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"From the Gym to the Jury" is a Bi-Monthy On-Line Newsletter designed to protect your sports programs (and yourself) from costly injuries, liability and lawsuits. This newsletter is a nationally acclaimed source for legal trends and risk management strategies for universities and sports programs.

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> PRO FOOTBALL PLAYER AWARDED $5.4 MILLION IN A SUPPLEMENT LAWSUIT
David Vobora, a St. Louis Rams linebacker, sued a Florida nutritional sup- plement company over contaminated supplement, Ultimate Sports Spray, he used that led to a four-game suspension from the National Football League (NFL) in 2009.

> COACH BREAKS BOY'S COLLARBONE DURING DRILL
A football coach at Roseville Middle School in Michigan put on a helmet and directed his middle school 13-year-old players to try to tackle him at their final practice. The coach selected three players to make the attempt, one at a time. The coach lowered his head and ran into a 13-year-old, breaking his collarbone.

> UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND TO CUT EIGHT SPORTS
A special commission at the University of Maryland recommended cutting eight sports by June 30, 2012. Kevin Anderson, the athletic director, said that men's cross country, indoor and outdoor track, women's water polo, men and women's swimming, men's tennis and aerobic tumbling have until that date to raise the funds necessary to operate the programs for the next eight years.

> RIDA A&M FIRES BAND DIRECTOR
James Ammons, president of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), fired Band Director Julian White after the death of a drum major, allegedly due to hazing. Robert Champion, 26, "was found unresponsive on a bus parked outside an Orlando (FL) hotel, after the school’s football team lost to rival Bethune-Cookman."

> RUNAWAY CART INJURES SEVEN
During a high school football playoff game in Arlington, Texas, a run- away electric cart raced unmanned from an end zone to midfield injuring seven people.

> 97 SCHOOLS OPPOSE NCAA PLAN TO ADD $2,000 EXTRA TO ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS
In August of 2011, 55 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) col- lege presidents agreed at a retreat to add $2,000 to full athletic grants to help cover expenses for athletes.