What: Panel – Sports and the Law: Current Issues
When: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 (6:10 – 8:00 p.m.)
Where: Room 120 of Yale Law School
Cost: Free, but must show a Student ID (from any school)
Discussion will include compensation for ex-college athletes and retired athletes; American Needle v. NFL; new media and licensing issues; the effectiveness of revenue sharing, salary caps, and luxury taxes; age limits, drafts, and other restrictions on player eligibility; player safety and neurological issues; personal conduct policies and player discipline, and strategies employed by leagues and players’ associations to lobby Congress and respond to Congressional inquiries/threats.
Moderator: MICHAEL MCCANN (Professor at Vermont Law School; Legal Analyst at Sports Illustrated)
Panelists:
- HENRY ABBOTT (Senior Writer, ESPN.com; Founder of TrueHoop, a blog dissecting the people, statistics, business, and bric-a-brac of the NBA)
- KEN GORDON (Counsel, ESPN, Disney, and ESPN Media Networks)
- JASON LEVIEN (General Counsel and Assistant General Manager, Sacramento Kings; Adjunct Professor of Sports Law, UC Berkeley Law School; former NBA and NFL agent)
- TIFFANY MORRIS (Legal Counsel, The Kraft Group, New England Patriots, New England Revolution, Gillette Stadium, and Patriot Place)
- CHRIS PARK (Vice President of Labor Economics and Labor Counsel, Major League Baseball)
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