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Pepperdine University School of Law College Sports Symposium

Post author By Darren Heitner
Post date February 13, 2013

What: Pepperdine Law Review Symposium: The New Normal in College Sports – Realigned and Reckoning

When: Friday, April 5, 2013 (8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.)

Where: Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California

7:45-8:30am	Check-In & Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:45am	Introductions and Welcome:Margot Parmenter, Editor-in-Chief, Law ReviewDeanell Tacha, Dean, Pepperdine University School of Law
8:45-10:45am	Panel One: Institutional Control: A View From the Top Moderator: Roger Cossack, ESPN Legal Analyst & Pepperdine University School of Law Distinguished Visiting Professor Panelists:Ken Starr, President, Baylor University Britt Banowsky, Conference Commissioner Steve Potts, Athletic Director, Pepperdine University Dave Roberts, Vice President for Compliance, USC
10:45-11:00am	Morning Coffee Break
11:00-12:30pm	Panel Two: NCAA, Legal Exemptions, and Liability Moderator: Maureen Weston, Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law Panelists:Daniel E. Lazaroff, Professor of Law and Director, Loyola Sports Law Institute at Loyola Law School Gabe Feldman, Associate Professor, Tulane Law School; Director, Tulane Sports Law Program; and Associate Provost for NCAA Compliance Jeffrey Standen, Professor, Willamette University Michael McCann, Professor of Law and Director of the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute, University of New Hampshire School of Law; Legal Analyst and Writer, Sports Illustrated
12:30-1:45pm	Luncheon in Cafeteria
1:45-3:15pm	Panel Three: NCAA: Enforcement, Sanctions, and Relationship with Universities Moderator: Professor Ed Larson Panelists:Matt Mitten, Professor of Law and Director, National Sports Law Institute, Marquette University Law School Rod Smith, Director of Sports Law & Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Brian Halloran, NCAA Perspective Britt Banowsky, Conference Commissioner
3:15-3:30pm	Afternoon Coffee & Cookie Break
3:30-5:00pm	The Money: Broadcasting, Digital Media & What Drives the Machine Moderator: Roger Cossack, ESPN Legal Analyst & Pepperdine University School of Law Distinguished Visiting Professor Panelists:Andrew Brandt, NFL Business Analyst, ESPN; Columnist for ESPN.com; Director, Moorad Center for Sports Law at Villanova Law School; and Co-Founder, The National Football Post Brian Marler, Director, Houlihan Lokey Babette E. Boliek, Associate Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law Mark Fainaru-Wada, Reporter, ESPN Investigations/Enterprise Unit
5:00pm	Concluding Remarks Maureen Weston & Margot Parmenter

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.