What: Inaugural Penn Law Sports Law Symposium When: Friday, February 28, 2014 Where: University of Pennsylvania Law School, Michael A. Fitts Auditorium About: The day-long discussion at the Inaugural Penn Law Sports Law Symposium will address the increasingly murky transition from amateur to professional status in sports. This timely issue impacts the legal, ethical, and socio-economic […]
The following recap was written by Belmont University Law School student and aspiring sports/entertainment agent Mark J. Burns. Last week, the University of Michigan hosted the 2nd Annual Michigan Sport Business Conference, which was held at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. The day-long event featured undergraduate and graduate students, aspiring sports business professionals, and […]
What: Third Annual National Sports Law Negotiation Competition & Sports Law Conference 2013 Where: Thomas Jefferson School of Law (San Diego) When: Sept. 20-22, 2013 The Sports Law Conference will take place on September 20. The Competition will go from September 21 through September 22, with the preliminary rounds on the 21st and the Championship Final Round […]
The latest “agent warning letter” is brought to you by the Office of General Counsel at NC State University and delivered via mail to individuals registered as Athlete Agents with the North Carolina Secretary of State’s Office. The letter informs agents that NC State has formed a Professional Sports Counseling Panel and requests that if agents […]
The following guest contribution was written by Richard Pallarino (@rpallarino). Richard is a student at CUNY-College of Staten Island and Assistant to the Director of Artist Management at Wilhelmina Models. The 2012 Ohio State Buckeyes Football program suffered 0 losses on their record, but were slammed with a ban that kept them from playing in the NCAA […]
What: Villanova University School of Law’s 2013 Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal Symposium – Concussion Conundrum When: Friday, March 15, 2013 Where: The Jeffrey S. Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law at Villanova University School of Law Overview On Friday, March 15, just weeks before the NFL Concussion Injury Litigation goes to trial in Philadelphia, […]
Last week, a baseball agent forwarded me an email he received from the University of Central Florida (UCF) Athletic Compliance Office after he read my article, BYU’s New Football Agent Policy Another Laughable Attempt To Limit Communication Between Players And Agents. These types of university communications and policies makes one wonder what is truly going on behind […]
What: Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal and the Virginia Sports Law Society’s second annual symposium: Vice and Morality in Sports When: March 8, 2013 (9:00 a.m. – 4 p.m.) Where: Caplin Pavilion, UVA Law (580 Massie Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903) Schedule 8:00 – 8:45 A.M. — Check-in and continental breakfast 8:45 – 9:00 A.M. — […]
How do you know a Compliance Office really takes pride in its agent policy? It begins its announcement of its new policy with: **NEW** Brigham Young University (BYU) sent an email out last week to all NFLPA certified Contract Advisors to notify them of changes to the university’s Football Agent Policy. The email included the revised […]
What: The Mississippi Sports Law Review’s 2nd Annual Fall Symposium: The Impact of Concussion Lawsuits on the Future of Football When: Friday, November 9, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. Where: Room 1078 of the University of Mississippi School of Law (Directions) Panelists Dean André Douglas Pond Cummings – Indiana Tech Law School Dr. Andrew Gregory – Vanderbilt University Dean Jeffrey A. Standen […]