Marquette Sports Law Review Volume 20 Article 9 Issue 2 Spring 2009 Annual Survey: Recent Developments in Sports Law Paul M. Anderson Marquette University Law School Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/sportslaw Part of the Entertainment and Sports Law Commons Repository Citation Paul M. Anderson, 2009 Annual Survey: Recent Developments in Sports Law, 20 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 498 (2010) Available at: http://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/sportslaw/vol20/iss2/9 This Survey is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Marquette Law Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. SURVEY 2009 ANNUAL SURVEY: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SPORTS LAW* INTRODUCTION This survey encapsulates sports-related cases adjudicated between January 1 and December 31, 2009. It does not include every decision associated with sports; rather, it is intended to summarize only those cases involving compelling issues that could have an impact on the development of sports law in the coming years. The survey is designed to give the reader brief insight into how much the field has grown and highlight buzzworthy topics. For easy browsing, the survey is divided into sections based on the specific area of the law that applies to the primary issue in each case. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Administrative law governs the actions of government agencies on local, state, and federal levels. These actions can vary from rule-making to engaging in contractual negotiations to enforcing a regulatory system. Very few major sports law cases involve this body of the law, but, as shown in the following case, the consequences of an agency's decision can have a powerful impact on the future of a community.