Yesterday, a group of individuals who are tied to college sports in a variety of ways converged in Washington D.C. to participate in a roundtable discussion titled, Hypocrisy or Hype? The Impacts of Back-Room Deals, Payoffs, and Scandals in American Collegiate Student Athletics. The list of participants may be found here. U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill) put together […]
What: Sports Law Conference on the BCS and Big-Time College Football When: November 17-18, 2011 Where: Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California Panels: Opening Session – Antitrust (9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Thursday November 17) Mark Shurtleff, Attorney General of Utah, has initiated the antitrust litigation against the BCS Gordon Schnell, Attorney with Constantine Cannon […]
What: Mississippi School of Law Bi-Annual Symposia: “Social Media and Intercollegiate Athletics” When: November 11, 2011 Where: Robert C. Khayat Law Center (map) The University of Mississippi School of Law will officially announce its newest law journal on November 11, 2011. The new journal will be titled, The Mississippi Sports Law Review (MSLR). These kinds […]
Michael Beasley of the Minnesota Timberwolves is currently a client of Jeff Schwartz at Excel Sports Management, but that was not always the case. Prior to hiring Schwartz, Beasley had been represented for team contract negotiations and off-court marketing deals by Joel Bell of Bell Sports, Inc. When Beasley left Bell Sports, Inc., the company filed a lawsuit […]
On November 1, 2011, a group of individuals who are tied to college sports in a variety of ways will converge in Washington D.C. to participate in a roundtable discussion titled, Hypocrisy or Hype? The Impacts of Back-Room Deals, Payoffs, and Scandals in American Collegiate Student Athletics. The roundtable has been put together by U.S. […]
On July 29, 2011, North Carolina’s Secretary of State Elaine Marshall issued a subpoena, which asked for documents and records from the NCAA regarding findings from the NCAA’s investigation of past NFLPA agent activity on the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s campus. Most people choose to digitize these kinds of documents these days, as many […]
What: American University Washington College of Law Sports Law Panel – Out Of Bounds: Tackling The Athlete-Agent Relationship From Amateur Athletics To The Pros When: Thursday, October 27, 2011 (4:00-5:30 p.m.) Where: American University Washington College of Law (Room 602) AU WCL’s Sports and Entertainment Law Society is hosting a panel discussion regarding the athlete-agent relationship, NCAA […]
What: 2011 Ivy Sports Symposium When: November 18, 2011 Where: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (Jon M. Huntsman Hall) The Ivy Sports Symposium was founded in 2006 as the Princeton Sports Symposium. This is the first year that the symposium will be held on a college campus other than Princeton University. Another special feature of this year’s event […]
I am happy to announce that my newest law review article, In Baseball’s Best Interest?: A Discussion of the October 2010 MLBPA Regulations Governing Player Agents, has been published in the Spring 2011 Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal. The official citation to the article is 10 Va. Sports & Ent. L.J. 249 (type it into a Westlaw […]
I will be attending and speaking at this symposium, but will be leaving roughly half way through in order to catch a flight to Arizona for Arizona State’s 2nd Annual Conference On Sports & Entertainment Law. If you are in New York during the event, I hope that you are able to stop by during […]