A Massachusetts Guy in Mississippi

Many thanks to Anita Fritz of the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune for her flattering piece on me today. For those in Massachusetts, it runs on page 3. If you want to know more about one of the guys blogging on this site, here goes:

ANDOVER NATIVE ON TRACK FOR TENURE

By Anita Fritz
October 5, 2005
Lawrence Eagle-Tribune

ANDOVER — Michael McCann, 29, of Andover is on the tenure track at Mississippi College School of Law.

The 1994 graduate of St. John's Preparatory School in Danvers recently joined the law school to teach sports law, consumer law, torts, and behavioral law and economics.

McCann appeared on HBO's "Bob Costas Now" after writing "Illegal Defense: The Irrational Economics of Banning High School Players from the NBA Draft," which was published in Law Review. He was asked to become part of a legal team that represented former Ohio State football player Maurice Clarett in his lawsuit against the National Football League after the lead lawyer read his article containing research he did on high school players entering the NBA draft.

"Clarett was told he was too young to enter the league," McCann said. "Our legal team won the first round in federal District Court, but the decision was reversed in Appeals Court. It's funny, we have child actors and we allow children to become soldiers, but we won't allow a kid to catch a football and receive a paycheck for it."

McCann graduated from Georgetown University in 1998, the University of Virginia School of Law in 2002 and Harvard Law School in 2005. His focus is sports and consumer law and psychology.

His parents, William, a neurosurgeon, and Jill, a real estate agent, live in Andover.

McCann said he's not currently practicing law, although he doesn't rule it out.

"I'm very excited right now with what I have. I'm thrilled and very grateful," he said.

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