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The Changing Face of Intercollegiate Athletics:\u00a0<\/strong>Amateurs, Academics, and the Athletic Arms Race
\n<\/strong>Friday, March 25, 2011<\/p>\n

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER \u2013 Sonny Vaccaro
\n<\/strong>Known as \u201cThe Godfather of Grassroots Basketball\u201d, Sonny Vaccaro currently serves as an advocate for student-athletes.\u00a0 Vaccaro is perhaps best known as a sports marketing executive (he signed Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant to their first shoe deals) and as a pioneer of the summer basketball circuit (he founded the ABCD Summer Camp and co-founded the Dapper Dan Roundball Classic).\u00a0 In his second career, however, Vaccaro has taken on a new role as an advocate for student-athletes in an effort to change the NCAA\u2019s treatment of student-athletes.\u00a0 Vaccaro has been an outspoken critic of the NCAA\u2019s transfer rules, one-year athletic scholarship rule, and commercialization of student-athletes. \u00a0Vaccaro also has spoken out against the NBA\u2019s age-limit rule, which prevents amateur basketball players from jumping straight from high school to the NBA.<\/p>\n

Vaccaro currently serves as a consultant for the plaintiffs in O\u2019Bannon v. NCAA<\/em>,<\/em> a class action lawsuit that could dramatically alter the college sports landscape. \u00a0The O\u2019Bannon<\/em> lawsuit, which survived a motion to dismiss, alleges that that the NCAA violated federal antitrust laws by barring college athletes, once their playing days are over, from profiting off NCAA- or college-licensed products that use players\u2019 images and likenesses. \u00a0Vaccaro\u2019s work as an advocate for student-athletes has garnered national media attention, as he will be featured in Money and March Madness<\/em>, a PBS Frontline special that airs Tuesday, March 29th at 9pm and examines the multi-billion dollar industry of amateur college sports.<\/p>\n

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PANEL #1 – Amateurism
\n<\/strong>Different sports entities answer the question \u201cwhat it means to be an amateur\u201d in different ways.\u00a0 This panel takes a \u201ccomparative\u201d approach to amateurism and look at how domestic and international sports organizations and entities (e.g., NCAA, IOC, and other sports regulatory bodies) define \u201camateurism.\u201d\u00a0 This panel will discuss how each type of organization defines \u201camateur\u201d differently, and ask, normatively, what is the best way to define \u201camateurism\u201d<\/p>\n

Roger Abrams<\/strong>, Northeastern University Law School
\nJeremy Bloom<\/strong>, World Champion Skier
\nChristian Dennie<\/strong>, Barlow, Garsek & Simon LLP
\nPaul Haagen<\/strong>, Duke University
\nMichael McCann<\/strong>, Vermont Law School and SI.com
\nJohn Nichols<\/strong>, Penn State University and Co-Chair of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics<\/p>\n

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PANEL #2 – Conference Realignment
\n<\/strong>Over the past year, the landscape of college athletics has been dramatically altered with the movement of numerous teams to new conferences, including Nebraska to the Big 10, Colorado and Utah to the Pacific 10, Boise State to the Mountain West, and Brigham Young to independent status.\u00a0 This raises issues about amateurism and the role of the NCAA in either facilitating or impeding conference realignment. <\/em>This panel will explore legal and ethical issues related to amateurism and the role of the NCAA in conference realignment.<\/p>\n

Bubba Cunningham<\/strong>, Athletics Director, University of Tulsa
\nKristi Dosh<\/strong>, Taylor English Duma LLP and Forbes.com
\nPatti Ohlendorf<\/strong>, VP of Legal Affairs for the University of Texas at Austin
\nPatrick Rishe<\/strong>, Webster University and Forbes.com
\nJason Russell<\/strong>, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom
\nGlenn Wong<\/strong>, UMass Isenberg School of Management<\/p>\n

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SPORTS LEGACY INSTITUTE LUNCHEON
\n<\/strong>The mission of the Sports Legacy Institute is to advance the study, treatment and prevention of the effects of brain trauma in athletes and other at-risk groups.\u00a0 SLI was founded on June 14, 2007 by Chris Nowinski and Dr. Robert Cantu in reaction to new medical research indicating brain trauma in sports had become a public health crisis.\u00a0 SLI has formalized groundbreaking neuropathological research by partnering with Boston University School of Medicine to form the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy.\u00a0 SLI President and CEO Chris Nowinski and other panelists will discuss SLI\u2019s research and community outreach efforts and address the concussion crisis as it relates to intercollegiate athletes.<\/p>\n

Dave Bergeron<\/strong>, Stanford University, NFL
\nPeter Carfagna<\/strong>, Harvard Law School
\nMatt Henshon<\/strong>, Princeton University, Harvard Law School
\nIsaiah Kacyvenski<\/strong>, Harvard College, NFL
\nPete Kendall<\/strong>, Boston College, NFL
\nChris Nowinski<\/strong>, Harvard College, WWE, SLI President and CEO
\nDave Zucker<\/strong>, Harvard Law School<\/p>\n

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PANEL #3 – Athlete-Agent Relationship
\n<\/strong>The relationship between player agents and college athletes remains a hot topic for colleges, players, agents, players\u2019 unions, and state governments.\u00a0 Assuming we want to retain a model in which student-athletes are amateurs, how should colleges, unions, and states prevent agents from engaging in impermissible relationships with athletes?\u00a0 More importantly, what role should colleges and universities play in assisting student-athletes who \u201cgo pro\u201d in sports? This panel will discuss the athlete-agent issue by exploring agent regulation, how student-athletes and agents interact under the current regulatory regime, and what programs are in place to assist student-athletes who \u201cgo pro\u201d in sports.<\/p>\n

Peter Carfagna<\/strong>, Harvard Law School
\nDavid Cornwell<\/strong>, DNK Cornwell
\nDavid Dunn<\/strong>, Athletes First
\nDan Fitzgerald<\/strong>, Brody Wilkinson PC, Connecticut Sports Law Blog
\nJason Levien<\/strong>, Agent and Former General Counsel, Senior Vice President and Assistant General Manager of the Sacramento Kings
\nMike Zarren<\/strong>, Assistant General Manager of the Boston Celtics
\nWarren Zola<\/strong>, Boston College<\/p>\n

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PANEL #4 – Litigating Against the NCAA – O’Bannon\/Keller\/Agnew Lawsuits
\n<\/strong>Three pending class action lawsuits (O\u2019Bannon v. NCAA<\/em>,\u00a0Keller v. EA Sports<\/em>, and\u00a0Agnew v. NCAA<\/em>) have the potential to forever change college sports.\u00a0 The O\u2019Bannon and Keller lawsuits attack the NCAA\u2019s licensing practices as violations of antitrust laws and the players\u2019 rights of publicity, while Agnew\u2019s lawsuit challenges the NCAA\u2019s 37-year-old practice of giving one-year scholarships.\u00a0 This panel will explore the merits of the pending lawsuits and the potential impact of a successful outcome for any of the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n

Gabe Feldman<\/strong>, Tulane University Law School
\nRick Karcher<\/strong>, Florida Coastal School of Law
\nRon Katz<\/strong>, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
\nJon King<\/strong>, Hausfeld LLP
\nEd O\u2019Bannon<\/strong>, Former NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball Player and Lead Plaintiff in\u00a0O\u2019Bannon v. NCAA
\n<\/em>Libby Sander<\/strong>, Chronicle of Higher Education<\/p>\n

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PANEL #5 – The Bowl Championship Series
\n<\/strong>The Bowl Championship Series has been attacked by legal scholars, state attorney generals, and other interested parties as violating federal antitrust law.\u00a0 In 2010-11, however, non automatic-qualifying schools took home a record $24.7 million.\u00a0 Additionally, Playoff PAC recently submitted a report to the Internal Revenue Service challenging the tax-exempt status of the Fiesta, Orange, and Sugar Bowls and arguing that the three BCS bowls should not be considered Section 501(c)(3) charities.\u00a0 This panel explores the antitrust and tax issues associated with the BCS.<\/p>\n

Marc Edelman<\/strong>, Barry University\u2019s Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
\nBrian Frederick<\/strong>, Sports Fans Coalition
\nAlan Fishel<\/strong>, Arent Fox
\nNathaniel Grow<\/strong>, University of Georgia
\nStephen Ross<\/strong>, Penn State University Law School
\nMark Shurtleff<\/strong>, Utah Attorney General
\nKatie Thomas<\/strong>, New York Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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