Faculty

Timothy Davis

John W. & Ruth H. Turnage Professor of Law

Phone: 336.758.3670
Email: davistx@wfu.edu

Books

  • "Sports Law and Regulation:  Cases, Materials, and Problems," (with Matthew Mitten, Robert Berry & Rodney K. Smith) (Aspen, 2005).
  • "The Business of Sports Agents," (with Kenneth L. Shropshire) (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003).
  • "A Reader on Race, Civil Rights, and American Law: A Multiracial Approach," (with Kevin Johnson and George Martinez) (Carolina Academia Press, 2001).
  • "Sports and the Law: a Modern Anthology," (with Kenneth L. Shropshire and Alfred Mathewson) (Carolina Academic Press, 1999).

Law Review Articles and Essays

  • Avila v. Citrus Community College District: Shaping the Contours of Immunity and Primary Assumption of the Risk, 17 Marquette Sports L. J. 259 (2006) (symposium contribution).
  • Regulating the Athlete-Agent Industry: Intended and Unintended Consequences, 42 Willamette L. Rev. 781 (2006) (symposium contribution).
  • What is Sports Law?, 11 Marquette Sports L. J. 211 (2001).
  • Reply to Sack and Staurowsky, 10 Marquette Sports L. J. 123-26 (1999).
  • Teaching Sports and the Law: The Relevance of Race, 1 Virginia J. of Sports & Law 250-61 (1999).
  • Racism in Athletics: Subtle Yet Persistent, 21 UALR L. Rev. 881-900 (1999) (contribution to symposium issue--Racial Equity in the Twenty-First Century).
  • Intercollegiate Athletics in the Next Millennium: A Framework for Evaluating Reform Proposals, 9 Marquette Sports L. J. 253-71 (1999) (contribution to symposium issue--Sports Law in the 21st Century).
  • Student-Athlete Violence Against Women: Defining the Limits of Institutional Responsibility, 55 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 55-116 (1998).
  • Balancing Freedom of Contract and Competing Values in Sports, 38 South Texas L. Rev. 1115-46 (1997) (contribution to symposium--Sports Law as a Reflection of Society's Laws and Values).
  • Who's In and Who's Out: Racial Discrimination in Sports: A Review Essay of Kenneth Shropshire's In Black and White: Race and Sports in America, 28 Pacific L. J. 341-72 (1997).
  • College Athletics: Testing the Boundaries of Contract and Tort, 29 UC Davis L. Rev. 971-1017 (1996).
  • African-American Student-Athletes: Marginalizing the NCAA's Regulatory Structure?, 6 Marquette Sports L. J. 199-227 (1996) (contribution to symposium issue--Race and Sports).
  • A Model for Institutional Governance for Intercollegiate Athletics, 1995 Wisconsin L. Rev. 599-645 (contribution to symposium issue--The NCAA and the Student-Athlete).
  • The Myth of the Superspade: The Persistence of Racism in College Athletics, 22 Fordham Urban L. J. 625-98 (1995).
  • Intercollegiate Athletics: Competing Models and Conflicting Realities, 25 Rutgers L. J. 269-327 (1994).
  • The Illusive Warranty of Workmanlike Performance: Constructing a Conceptual Framework, 72 Neb. L. Rev. 981-1045 (1993).
  • Student-Athlete Prospective Economic Interests: Contractual Dimensions, 19 T. Marshall L. Rev. 585-626 (1994) (contribution to symposium issue--Current Trends in the U.S. Sporting Arena).
  • Examining Educational Malpractice Jurisprudence: Should a Cause of Action be Created for the Student-Athlete?, 69 Denver Univ. L. Rev. 57-96 (1992).
  • Ross v. Creighton University: Seventh Circuit Recognition of Limited Judicial Regulation of Intercollegiate Athletics?, 17 S. Ill. Univ. L. J. 85-115 (1992).
  • An Absence of Good Faith: Defining a University's Educational Obligation to Student-Athletes, 28 Houston L. Rev. 743-90 (1991).

Book Chapters

  • The Persistence of Unconscious Racism in College Sport in "Diversity and Social Justice in College Sports" (Fitness Technology, Inc., 2007).
  • Academic Inequity and the Impact of NCAA Rules in "Diversity and Social Justice in College Sports" (Fitness Technology, Inc., 2007).
  • Crossing the Color Line: The New York Yankees and Race Relations, book chapter in "Courting the Yankees: Legal Essays on the Bronx Bombers" (Robert Jarvis ed.) (Carolina Academic Press, 2003).
  • Race, Law and NCAA Rules and Regulations, book chapter in "Racism in College Athletics: The African-American Experience" 245-65 (2nd ed. 1999).

Other Publications

  • Overview of Select Legal Issues Arising in Golf, CLE Program "The Law of Golf" sponsored by the Sports and Entertainment Law Section of North Carolina Bar Association, September 15, 2005.
  • Recent Developments in Sports Law, Annual Meeting of the National Federation of State High School Associations' Summit and Legal Meeting, April 2005.
  • Current Developments in Sports and Entertainment Law, CLE Program "Sports and Entertainment Law: Keys to Representing Athletes, Musicians and Teams," sponsored by Sports and Entertainment Law Section of North Carolina Bar Association, October 2001.
  • Current Developments in Sports and Entertainment Law, Meeting of Sports and Entertainment Law Section of North Carolina Bar Association, Dec. 2000.
  • What is Sports Law?, 30 Wake Forest Jurist 8 (July 2000).
  • What is Sports Law?, Sports and Entertainment Law for the New Millennium, CLE sponsored by North Carolina Bar Association.
  • Review of Kenneth Shropshire, In Black and White: Race and Sports in America (1996), 15 Entertainment & Sports Lawyer 12, (Spring 1997).
  • University Duty to Provide Educational Opportunity to Student Athletes, 5 Texas Entertainment & Sports L. J. (1995).
  • Race and Sports in Intercollegiate Athletics, 6 For the Record 3 (Aug/Sept. 1995).
  • An Absence of Good Faith: Defining A University's Educational Obligation to Student-Athletes (edited and condensed version) 25:1 The Brief (Fall 1992).