Intercollegiate Athletics and the Assignment of Legal Rights

Authors

Alfred Dennis Mathewson, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1990

Abstract

This Article arose out of my curiosity about the precise assignment of legal rights6 among colleges and students in the production, sale, and delivery of intercollegiate athletics. What rights might student athletes possess that give rise to legal accountability? Although a system that permits universities, coaches, concessionaires, television networks, and advertisers to reap the wealth sown by student athletes while precluding the latter from contemporaneous enjoyment of pecuniary profit seems patently unfair, my review of the cases uncovered a legal order that does not assign legal rights to student athletes consistent with my view.

Publication Title

St. Louis Law Journal

Volume

35

First Page

39

Recommended Citation

Alfred D. Mathewson, Intercollegiate Athletics and the Assignment of Legal Rights, 35 St. Louis Law Journal 39 (1990).
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