UF Sports Symposium: “From the Locker Room to the Board Room”

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In case you did not already know, I am a 1st year law student at the University of Florida. As a 1L, I have taken the opportunity to get involved and was elected onto the Executive Board of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Society (EASLS) as the Director of Public Relations. This is great news, because my law school offers little in the form of Sports Law. However, I am lucky enough to be playing a large role in our first major Sports Law Conference, which will be held on February 8, 2008. The event will go from 9AM-4PM at the Reitz Union Auditorium (click here for directions). It is free and open to the public.

Come listen and learn from experts in the world of sports and business on topics such as student-athlete recruitment, coaching, agency and management.

Guests include:

• UF great and Team Florida head coach, Shane Matthews.
• Arnie Fielkow, former VP of the New Orleans Saints.
• Marc Isenberg, author of Money Players: A Guide to Succeed in Sports, Business & Life for Current and Future Pro Athletes.
• Joe Favorito, SVP of Communications for the International Fight League, former VP of PR for the Knicks, founder of Sports Marketing and PR Roundup, etc.
• Glenn Schwartzman, sports agent at Alliance Sports Management.
• David Canter, President and CEO of DEC Management
• Michael Huyghue, CEO of Axcess Sports & Entertainment and Commissioner of the new United Football League (UFL).
• Mike Hill, Assistant Athletic Director for External affairs at the University of Florida.
• And much more…

Yours truly will be moderating the sports agent panel segment of the symposium. If you have any ideas for topics that I should discuss with the participants, send them over to [email protected].

Here is the tentative schedule of events:

• 9:00-9:15-Intro
• 9:15-9:45-Opening Speaker
• 9:45-10:45-1^st Panel (Players)
• 10:45-11:00 Break
• 11:00-12:00-2^nd Panel (Agents)
• 12:00-1:00- Lunch
• 1:00-1:30-2^nd Speaker
• 1:30-2:30-3^rd Panel (Execs)
• 2:30-2:45-Break
• 2:45-3:45 4^th Panel (Coaches)
• 3:45-4:00 Closing

If you will be attending, give me a heads up!

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