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Ellen J. Staurowsky Named Professor, Sports Media, Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College

Nationally known sports law professor Ellen J. Staurowsky has left Drexel University to take a full-time position as a professor at the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College. She will continue to teach one to two graduate-level classes at Drexel. Staurowsky was previously professor & graduate chair at Ithaca from August 1992…
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Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Publishes Special Issue on Name, Image, and Likeness

Over the last year, name, image, and likeness (NIL) legislation has experienced varying levels of adoption at the state level, while rapidly attracting attention on the national stage as well. In recognition of that trend, the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment published today a Special Issue, featuring intriguing perspectives from former and current college…
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Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment Named Institutional Financial Advisor for the NFL Players Association

Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment (GSE) has been named an official Institutional Financial Advisor participant of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), the official labor union for professional football players in the National Football League In an effort to address the financial needs of its participating athletes, the NFLPA launched its Institutional Financial Advisors Registration…
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To Play College Football this Fall, or Not, Is a Risk Management Question

If college football calls off the fall season, it will not resume until next fall. Mark it down. Consider that a vaccine likely will not be ready until late winter. I know. I know. The media keeps telling us it is around the corner. And who is feeding them this line of crap, pharmaceutical companies…
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Nebraska Sports Law Professor Named Associate Executive Director of Sports & Recreation Law Association

The Sports & Recreation Law Association has named Nita Unruh, a professor and department chair at the University of Nebraska Kearney, as its new associate executive director. Professor Unruh is currently the Program Chair for the Graduate and Undergraduate Sports Management Programs and Coordinator of the Online Master’s Programs in Physical Education and General KSS…
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Student Sports Law Network Launches, Providing a Community for Law Students Interested in a Career in Sports Law

The Student Sports Law Network (SSLN) officially announced its formation today with a mission of becoming the nation’s premiere network for law students interested in a career in sports law. After a soft launch earlier this summer, the organization has grown to more than 200 law students from 75 law schools in seven countries, making…
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August 6 Webinar Seeks to Answer Following Questions: Can College Sports Resume Play Safely? How Will the NCAA, Conferences and Universities Play it?

Jackson Lewis P.C. will host a webinar on August 6, from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST, that addresses the most challenging issues facing colleges and universities for the upcoming Fall 2020 semester — campus safety, risk mitigation, and sports. To register, go here. The speakers for the webinar from the firm’s collegiate and professional…
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NCAA issues next set of return-to-sport guidelines

Third installment of recommendations outlines daily self-health checks, testing within 72 hours of competition for high contact risk sports The NCAA Sport Science Institute released today the Resocialization of Collegiate Sport: Developing Standards for Practice and Competition to extend previous guidance and provide updated recommendations about the protection of athletes and prevention of community spread…
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Sports Law Experts Invited to Make Continuing Legal Education Presentations

CLE Companion, an emerging marketplace for continuing legal education, is welcoming sports law experts as presenters in the coming months, according to CLE Companion founder Kristin Davidson. The company has already featured the likes of sports lawyers Jeremy Evans and Shawn Schatzle as well as sports law professor Mark Conrad. “Presenting is a great way…
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Louisville Sport Administration Doctoral Students Write About Youth Sport Concussion Legislation

(Editor’s Note: University of Louisville Sport Administration Doctoral Students Jessica R. Murfree, M.A., Nicholas M. Swim, M.S., & Chelsea C. Police, M.S. recently wrote the following article for Hackney Publications. Entitled “Youth Sport Concussion Legislation: Nonstandard Standards of Care,” it appeared in Sports Litigation Alert and Concussion Litigation Reporter.) In 2014, the Center for Disease…
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