Essays on Professional Football

601 F.2d 516 (10th Cir. 1979) Summary of the Key Facts: During the 1970s Dale Hackbart played for the Denver Broncos football club as a defensive back. At the same time, Charles Clark played for the Cincinnati Bengals football club as a running back. In a December 1973 game between the Broncos and the Bengals, out of frustration for a turnover by his team, Clark deliberately struck Hackbart on the head and neck away from play in manner that was later deemed a personal foul and dangerous (Hackbart). However, as no official saw the act, Clark and the Bengals ...

Contract Issues

This is a case of the Essendon Football Club, a professional football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). This paper focuses on the legal battle that the EFC faces concerning their alleged use of prohibited supplemental drugs in what is currently referred to as the Essendon doping scandal. The parties involved in the said saga were the EFC (including all of its constituents), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency (ASADA), and the Australian Football League. The main object in the case was the banned and prohibited peptide Thymosin Beta 4 . Focusing on ...

LIFE STYLE FOOD HUB ENTERPRISES

Abstract The paper aims at outlining the main differences amid utility and profit maximizing league, with a key focus on Europe and the USA and the resulting implications to sports. The study is in agreement with findings from the previous research study that most clubs in America are profit oriented while their European counterparts are after utility satisfaction. Some of the significant aspects that reflect the above findings are the differences in organizational management in the two areas. In America, major decisions that pertain administration of organizations are made by the shareholders and club owners through a voting process. ...