Case Study Of Len Bias V. Advantage International

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Bias v. Advantage International Upon the completion of Len Bias’s collegiate basketball career at the University of Maryland, Bias on April 7, 1986, reached an agreement with Advantage International who consented to counsel and maintain his affairs. The Advantage representative who was assigned to his case was A. Lee Fentress. The Boston Celtics picked Bias on June 17, 1986, in the first round of the National Basketball Association draft. Then, two days later on the morning of June 19, 1986, unfortunately Bias died of a cocaine overdose. His family sued Advantage and Fentress for separate policies. One being the million dollar life insurance policy Bias had taken out for himself days before passing and then for also for terms of his contract …show more content…

She tried out for the Duke football team in 1994 as a walk-on. Since she was unable to make the football team, she ended up helping the team in a position of manager. The Head Coach at the time was Fred Goldsmith and he gave permission to Heather to participate in practices and work out with the other fellow kickers on the team. She also was allowed to participate in the winter and spring conditioning programs, as a manager you should not be allowed to do that. Mercer was asked to participate in the intra-squad scrimmage in April by fellow seniors. During the scrimmage Mercer won the game for her team by kicking a field goal. Once the scrimmage game was concluded, Mercer was added to the Football …show more content…

He hasn’t claimed a horizontal agreement and because his antitrust theory is hereby novel, the court doesn’t apply a per se rule of illegality. The court subject O’Bannon’s claims to a rule of reason analysis. He shows how the market is a “collegiate licensing market” for the United States. The products are for the rights to use images of the athletes involved with a collegiate sport; if these rights were not accepted licenses they couldn’t promote and dispense their products legally. He shows that the NCAA and its members, including agreements for athletic events, enter agreements. The allegations suggest that the market does in fact

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