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National Baseball Arbitration Competition

What: 2010 Tulane Law School National Baseball Arbitration Competition When: January 22-24, 2010 Where: Tulane University Law School. Map. The Tulane Law School Sports Law Society has been busy inviting law schools to compete in the 2010 Tulane Law School National Baseball Arbitration Competition. I received an email invite last week, asking if my school […]

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Friday Wrap-Up

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (10/30/09)

Always a big weekend for Florida football fans, this weekend is the annual Florida/Georgia match-up in Jacksonville, FL.  I will not be heading there for the game or the pre/post game festivities, but I will definitely be watching on TV.  My boys better pick up their play real soon, or I fear they will get […]

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Contract Negotiation Headline Sports Law

The Necessity Of Law School And The Art Of Negotiation

No matter how many times I address the issue, I continue to get at least one question a day through email (and sometimes on this site), asking whether law school is necessary or even preferable for someone who is looking to break into the sports agent industry.  Another related question is whether an MBA, Masters […]

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NFL Teams Sports Law

No Trust For The Seventh Circuits Antitrust Ruling

I meant to post this a long time ago, but I have been so busy as of late, that I could not find the time to read through Gabe Feldman‘s new piece, The Puzzling Persistence of the Single Entity Argument for Sports Leagues: American Needle and the Supreme Court’s Opportunity to Reject a Flawed Defense.  […]

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Chris Bosh: Internet Police

On September 24th Chris Bosh was awarded not only his own domain, chrisbosh.com, but the domain names of over 800 NBA stars, college and high school athletes as well as various celebrities. It was a landmark decision in that it was one of the first instances in which a plaintiff was awarded third party domain […]

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Colleges Entertainment Headline Sports Law

Harvard Is Calling For Your Papers

Ashwin Krishnan (Editor-in-Chief) and Josh Podoll (Submissions Editor) at the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law (JSEL) are currently soliciting and reviewing submissions for the very first edition of its Journal.  Their plan is to publish the inaugural issue of the Journal in Spring 2010 and they believe that you kind people reading this […]

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Sports Business

My 5 Question Interview With ProVentures

ProVentures describes itself as a Sports and Entertainment Marketing Intermediary based in McLean, VA that utilizes extensive contacts, experience and insider knowledge to help clients build brand equity.  I can’t argue with that.  From my limited experience dealing with the company and its excellent managers and employees, ProVentures seems to be on the up-and-up, and […]

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Marquette’s National Sports Law Institute Fall 2009 Conference

School is about to start back up across the nation, which means that many law schools will start to announce their Sports Law Symposiums for the Fall and Spring semesters.  Yesterday, I received an email about Marquette University’s 2009 Conference.  Marquette is home of the National Sports Law Institute, one of, if not the, most […]

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Friday Wrap-Up

Shabbat Shalom: Friday Wrap-Up (7/14/09)

Off to Tallahassee for the weekend (it is the capital of Florida for you non-Geography majors) and then back to Gainesville to move into a new residence for my final year of law school.  I sent out the initial batch of invitations to potential moderators and panelists for the 2010 UF Sports Law Symposium.  In […]

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Sports Law

35th Annual SLA Conference In Chicago Coming Soon

The 35th Annual (SLA) Sports Lawyers Association Conference will be held this May 14-16 in Chicago, Illinois.  Registration is currently open and the conference agenda is officially posted.  The event starts on Thursday May 14, and goes pretty much all day on Friday, and Saturday.  The conference agenda includes some amazing speakers and covers very […]