Shikhar Dhawan, Jean-Paul Duminy, Cameron White, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Sunny Sohal, Bharat Chipli, Daniel Christian, Dale Steyn, Rusty Theron, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Daniel Harris, Ashish Reddy, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, Tekkami Atchuta Rao, Akash Bhandari, Kedar Devdhar, Manpreet Gony, Ishank Jaggi, Chris Lynn, Tanmay Mishra, Parthiv Patel (wk), Veer Pratap Singh, Syed Quadri, Dwaraka Ravi Teja, Akshath Reddy, Biplab Samantray, Sneha Kishore, Tanmay Srivastava, TP Sudhindra, Arjun Yadav

Kings XI Punjab Team/Squad for IPL5:

Adam Gilchrist (Cap/wk), Paul Valthaty, Shaun Marsh, Parvinder Awana, Love Ablish, Amit Yadav, Azhar Mahmood, Sunny Singh, Rajagopal Sathish, Dimitri Mascarenhas, David Miller, Ryan Harris, James Faulkner, Stuart Broad, Piyush Chawla, Siddharth Chitnis, Paras Dogra, Bhargav Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, Harmeet Singh, Praveen Kumar, Vikramjeet Malik, Mandeep Singh, Abhishek Nayar, Ramesh Powar, Nathan Rimmington, Nitin Saini, Shalabh Srivastava



Rajasthan Royals Team/Squad for IPL5:

Rahul Dravid (Cap), Shane Watson, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Dinesh Chandimal, Ajinkya Rahane, Brad Hodge, Shaun Tait, Sreesanth, Stuart Binny, Johan Botha, Brad Hogg, Deepak Chahar, Ankeet Chavan, Aakash Chopra, Kevon Cooper, Aditya Dole, Samad Fallah, Faiz Fazal, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Ashok Menaria, Sumit Narwal, Pankaj Singh, Amit Paunikar, Abhishek Raut, Pinal Shah, Amit Singh, Siddharth Trivedi, Dishant Yagnik



Pune Warriors Team/Squad for IPL5:

Sourav Ganguly (Cap), Graeme Smith, Robin Uthappa, Jesse Ryder, Manish Pandey, Callum Ferguson, James Hopes, Luke Wright, Angelo Mathews, Marlon Samuels, Ashish Nehra, Nathan McCullum, Wayne Parnell, Mithun Manhas, Ashok Dinda, Ali Murtaza, Rahul Sharma, Alfonso Thomas, Eklavya Dwivedi, Raiphi Gomez, Harpreet Singh, Dheeraj Jadhav, Kamran Khan, Murali Kartik, Harshad Khadiwale, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Anustup Majumdar, Mohnish Mishra, Sachin Rana, Steven Smith, Krishnakant Upadhyay, Shrikant Wagh, Yuvraj Singh

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2012 MATCH SCHEDULES

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2012  MATCH SCHEDULE : 

Date/Time	Match	Venue
04 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	CSK vs MI (Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets)	Chennai
05 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	KKR vs DD (Delhi Daredevils won by 8 wickets)	Kolkata
06 Apr 2012 (16:00 IST)	PWI vs MI ( Pune Warriors won by 28 runs)	Mumbai
06 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	RR vs KXIP (Rajasthan Royals won by 31 runs)	Jaipur
07 Apr 2012 (16:00 IST)	RCB vs DD (Royal Challengers won by 20 runs)	Bangalore
07 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	DC vs CSK (Chennai Super Kings won by 74 runs)	Vizag
08 Apr 2012 (16:00 IST)	RR vs KKR (Rajasthan Royals won by 22 runs)	Jaipur
08 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	PWI vs KXIP (Pune Warriors won by 22 runs)	Pune
09 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	DC vs MI (Mumbai Indians won by 5 wickets)	Vizag
10 Apr 2012 (16:00 IST)	RCB vs KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders won by 42 runs)	Bangalore
10 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	DD vs CSK (Delhi Daredevils won by 8 wickets)	Delhi
11 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	MI Vs RR (Mumbai Indians won by 27 runs)	Mumbai
12 Apr 2012 (16:00 IST)	CSK vs RCB (Chennai Super Kings won by 5 wickets)	Chennai
12 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	KXIP vs PWI (Kings XI Punjab won by 7 wickets)	Mohali
13 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	KKR vs RR (Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets)	Kolkata
14 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Pune Warriors Vs Chennai Super Kings	Pune
15 Apr 2012 (16:00 IST)	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata
15 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Rajasthan Royals	Bangalore
16 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Mumbai Indians Vs Delhi Daredevils	Mumbai
17 Apr 2012 (16:00 IST)	Rajasthan Royals Vs Deccan Chargers	Jaipur
17 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Pune Warriors India	Bangalore
18 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Mohali
19 Apr 2012 (16:00 IST)	Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers	Delhi
19 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Chennai Super Kings Vs Pune Warriors India	Chennai
20 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Kings XI Punjab Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mohali
21 Apr 2012 (16:00 IST)	Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals	Chennai
21 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Delhi Daredevils Vs Pune Warriors India	Delhi
22 Apr 2012 (16:00 IST)	Mumbai Indians Vs Kings XI Punjab	Mumbai
22 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Deccan Chargers Vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Hyderabad
23 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Rajasthan Royals Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	Jaipur
24 Apr 2012 (16:00 IST)	Pune Warriors India Vs Delhi Daredevils	Pune
24 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Deccan Chargers	Kolkata
25 Apr 2012 (16:00 IST)	Kings XI Punjab Vs Mumbai Indians	Mohali
25 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Chennai Super Kings	Bangalore
26 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Pune Warriors India Vs Deccan Chargers	Pune
27 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Delhi Daredevils Vs Mumbai Indians	Delhi
28 Apr 2012 (16:00 IST)	Chennai Super Kings Vs Kings XI Punjab	Chennai
28 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata
29 Apr 2012 (16:00 IST)	Delhi Daredevils Vs Rajasthan Royals	Delhi
29 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Mumbai Indians Vs Deccan Chargers	Mumbai
30 Apr 2012 (20:00 IST)	Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Chennai
01 May 2012 (16:00 IST)	Deccan Chargers Vs Pune Warriors India	Cuttack
01 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Rajasthan Royals Vs Delhi Daredevils	Jaipur
02 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Kings XI Punjab	Bangalore
03 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Pune Warriors India Vs Mumbai Indians	Pune
04 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Chennai Super Kings Vs Deccan Chargers	Chennai
05 May 2012 (16:00 IST)	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Pune Warriors India	Kolkata
05 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Kings XI Punjab Vs Rajasthan Royals	Mohali
06 May 2012 (16:00 IST)	Mumbai Indians Vs Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai
06 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Deccan Chargers	Bangalore
07 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Delhi Daredevils Vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Delhi
08 May 2012 (16:00 IST)	Pune Warriors India Vs Rajasthan Royals	Pune
08 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Deccan Chargers Vs Kings XI Punjab	Hyderabad
09 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mumbai
10 May 2012 (16:00 IST)	Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers	Cuttack
10 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Rajasthan Royals Vs Chennai Super Kings	Jaipur
11 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Pune Warriors India Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	Pune
12 May 2012 (16:00 IST)	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Mumbai Indians	Kolkata
12 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Chennai Super Kings Vs Delhi Daredevils	Chennai
13 May 2012 (16:00 IST)	Rajasthan Royals Vs Pune Warriors India	Jaipur
13 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Kings XI Punjab Vs Deccan Chargers	Mohali
14 May 2012 (16:00 IST)	Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Mumbai Indians	Bangalore
14 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata
15 May 2012(20:00 IST)	Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab	Delhi
16 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Mumbai Indians Vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai
17 May 2012 (16:00 IST)	Kings XI Punjab Vs Chennai Super Kings	Dharamsala
17 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Delhi Daredevils Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	Delhi
18 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Deccan Chargers Vs Rajasthan Royals	Hyderabad
19 May 2012 (16:00 IST)	Kings XI Punjab Vs Delhi Daredevils	Dharamsala
19 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Pune Warriors India Vs Kolkata Knight Riders	Pune
20 May 2012 (16:00 IST)	Deccan Chargers Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	Hyderabad
20 May 2012 (20:00 IST)	Rajasthan Royals Vs Mumbai Indians	Jaipur

PLAYOFF WEEK

Date/Time Match Venue 22 May 2012 (20:00 IST) Qualifier 1: First Placed Team Vs Second Placed Team Pune 23 May 2012 (20:00 IST) Eliminator: Third Placed Team Vs Fourth Placed Team Bangalore 25 May 2012 (20:00 IST) Qualifier 2: Winner of Eliminator Vs Loser of Qualifier 1 Chennai 27 May 2012 (20:00 IST) Final: Winner of Qualifier 1 Vs Winner of Qualifier 2 Chennai

IPL 5: Ganguly turn the table for the ailing Pune Warriors

Pune : The Chennai Super Kings are prepared to require on the Pune Warriors team on their home ground. the soldiers once winning their initial 2 inaugural matches couldn't hold themselves against the lacklustered Kings XI Punjab team in their last match. However, Chennai Super Kings appears to own found their lost bit of gold once comprehensively chasing down 205 against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Pune Warriors would be trying to vary the gear within the earnest, before they're caught within the whirlwind of losses. Saurav Ganguly hit the ball well within the last match and he would be trying to create on his forma and obtain some sensible score.

The other batsmen - Robin Uthappa, Jesse Ryder, Marlon Samuels has to forget their last match failures; ought to follow the approach of one-match-at-a-time otherwise the gruellling schedule might simply suck-them-in.Mithun Manas would be retaining the place in enjoying XI thanks to his fperformance in his debut match for this IPL 5 session.Steve Smith and Angelo Matthew would be trying to fill the all-rounder spots within the team.




Chennai Super Kings once the debacle against Delhi, where back to their best against the tournament favourites Royal Challenger Bangalore. The Chennai batsmen would be assured as they fight warriors nowadays evening during this one-sided match. The Chennai batting line-up is crammed with star batsmen in their prime form- Mike Hussey, Albie Morkel, Dwayne Bravo, MS Dhoni have all been hitting the sweet spot on thier bats.Saubramanian Badrinath would be the key within the middle-order; Suresh Raina would be wanting to showcase his twent-twenty skills against the soldiers ballers.

If we have a tendency to ignore the merciless beating at the hands of Chris Gayle within the last match, Super Kings have sufficient depth in their bowling to tackle Ganguly and his men.Doug Bollinger would be leading the attack with Albie Morkel and Dwayne Bravo. Ravi Ashwin, Ravinder Jadeja, Shadab Jakati would be trying to form use of the sluggish Pune wicket.

How to Cure Tanking

Close to five years ago, Mike McCann penned a number of important posts here at the Sports Law Blog pertaining to tanking in sports (links to all of the posts can be found here). Over the course of the past two weeks, ESPN's TrueHoop blog re-visited the issue in-depth with a number of thoughtful posts. One of the TrueHoop posts focused on the research of Adam Gold that was presented at last month's MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. As a follow-up to the conference, the author recently released a video illustrating his findings in the context of the NHL, NFL, and NBA. Tanking is a fascinating topic from both a legal and economic perspective and has direct applicability to sports league policy.

Florida Coastal School of Law Panel on "Title IX: 40 Years and Counting"

Friday, April 13, 2012
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Room 250

The Florida Coastal School of Law Sports Law Society will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, or more commonly known as Title IX, by hosting a panel of industry experts. Moderated by Professor Nancy Hogshead-Makar, the panel will discuss the intersection of Title IX, the commercialization of intercollegiate athletics, publicity rights of athletes, and other hot topics within athletics.

Panelists include:

• Amy Perko - Executive Director of the Knight Commission

• Kristen Galles - Civil Rights Attorney, Plaintiff’s counsel in precedent-setting Title IX cases including Mansourian v. U.C. Davis, Biediger v. Qunnipiac and Communities for Equityv. Michigan High School Athletic Association

• Robert Wierenga - Partner, Schiff Hardin, LLP – Anti-trust Defense Counsel for the NCAA, including the In re Student-Athlete Likeness Litigation (N.D. Cal. 2009), In re NCAA 1-A Walk-On Football Players Litigation (W.D. Wash. 2006), White v. Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n (C.D. Cal. 2006), and Adidas America, Inc. v. Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n (D. Kan. 1999)

Two upcoming sports law symposia

For info on these events, click on the links to Sports Agent Blog:

• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s 2nd Annual Entertainment and Sports Law Association Symposium (Friday April 13) -- includes Harvard Law's sports law guru Peter Carfagna and Bill Belichick's agent, Neil Cornich, among other terrific speakers.

• Amateur Hour: The Commercialization of College Athletics Panel at UMass Amherst (Wednesday April 18) -- incliudes UMass Amherst's sports law guru Glenn Wong and ESPN's Kevin Blackistone and others.