The University of Akron IdeaExchange@UAkron Akron Law Review Akron Law Journals July 2015 Torts in Sports - "I'll See You In Court!" John F. Carrol Please take a moment to share how this work helps you through this survey. Your feedback will be important as we plan further development of our repository. Follow this and additional works at: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/akronlawreview Part of the Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Commons, Legal Remedies Commons, and the Torts Commons Recommended Citation Carrol, John F. (1983) "Torts in Sports - "I'll See You In Court!"," Akron Law Review: Vol. 16 : Iss. 3 , Article 7. Available at: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/akronlawreview/vol16/iss3/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Akron Law Journals at IdeaExchange@UAkron, the institutional repository of The nivU ersity of Akron in Akron, Ohio, USA. It has been accepted for inclusion in Akron Law Review by an authorized administrator of IdeaExchange@UAkron. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Carrol: Torts in Sports TORTS IN SPORTS - "I'LL SEE YOU IN COURT!" I. INTRODUCTION As Roseboro moved toward him, Marichal took three overhead swings at his head before Roseboro tackled him and Koufax moved in to grab the bat .... [A]t least one blow had landed ... 'There was nothing but blood where his left eye should have been. A man might as well have a gun as use a bat like that." P ROFESSIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUES once handled virtually all of their excessively violent acts by their own internal control measures.