What: Symposium – “NCAA Coaches’ Contracts: Diversity and Negotiating Value in the 21st Century”
Where: Florida Coastal School of Law Room 405
When: Friday, April 17 (10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.)
Schedule:
10:30 am – Noon: Ethnic and Gender Issues in NCAA Hiring
Panelists will discuss the topic of diversity in the hiring of college coaches, including the following issues: (1) Does the Rooney Rule have application in college to increase minority football head coaches at NCAA’s highest level? (2) How does the NCAA view the challenges and solutions regarding minority and gender equity? (3) Are boosters unduly influential in hiring and firing coaches to the disproportionate detriment of minority coaches? and (4) Is Title VII a viable remedy?
- Moderator, Roger Groves – Associate Professor of Law, Florida Coastal School of Law
- Kristen Galles – Civil rights attorney and Title IX expert
- Floyd A. Keith – Executive Director, Black Coaches and Administrators
- Kenneth L. Shropshire – The David W. Hauck Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Noon – 1:00: Lunch provided
1:00 – 2:30 pm: Maximizing Value for the Coach
Panelists will discuss the various issues that arise in negotiating and structuring college coaches contracts from the perspective of both the university and coach, including compensation and the various types of compensation, for cause termination, tax ramifications, and liquidated damages/buyout clauses.
- Moderator, Rick Karcher – Associate Professor of Law and Director, Florida Coastal School of Law Center for Law and Sports
- Robert H. Lattinville – Partner, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP
- Terry Don Phillips – Athletic Director, Clemson University
- Randall W. Spetman – Athletic Director, Florida State University
- Bennett H. Speyer – Member, Eastman & Smith LTD
Cost: Free. To register, please call (904) 680-7743 or email rkarcher@fcsl.edu.
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