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SPORTS LITIGATION ALERT


January 13, 2023


Vol. 20, Iss. 1


Federal   Court   Rules   in Favor   of School

District  Holding No Property Right for

Teachers in Coaching Positions

By William J. Robers, of Sparks Willson, P.C.
  udge W.  Louis Sands, of the United States District
  Court for the Middle District of Georgia, has found
in favor of the Lanier County Board of Education and
its members (Sneed v. Connell, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS


Here's the latest issue of Sports Litigation Alert, the na-
tion's only subscription-based periodical reporting on
the intersection of sports and the law. We also publish

Cases
  Federal Court Rules in Favor of School District
   Holding No Property Right for Teachers in
   Coaching Positions ........................... 1
  Plaintiffs Reliance on ADA to Get Extra Year of
   High School Eligibility Falls Short .............. 2
  Pennsylvania Appeals Court Reverses Trial Court
   in Negligence Case Involving a Zipline ........... 4
  Preliminary Injunction Granted in the Case of
   Title IX and Middle School Club Sports .......... 6
  Court Rules Premises Liability Claim Involving
   Outdoor Basketball Court Can Continue .......... 6

 Articles
  Participation by Transgender Athletes: 2022 Year
   in R eview .................................. 7
  When  Actions Speak Louder Than Coaches:
   Imposing Liability on Contact-Sports Participants . 10
  Loyola Marymount University Terminates
   Women's  Soccer Coach for Cause After She
   Openly Discusses Mental Health Issues.......... 12


173125; 2022 WL   4454337) in a recent decision that
continues the general decisions by courts that coaches
do not have a property interest in their coaching position.

Case  Background
At issue in the case was whether or not a teacher has
a legally cognizable or constitutional right to keep a
supplemental position as an athletics coach. Plaintiff
Sneed was  a teacher at Lanier County High School,
and was the school's head baseball coach, for which


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-  Is the NLRB Opening the Door (Again) to
   College Athlete Unionization? ................. 14
 - FTX's Collapse Should Remind Sports Teams to
   Be Careful When Choosing Their Sponsorship
   Partners .................................. 15
 - Is It Possible to Apportion a Professional
   Athlete's Income on a Level Playing Field? ...... 16
 - $10 Million Settlement in Case of Heatstroke Death 19
 -  South Carolina State University Settles with
   Coach, Who Brought Breach of Contract Lawsuit.. 19

 News   Briefs
  DLA  Piper Adds Caitlin Morgan as a Partner
   in the Firm's Media, Sport and Entertainment
   industry G roup ............................. 20
   Sports Law Expert Podcast Highlights Sports
   Lawyer John Tyrrell of Ricci Tyrrell Johnson &
   G rey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0


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