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Duke University School Of Law Gears Up For Fourth Sports & Entertainment Law Symposium

What: Duke Sports and Entertainment Law Society’s Fourth Annual Symposium When: Friday, February 7, 2014 Schedule 8:30 – 9:00  Registration Breakfast 9:00 – 9:05  Welcome Remarks 9:05 – 9:50  The Film Industry in the South Rep. Paul Luebke (N.C. State Rep., Durham County) C. Anthony Mulrain (Gordon & Reese, Atlanta) Thomas Varnum (Brooks Pierce, Wilmington) Alonzo […]

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Harvard Law School To Host Panel On Business Of College Sports

What: Panel Discussion about the business of college sports and the NCAA’s treatment of amateur athletes. Where: Harvard Law School (Hauser Hall Room 102, 1563 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138) When: Thursday, October 31, 2013 (5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.) The discussion will feature excerpts from the EPIX original documentary, Schooled: The Price of College Sports. […]

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Suffolk Law Panel Concerning NCAA Compensation, Commercialization And Labor Issues

What: Suffolk University Law School Symposium: Compensation, Commercialization, and Labor Issues in NCAA Div. I Sports  When: Thursday October 24, 2013 (6:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.) Where: Suffolk University Law School (120 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108) The discussion will focus several issues facing the NCAA, including potential compensation for student-athletes in revenue generating sports, the O’Bannon class action anti-trust lawsuit […]

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NFLPA Contract Advisor Ken Sarnoff Picks Up Boston College LB Nick Clancy

Boston College linebacker Nick Clancy has signed with NFLPA Contract Advisor Ken Sarnoff.  Warren Zola, Assistant Dean, Boston College’s Carroll School of Management, broke the news on Twitter. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/WarrenKZola/status/282881286144663556″] Sarnoff was formerly an employee of Lagardère Unlimited, and prior to that he was with Gaylord Sports (later purchased by Lagardère).  Earlier this year, Sarnoff left Lagardère and his […]

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U.S. Congress To Host Roundtable Discussion On College Sports Scandals

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. […]

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Praise For Boston College’s Professional Sports Counseling Panel

I am looking forward to seeing my friend Warren Zola at the New York Law School Sports Law Symposium coming up on November 4, 2011, and I was thrilled to see the positive press that he recently received in an article titled, At some schools, advisers help navigate going pro, which was picked up by newspapers across […]

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New York Law School Sports Law Symposium

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 […]