Future of Sports Law Symposium at Willamette University College of Law

I am pleased to be a part of a symposium tomorrow at Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon. The symposium is being hosted by the Willamette Law Review and the topic is the future of sports law. Here is the syompsium abstract:

Willamette Law Review has assembled an exciting and distinguished group of speakers who bring both academic and practical expertise to their discussion of the future of sports law. Topics addressed will include the regulation of sports agents, player compensation, basketball as a role player in sustainable peacebuilding, franchise value, regulating franchise relocations, international issues in sports law, and betting on games by participants.

Willamette Law Review also will publish an edition of its academic journal dedicated to The Future of Sports Law.

Here is the speakers' list and topic schedule:

9:15 a.m. Player Compensation

• Michael McCann, Assistant Professor of Law, Mississippi College School of Law ("Social Psychology, Calamities, and Sports Law") (a discussion on the behavioral effects of catastrophic weather, natural disasters, terrorism, and communicable disease on professional sports actors and how the law can be used as a mollifying force--a cheerful topic indeed).
  

• Jeffrey Standen, Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law ("The Beauty of Bets: Wagers as Compensation for Professional Athletes")

10:45 a.m. International Issues in Sports Law

• Maureen Weston, Associate Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law ("Foreign Student-Athletes in U.S. College Sports: Recruitment, Eligibility, and Title IX Implications")

• James Nafziger, Thomas B. Stoel Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law ("The Future of International Sports Law")

12:00 p.m. Lunch

• Chad Ford, Assistant Professor of Intercultural Studies, Brigham Young University-Hawaii & Basketball Analyst for ESPN ("Peace and Hoops: Basketball as a Role Player in Sustainable Peacebuilding").
  

1:30 p.m. Franchise Value

• Gordon Hylton, Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School ("What Happened to Congress's Attempt to Regulate Franchise Relocations in the 1990's?")

• Jack Williams, Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law ("The Coming Revenue Revolution in Sports: Mining Revenue from Non-Traditional Sources")

3:00 p.m. Regulation of Sports Agents

• Timothy Davis, John W. & Ruth H. Turnage Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law ("Regulations Governing the Athlete Agent Industry: Intended and Unintended Consequences")

• Rick Karcher, Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Law and Sports, Florida Coastal School of Law ("Solving Problems in the Player Representation Business: Unions Should Be the Exclusive Representative of the Players") (for more on Rick's presentation, check out his post "Players Unions Need to Fix the Agent Business," 2/2/2006)
  

4:15 p.m. Closing Remarks

• Jeffrey Standen, Professor of Law, Willamette University College of Law

It should be a great event, and my thanks to Jeffrey Standen and the staff of the Willamette Law Review for their invitation to partake in it. I also thank Greg Rios, the syompsium editor of the Willamette Law Review, for all of his hard work in making this happen.

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