Podcasts
Podcast: Sports Chats with Landis: Saudi Arabia’s Impact on Professional Boxings
- Featuring:
Jason Cruz, Cruz Law, PLLC
Kurt Emhoff, Kasowitz Benson Torres
Host: Landis Barber, Safran Law Offices
In this episode of the Sports Lawyers Association Podcast, host Landis Barber welcomes attorneys Jason Cruz (Cruz Law, PLLC) and Kurt Emhoff (Kasowitz Benson Torres) for an in-depth discussion on Saudi Arabia’s growing influence in professional boxing. They break down the legal and business challenges—covering governance structures, media rights, fighter contracts, and potential antitrust concerns. Don’t miss this analysis on how these developments are reshaping the future of the sport.
Podcast: Sports Chats with Landis: State of Affairs for Intellectual Property in Sports
- Featuring:
Rachel Nicholas, Partner, Lewis Roca
Matthew Holt, SLA NextGen Committee Member
Host: Landis Barber, Safran Law Offices
Intellectual property in sports is constantly in flux. In this podcast, Rachel Nicholas, a partner in the Phoenix office of Lewis Roca, and Matthew Holt, an SLA NextGen Committee Member, discuss Matthew's recent blog post entitled "State of Affairs for Intellectual Property in Sports." Dive into this conversation as Rachel, Matthew, and Landis discuss different issues, including trademarks and the Discovery Rule.
Podcast: Sport Chats with Landis: NCAA First Ever NIL Era Sanction
- Featuring:
Rachel Nicholas, Partner, Lewis Roca
Maria Aiello, SLA NextGen Committee Member
Host: Landis Barber, Safran Law Offices
Listen to this Podcast as Rachel Nicholas, a partner in the Phoenix office of Lewis Roca discusses a recent blog post, NCAA First Ever NIL Era Sanction authored by SLA's NextGen Committee Member, Maria Aiello, a recent graduate of Santa Clara University School of Law. Hosted by NextGen Committee Member Landis Barber, Associate Attorney at the Safran Law Offices, as they delve into the NCAA's first ever issuance of NIL penalties for recruiting violations.
Podcast: Sport Chats with Landis: 2023 Annual Conference Recap Podcast
- Featuring:
Layth Gafoor, SLA President and Chief Executive Officer, Lucentem Media
Leigh Hawley, of Counsel, Sports Business and Entertainment Law, Leopoldus Law
Victoria Rodriguez Goyena, Associate,, Marval O’Farrell Mairal
Antoine Williams, The Sports & Entertainment Group
Host: Landis Barber, Associate, Safran Law Offices
From the opening panel to the final goodbyes, #SLAC23 took center stage in Los Angeles from May 10th through 13th. Focused on the theme "The Athlete in Sports," attendees had the opportunity to grow through educational panels and networking opportunities. A highlight of the year for SLA members, the 2023 Annual Conference did not disappoint.
Podcast: Profiting from Student-Athletes' Biometric Data and the Legal Landscape
- Featuring:
Trish Newman, Of Counsel at the law firm of Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester, LLP and General Counsel of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association
Raul Muniz, SLA NextGen Committee Member
Landis Barber, Associate, Safran Law Offices
Podcast: Podcast: Was Kyrie Irving’s Suspension From The Nets A Violation Of Labor Law?
- Featuring:
Gregg Clifton, partner, Lewis Brisbois, a chair of the Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Practice, and a member of the Entertainment, Media & Sports Practice
Lauren Matttice, Student, USC
Landis Barber, Associate, Safran Law Offices
Podcast: Podcast: The Alston Case Decision What It Means and Where Might it Lead
- Featuring:
Matt Mitten, Professor of Law and the Executive Director of the National Sports Law Institute and the LL.M. in Sports Law program for foreign lawyers at Marquette University Law School
Allison Rich, Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator (SWA)
Tyrone Thomas, Member/Co-chair, Sports & Entertainment Practice, Mintz Levin
- Hosted by: Bobby Hacker, SLA President and Attorney, Robert A. Hacker Attorney at Law and Sports Media Consulting
Podcast: A Fresh Perspective on Negotiations
- Featuring:
Mori Taheripour, author of Bring Yourself: How to Harness the Power of Connection to Negotiate Fearlessly and educator at Wharton School of Business
- Hosted by: Bobby Hacker, SLA President and Attorney, Robert A. Hacker Attorney at Law and Sports Media Consulting
Podcast: Women Leaders in SLA: Reflecting on the Past, Present and Future
- Featuring:
Nona Lee, Executive Chief Legal Officer, Diamondbacks
Pam Lester, President, Lester Sports and Entertainment, Inc.
Allison Rich, Senior Associate Director of Athletics/SWO, Princeton University
- Hosted by: Jayma Meyer, Counsel at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and a Visiting Scholar at Indiana University.
Podcast: The Business of Spring Training
- Featuring:
Joe Longo, Attorney / MLBPA Certified Agent
Ashwin Krishnan is the Vice President and General Counsel of the Miami Marlins.
Maacah Scott is the Assistant General Counsel at Chicago White Sox.
- Hosted by: Brandon Leopoldus, Founder, Leopoldus Law
Podcast: Podcast: Championship Building in the NFL Offseason
- Featuring: Mike Tannenbaum, ESPN
- Greg Tolver, former 5th Round pick of the Miami Dolphins who spent his career as a wide receiver with the Dolphins, Panthers, and Cowboys
Podcast: Navigating the NextGen Career of Sports Lawyers
- Featuring: Leigh Hawley, Leigh is experienced in compliance, collective bargaining agreement legal interpretation, and business operations. She is in the process of publishing a law review article with the Sports and Entertainment Law Journal at Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law with the working title Building a Basketball Arena on Tribal Land.
- Hosted by: Brandon Leopoldus, Founder, Leopoldus Law
Podcast: NCAA’s Supreme Court Battle the US Women’s Soccer Players Fight for Equal Pay and Much More*
- Featuring: Jeffrey Kessler, Partner and Co-Executive Chairman and Co-Chair, Antitrust/Competition & Sports Law Practices, Winston & Strawn
- Hosted by: Gabe Feldman, Director of the Tulane Sports Law Program and Tulane University's Associate Provost for NCAA Compliance
*Courtesy of Between the Lines, A Podcast About Sports and The Law
Podcast: Social Injustice
- Featuring: Kevin Warren, Commissioner, Big Ten Conference
- Hosted by: Ken L. Shropshire, Adidas Distinguished Professor of Global Sport and CEO of Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University
Podcast: A Late Start to Baseball, Issues Facing Finishing a Season
- Featuring: Greg Genske,CEO VaynerBaseball and Law Professor UC Berkeley School of Law
- Hosted by: Bobby Hacker, SLA President and Attorney, Robert A. Hacker Attorney at Law and Sports Media Consulting
Virtual Discussion from August 6, 2020
Podcast: One NIL: The Impact and Constitutionality of the Fair Pay to Play Act
- Featuring: Michael Feblowitz, Law Student, Boston College School of Law
- Hosted by: Brian Socolow, Co-Chair Sports Practice, Loeb & Loeb
Mark Rodgers, Partner, Frontline Athlete Management
Discussion about the Impact of COVID-19 on US Sport
Speakers:
- Stephen Ross, Penn State Institute for Sports Law, Policy, and Reasearch
- Gregg Clifton, Principal in the Phoenix, Arizona office of Jackson Lewis P.C.
Interviewed by: James Paterson, Senior Fellow, Sports Law Program, University of Melbourne, & Legal Counsel for Melbourne City FC
Podcast: Contracting in the Age of the Coronavirus
- Featuring: Nerissa Coyle McGinn, Partner; Chief Diversity Partner; Co-Chair, Diversity Committee, Loeb & Loeb,LLP
- Hosted by Bobby Hacker, SLA President and Attorney, Robert A. Hacker Attorney at Law and Sports Media Consulting
Podcast: Pandemic Immigration Issues for the Sports Industry
- Featuring: Jon Velie, CEO Online Visas and Lead Counsel, Velie Law Firm
- Hosted by Allison Rich, SLA President Elect and Senior Associate Director of Athletics, Princeton University
Podcast: Three Friend & Sports Lawyers Discuss Zion
Featuring:
- Darren Heitner of Heitner Legal
- Daniel Wallach of Wallach Legal, LLC
- Warren K. Zola of Boston College
Virtual Discussion from May 21, 2020
Podcast: Name, Image, and Likeness and the Future of College Sports
- Featuring: Gabe Feldman, Director of the Tulane Sports Law Program and Tulane University's Associate Provost for NCAA Compliance
- Hosted by Bobby Hacker, SLA President and Attorney, Robert A. Hacker Attorney at Law and Sports Media Consulting.
Podcast: COVID – 19: Will The "New Normal" Just Become The Normal??
- Featuring: Gregg Clifton, Principal, Principal in the Phoenix, Arizona office of Jackson Lewis P.C
- Hosted by Lester Munson, ESPN Legal Analyst
Podcast: COVID-19: How the Sports World is Adjusting to the New Normal
- Featuring: Gregg Clifton, Principal, Principal in the Phoenix, Arizona office of Jackson Lewis P.C
- Hosted by Lester Munson, ESPN Legal Analyst
Podcast: COVID-19: The Current and Potential Impact to the World of Sports
- Featuring: Gregg Clifton, Principal, Principal in the Phoenix, Arizona office of Jackson Lewis P.C
- Hosted by Lester Munson, ESPN Legal Analyst
Podcast: Deep Inside Baseball
- Featuring: Scott Boras, Founder and President of Boras Corporation
- Hosted by Lester Munson, ESPN Legal Analyst
Podcast: NFL Insider/Outsider
Featuring:
- Mark Rodgers, Co-owner Frontline Athlete Management
- Hosted by: Mike Tannenbaum, ESPN
Podcast: Ray Anderson: The Versatile "Sports Lawyer"
Featuring:
- Ray Anderson, ASU Athletic Director and University Vice President
- Hosted by: Mark Rodgers, Law Office of Mark Rodgers, P.A.
Podcast: Athletes and Activism
Featuring:
- Ken Shropshire, CEO, Global Sport Institute, adidas Distinguished Professor of Global Sport, ASU, Professor Emeritus, Wharton School , SLA Past President
- Hosted by: Bobby Hacker, SLA President and Attorney, Robert A. Hacker Attorney at Law and Sports Media Consulting.
Podcast: SLA Then, Now and Tomorrow
Featuring:
- Nona Lee, SLA Past President and Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Arizona Diamondbacks.
- Bobby Hacker, SLA President and Attorney, Robert A. Hacker Attorney at Law and Sports Media Consulting.
- Hosted by: Matt Mitten, Former SLA President, Executive Director, National Sports Law Institute and Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School.
