{"id":59,"date":"2009-01-09T02:48:32","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T02:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csel.wordpress.com\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2014-09-25T22:04:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T22:04:19","slug":"spring-2009-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orgs.law.harvard.edu\/csel\/spring-2009-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 Sports Law Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Resisting the Recession:\u00a0<\/strong>Growth Opportunities for Sports in an Economic Downturn<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Friday, March 13, 2009<\/p>\n

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KEYNOTE – Andrew Zimbalist:\u00a0The BCS, Antitrust and Public Policy<\/em><\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

Andrew Zimbalist is a Professor of Economics at Smith College.\u00a0 He received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1969 and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1972 and 1974 respectively.\u00a0 He has been in the Economics Department at Smith College since 1974.\u00a0 He has consulted in Latin America for the United Nations Development Program, the U.S. Agency for International Development and numerous companies, and he has consulted in the sports industry for players\u2019 associations, cities, companies and leagues.<\/p>\n

He has published several dozen articles and fourteen books, including:\u00a0 Comparing Economic Systems (1989), The Cuban Economy:\u00a0 Measurement and Analysis of Socialist Performance (1989), Panama at the Crossroads (1991), Baseball and Billions (1992), Sports, Jobs and Taxes (1997), Unpaid Professionals:\u00a0 Commercialism and Conflict in Big-time College Sports (1999), The Economics of Sport, I & II (2001), and May the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy (2003), In the Best Interests of Baseball? The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig (2006); The Bottom Line: Observations and Arguments on the Sports Business (2006); and, Equal Play: Title IX and Social Change (2007).<\/p>\n

PANEL #1 – New Media<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

Rick Karcher<\/strong> (moderator), Associate Professor, Center for Law and Sports, Florida Coastal School of Law
\nFrank Hawkins<\/strong><\/b>, Partner, Scalar Media
\nNeal Kaplan,<\/strong><\/b> Senior Counsel, New York Mets
\nMike<\/strong><\/b> Mellis, <\/strong><\/b>Senior VP & General Counsel, MLB Advanced Media
\nBryan Perez<\/strong><\/b>, Senior VP and General Manager, NBA Digital
\nMike Zarren<\/strong><\/b>, Assistant Executive Director of Basketball Operations\/Associate Counsel, Boston Celtics<\/p>\n

PANEL #2 – New Markets<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

Michael McCann<\/strong> (moderator), Associate Professor of Law, Vermont Law School; Legal Analyst and Columnist, Si.com; Co-Founder, Harvard Law School Project on Law and Mind Sciences
\nRob Friedrich<\/strong><\/b>, VP and Assistant General Counsel, NBA
\nEric Nyquist<\/strong><\/b>, Managing Director of Business Development, NASCAR
\nJon Oram<\/strong><\/b>, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP
\nJim Renacci<\/strong><\/b>, Partner, Managing Board Member, and General Manager, Columbus Destroyers, Arena Football League<\/p>\n

PANEL #3 – New Stadiums<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n

Peter Carfagna<\/strong> (moderator), Partner, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP; Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
\nMarc Edelman<\/strong><\/b>, Visiting Assistant Professor, Rutgers School of Law
\nDerek Jackson<\/strong><\/b>, Vice President & General Counsel, Florida Marlins
\nDamon Jones<\/strong><\/b>, Vice President & General Counsel, Washington Nationals
\nAndy Lee<\/strong><\/b>, Principal, ALL Counsel & Consulting; former General Counsel, New York Jets
\nMike Lufrano, <\/strong><\/b>Senior Vice President, Community Affairs & General Counsel, Chicago Cubs
\nAllan G. Mutchnik<\/strong><\/b>, Partner, Skadden, Arps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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