Sexual orientation discrimination in sport

Written by Andrew Smith Hits 725

Jason Collins

A few weeks ago, for the first time, a professional American sportsman from one of the four major team sports in the US (basketball, baseball, American football and ice hockey) publicly announced that he is gay.  Jason Collins, an NBA basketball player, said in a recent interview: “I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay”1.  It is fair to say that the reaction to this news has not been unequivocally supportive.

A futile quest for compensation – Frederick Bouchat and the Baltimore Ravens logo controversy

Written by Jacob Goldberg, Leonard Glickman Hits 5491

Ravens Logo

The story of Frederick E. Bouchat is one of a man determined to strike gold from a simple drawing of a Raven logo that he designed in late 1995. That simple drawing has been the centre of controversy and fierce copyright litigation over the last 15 years between Mr. Bouchat, the National Football League’s (“NFL”) Baltimore Ravens and a number of other parties.