Wednesday, February 1, 2006

Duke Law School Symposium on Age Restrictions in Professional Sports

I will be speaking at Duke Law School tomorrow (Thursday, February 2) from 12:15 PM to 1:15 PM. Here is the official symposium description:

Age Restrictions in Professional Sports: From Maurice Clarret to LeBron James

Thursday, February 2, 2006. Time: 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. - Location: Room 3041. Panel discussion of legal issues associated with age restrictions in professional sports. The panel will focus on a recent paper written by Professor Michael McCann of Mississippi College School of Law entitled "Illegal Defense: The Irrational Economics of Banning High School Players from the NBA Draft." Professor McCann served as a member of Maurice Clarett's legal team in his lawsuit against the NFL. The panel will include Professor McCann, Professor Barack Richman, and Professor Paul Haagen. The symposium is being hosted by the Duke Sports and Entertainment Law Society.

The symposium will be webcast live at this link [note: this link is archived and provides the webcast at any time]. I hope you get a chance to watch. For related information, please check out my law review articles in the Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, Brooklyn Law Review, and the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law.

Also, special thanks to Duke Law student Michael Sopko for his excellent work in putting this event together. Mike is my former research assistant and was instrumental in my law review article on high school players and the NBA Draft.

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