On December 28, 2009, Leach was suspended indefinitely by Texas Tech pending investigation of alleged inappropriate treatment of a player. School officials gave Leach an ultimatum--apologize to James in writing by December 28 or Leach would be suspended. Leach refused to do so. Leach immediately sought an injunction that would allow him to coach in the 2010 Alamo Bowl. However, on December 30, Texas Tech fired Leach, calling his refusal to apologize to James "a defiant act of insubordination." On January 8, Leach formally filed suit against Texas Tech for wrongful termination. He claimed that school officials not only fired him without cause, but issued defamatory statements in a willful attempt to keep him from being hired elsewhere.
Rick Karcher and Michael McCann, principal editors of the Sports Law Blog, will take you into the world of high profile employment and sports contracts. They will provide an update on the controversy and offer analysis on the upcoming legal process.
The Sports Law Blog was honored by Fast Company as one of Three Best Sports Business Blogs and by the American Bar Association Journal as a Top 100 Law Blog.
Professor Michael McCann is a nationally recognized expert in the fields of sports law, antitrust, and behavioral law and economics. He is a Legal Analyst for Sports Illustrated, the "Sports and the Law" columnist on SI.com, and, along with Harvard Law School professor Jon Hanson, a co-founder of The Project on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School. Professor McCann also served as chair of the Association of American Law School's Section on Sports and the Law in 2008.
Rick Karcher is an associate professor of law and the director of the Center for Law and Sports at Florida Coastal School of Law. He teaches primarily in the areas of sports law, torts and business law.
Professor Karcher speaks frequently on sports law issues. He has written numerous law review articles on a variety of sports law topics, including sports agent regulation, players rights of publicity and privacy rights, and enforcement of college coaches contracts. Professor Karcher has provided expert testimony in court and before Congress on sports law matters. He is a primary contributor to the Sports Law Blog.
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