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Harvard Law School Sports Law Symposium: Resiting the Recession

What: Symposium: Resiting the Recession: Growth Opportunities for Sports in an Economic Downturn..

Where: Harvard Law School.  See map.

When: Friday, March 13, 2009 – 4:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 14, 2009 – 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Schedule:

March 13:

  • 4:00-5:00 pm: Keynote Speech by Andrew Zimbalist
  • 5:00-6:30 pm: Panel on New Stadiums
    • Moderator: Peter Carfagna, Partner, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP (Cleveland, OH) Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
    • Marc Edelman, Visiting Assistant Professor, Rutgers School of Law
    • Derek Jackson, Vice President & General Counsel, Florida Marlins
    • Damon Jones, Vice President / Club Counsel, Washington Nationals
    • Andy Lee, Principal, ALL Counsel & Consulting, Former General Counsel, New York Jets
    • Mike Lufrano, Senior Vice President, Community Affairs/General Counsel, Chicago Cubs
    • Allan G. Mutchnik, Partner, Skadden, Arps (Los Angeles)
  • 6:30-8:30 pm: Reception

March 14

  • 10:30 am-12:00 pm: Panel on New Media
    • Moderator: Rick Karcher, Associate Professor, Center for Law and Sports at Florida Coastal School of Law
    • Bob Bowman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Major League Baseball Advanced Media LP
    • Frank Hawkins, Partner, Scalar Media
    • Mike Mellis, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Major League Baseball Advanced Media LP
    • Bryan Perez, Senior Vice President and General Manager, NBA Digital
    • Mike Zarren, Assistant Executive Director of Basketball Operations/Associate Counsel, Boston Celtics
  • 12:00 pm-1:30 pm: Lunch & Speech by Jeff Pash (Executive Vice President, National Football League)
  • 2:00 pm-3:30 pm: Panel on New Markets
    • Moderator: Michael McCann, Associate Professor of Law, Vermont Law School, Legal Analyst and Si.com Columnist, Sports Illustrated, Co-Founder, Harvard Law School Project on Law and Mind Sciences
    • Rob Friedrich, NBA China
    • Eric Nyquist, Managing Director of Business Development, NASCAR
    • Jon Oram, Partner, Proskauer Rose
    • Jim Renacci, Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee, Arena Football League

Cost: Free for everybody; however, if you want to attend the reception and lunch, you must register prior to the event.  Register here.

By Darren Heitner

Darren Heitner created Sports Agent Blog as a New Year's Resolution on December 31, 2005. Originally titled, "I Want To Be A Sports Agent," the website was founded with the intention of causing Heitner to learn more about the profession that he wanted to join, meet reputable individuals in the space and force himself to stay on top of the latest news and trends.

Heitner now runs Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., which is a law firm with many practice areas, including sports law and contract law. Heitner has represented numerous athletes and sports agents as legal counsel. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Indiana University Bloomington from 2011-2014, where he created and taught a course titled, Sport Agency Management, which included subjects ranging from NCAA regulations to athlete agent certification and the rules governing the profession. Heitner serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he teaches a Sports Law class that includes case law surrounding athlete agents and the NCAA rules.