This volume is the third in an ongoing project on the legal regulation of athletics. It consists of a set of research essays on a variety of legal issues facing professional hockey. The contributors are a distinguished group of academics and practitioners who have long focused their intellectual efforts on the legal governance of professional and amateur athletics. And this is a much needed addition to the law literature both in the United States as well as internationally. Professional hockey, unlike other North American professional sports, has multiple international dimensions. This work provides a thorough, needed and up-to-date discussion of the application of criminal, tort, labor, and tax law in matters dealing with hockey by enlisting key legal scholars, academics and practicing attorneys and solicitors who are widely recognized in their specific fields. The volume also presents a sophisticated analysis of the economics of the National Hockey League (NHL). Since hockey as a professional sport is expanding and developing internationally, this work is a timely contribution to the legal aspects of its existence and development. Chapter I Introduction--introduction and commentary on the content of the succeeding chapters Lewis Kurlantzick Chapter II Bruins' Defenseman Teddy Green Was Going To Die: Violence, Hockey and the Criminal Law.....................................................................69 Roger I. Abrams Chapter III The Economy of the National Hockey League ......................................95 Andrew Zimbalist Chapter IV The Entry Level System of the National Hockey League.................117 Joseph Weiler, Patrick Weiler, & Shashika Stanislaus Chapter V An Overview of International and State Tax Issues for Professional Hockey Players....................................................................................175 Alan Pogroszewski & Kari Smoker Chapter VI The NHL Concussion Litigation: Much Ado About Not So Much ...................................................................................215 James Goodfellow References ........................................................................................................................255 Index .................................................................................................................................281 Roger Abrams, noted Sports Law professor and co-editor of leading casebook in the field Andrew Zimbalist, prominent sports economist Dr. Joseph Weiler, distinguished Canadian professor of sports, media and entertainment law, member of Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia, highly experienced mediator and arbitrator James Goodfellow, Chicago labor and employment practitioner Alan Pogroszewski and Kari Smoker, taxation specialists with experience in representation of professional hockey players.
