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, […]
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The NFL Lockout is enjoined…for the moment. But let’s live in the moment and take a look at the opinion handed down yesterday by Judge Susan Richard Nelson in the United States District Court District of Minnesota. The dry and dirty: The motion for a preliminary injunction on the NFL Lockout was granted. If you […]
What: NFL Players Association Lockout Session at New York Law School When: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 (3:30 pm -5:30 pm) Where: New York Law School (185 W. Broadway New York, NY 10013 – Auditorium, A014) George Atallah, NFLPA Assistant Executive Director of External Affairs will be speaking along with an undisclosed NFL player. The discussion will […]
On April 20, 2011, Daniel Kaplan of SportsBusiness Journal broke news that a breakaway group of as many as 70 NFL players have committed to a law firm to intervene in the Brady v. NFL case. According to Kaplan, the group is upset that talks in Washington D.C. broke off, and wants a seat at […]
In the past three months, I have traveled around the country, speaking at six different universities. Most of the time the topic touched upon, or was centered on, ethics in the sports agent profession. A common question from the audience is how to fix a system that practically allows agents to give student-athletes benefits without […]
The 2010-11 NCAA Division I Manual became effective as of August 1, 2010. Throughout the year, NCAA administrators have reviewed the rules and regulations embodied within the Manual and will revise where appropriate for a new Manual, which will likely be published on August 1, 2011. A bylaw that will earn a significant area of […]
What: 2011 College Sport Research Institute (CSRI) Conference When: April 20-22, 2011 Where: William C. Friday Center for Continuing Education at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (map) April 20 Panels 8:30am – 9:45am: Show Me The Manual! NCAA Regulations, Agents, and Amateurism Jason Belzer — President of Global Athlete Management Enterprises, Inc. (GAME, Inc.) and current […]
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SLA & NSELS Night @ The Palace
The National Sports and Entertainment Law Society (NSELS) and the Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) are co-sponsoring a Pistons-Cavs game networking opportunity. Take advantage of this great opportunity to network with sports & entertainment lawyers from around the Detroit, Michigan area and speak to business and legal professionals from the Pistons! Hurry, though. The deadline to […]
What: Symposium – Baseball And The Law: America’s National Pastimes When: Monday, April 11, 2011 (10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m) Where: Albany Law School Agenda 10:00 a.m. (outside room 200) – Continental Breakfast 10:30 a.m. (Room 200) – “A Contrarian View of Steroids: What’s Wrong With Being All You Can Be?” Professor Paul Finkelman, President William McKinley Distinguished Professor […]
The Ivy Sports Symposium is a major international sports symposium hosted by the universities that make up the Ivy League. It was originally called the Princeton Sports Symposium for four years (starting in 2006) and was run strictly by students at Princeton University. In 2010, it officially changed to the Ivy Sports Symposium (take a […]