Sports Law Quotes

I took all the courses you would need to be able to go to law school. But my experience in college with football made me want to go into coaching.

Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball.

The time has come to disregard the exemption. Baseball is no longer a sport.

The two major things that changed the makeup of all professional sports are money generated by television and courts that players went to in order to win their freedom as free agents.

The last time I was charged by the FA they had a murder lawyer in against me, so it's going to be a hard case to win.

Unfortunately, there are no mulligans when it comes to pro football contracts.

Racism in the stadiums must be defeated, but to succeed, even before the laws of sport, those of the State will be needed, deterrents that help to curb these unhealthy habits.

Congress first took action against steroids by passing The Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990.

Deflategate. I mean it's kind of idiotic in one way. On the other hand, look how totally obsessed we are with the fact that the New England Patriots may have taken, I don't know, a half-pound or a pound square inch of air pressure out of the footballs. We love it.

When I was minister of sport in Brazil, I tried to bring in a law that would make the chairmen of clubs reveal their accounts like other businesses. It was turned down, but I think it is an important story that will make a good film.

My own basketball background was ripping up my ACL in a lawyer's league.

In the NFL, 31 players have been arrested just since the Super Bowl. In fact, a lot of teams are switching to the no-huddle offense because players aren't allowed to associate with known felons.

I don't really trust the NFL.

Obviously you have to trust the VAR to make the right decision.

News writing and sports writing have become synonymous. And it started with, you know, free agency, and now it's in the concussion debate.

Sports and management are not as diverse as people think.

My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my motive.

It is interesting that I have gone through the process of representing clients as an ex-athlete. I am certainly not naive to think that the possibility of corruption isn't there.

Salary arbitration is probably in place - was put in place then and probably is in place now - because I supported it.

With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.

I was very fortunate to come into sports representation with Arn Tellem; he has helped me understand the business in the same way that we help out clients find solutions to their problems.

If you're trying to get into the sports business, you really have to find a niche.

A significant piece of the wealth that the NFL owners garner is a result of the enormous TV revenues they get - and those revenues are supported by a legislatively granted exemption from the antitrust laws that has been made applicable to sports leagues, primarily the NFL.

In the back of my mind, I always knew I wanted to be in the sports representation business. Being an ex-player, I knew that those were the people I wanted to work with.

For a 20-year-old kid to be taking on Liverpool Football Club over a contract. To the pit of my stomach that just winds me up, it angers me.