This week, Boston College sent an email out to many sports agents and financial advisors informing them of the policies and procedures the school has regarding interactions with its student-athletes and with the athletes’ families and friends. Boston College noted that it takes a conservative approach regarding said interactions. The policies and procedures, along with a copy […]
What: Symposium – “The Intersection of Sports and Business in Today’s Legal Arena” When: Monday, October 3, 2011 (9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.) Where: Ceremonial Moot Court Room, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (map) Panel discussions on stadium development, the legality the Bowl Championship Series, and athlete images/media rights. Ed Durso, Executive Vice […]
What: NFL Alumni Event on the NFL and Business of Sports When: Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 (8 p.m. PST) Where: Thorne Hall at Occidental College Panelists: Jim Mora Sr. ’57 (former NFL Head Coach) Sam Farmer ’88 (LA Times NFL Columnist) Vance Mueller ’86 (former NFL player) Trevor Moawad ’95 (IMG Performance Institute Director) Mike Libby ’06 (San Francisco 49ers […]
The following is a guest contribution from Heather Brittany (@HeatherBrit). Heather is currently a law student at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and Sports Chair of its Entertainment & Sports Law Society. The pay-for-play argument has long surrounded the world of college athletics. It is no secret that athletic programs (specifically football and basketball teams) […]
The State of Oklahoma now has a special sports agent prosecution team, which was announced by Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt last Friday. The prosecution team is led by an attorney within the Attorney General’s office, and will include investigators who will be hired to investigate situations as they become apparent. On the surface, it is a […]
What: Santa Clara Law 2011 Sports Law Symposium When: September 8, 2011 (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.) Where: Locatelli Center, Santa Clara University (map) Topics: Concussions (Keynote: DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director, NFLPA), Steroids (Keynote: Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN Investigative Reporter), Labor Strife (Keynote: William B. Gould, IV, former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board), and the Use of Player Images […]
What: Discussion – The Intersection of Sports, Labor Law & Antitrust Law: Implications of the NFL Lockout and the Court’s Injunction in Brady v. NFL When: Monday, May 2, 2011 (6:00 p.m. – 8 p.m.) Where: New York University School of Law – Lipton Hall, D’Agostino Hall (108 West Third Street, New York, NY) Bruce S. Meyer, Esq., of Weil, […]
What: Panel – From Bird to Brady: Collective Bargaining in American Sports When: April 13, 2011, 12:30 – 1:45 pm Where: Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall (map) The biggest and most challenging issue facing American sports leagues today isn’t criminality, career-threatening injuries, or even performance-enhancing drugs – it’s collective bargaining. The stakes are high – for […]
What: 1st Annual New England Sports & Entertainment/IP Law Symposium at Maine Law When: Saturday, April 2, 2011 (10 a.m. – 2 p.m.) Where: Moot Court room at Maine Law Speakers Catherine Bigley McGovern: Dr. McGovern teaches Entertainment Law and Theatre Law at DePaul University College of Law. Her consulting practice is focuses on Art […]
At the end of last week, the Executive Director of Compliance at the University of Oklahoma and the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance at the University of Georgia sent out separate emails to formerly NFLPA Certified Contract Advisors, who are no longer certified for the sole reason that the NFLPA does not currently exist as […]