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Spring 2010 Sports Law Symposium – Friday, March 26, 2010
The theme for the symposium is “Operating in the Shadow of Upcoming Collective Bargaining Negotiations.” We hope that each of our panels and keynote address will shed light on the key issues facing each league as it approaches the expiration of its collective bargaining agreement. In addition to discussing the key issues that will need to be resolved to avoid a labor stoppage in each league, we will look to explore how the labor uncertainty is affecting current operations within each league, and how any sort of a labor stoppage might affect the short-term and long-term interests of each league. In exploring each of these issues, we hope to draw from our panelists’ varied backgrounds to fully understand what is at stake for the leagues, teams, unions, players, and other entities close to the game.
Sports Legacy Institute Kickoff Luncheon
• Chris Nowinski, President and CEO, Sports Legacy Institute
• George Atallah, Assistant Executive Director of External Affairs, NFLPA
• Ted Johnson, Former NFL Player
• Isaiah Kacyvenski, Former NFL Player
• Christian Fauria, Former NFL Player
• Pete Kendall, Former NFL Player
• Moderator: Professor Peter Carfagna, Harvard Law School
Keynote
• Robert Manfred, Executive Vice President for Labor Relations, MLB
MLB
• Derek Jackson, Vice President and General Counsel, Florida Marlins
• David Prouty, Chief Labor Counsel, MLBPA
• Timothy Slavin, Assistant General Counsel, MLBPA
• Joseph Rosen, Partner, Brown & Rosen
• Daniel Halem, Senior Vice President, General Counsel for Labor, MLB
• Moderator: Jimmy Golen, Associated Press
NFL
• Adolpho Birch, Vice President of Law and Labor Policy, NFL
• David G. Feher, Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf
• Neil Cornrich, President, NC Sports
• Sarah Stuart, Senior Counsel, Reebok
• Moderator: Professor Michael McCann, Vermont Law School
NBA
• Jeffrey Mishkin, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
• Hal Biagas, Executive Vice President of Management, Wasserman Media Group
• Michael Zarren, Assistant General Manager and Team Counsel, Boston Celtics
• Robert Tilliss, CEO, Inner Circle Sports
• Moderator: Professor Peter Carfagna, Professor, Harvard Law School
