The Sports Lawyers Association proudly presents TIME FOR IX, a celebration of Title IX’s 50th anniversary. The commemoration of this landmark federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex will continue through the law’s June 23, 2022, anniversary date. TIME FOR IX will feature interactive webinars, panels, discussions, and social events to explore the social, legal, and political history of Title IX, hot topics and emerging issues related to Title IX, and opportunities for lawyers, non-lawyers, and law students to help eliminate sex discrimination in sports.
Join U.S. Congresswoman, Lori Trahan, St. Joseph's Athletics Director, Jill Bodensteiner, and Volleyball Athlete/Brand Strategist, Jaila Tolbert for a discussion on gender equity in college sports. This panel will discuss name, image, and likeness opportunities for women college athletes and current gender challenges including the recent gender equity issues in the women's basketball championship.
In case you missed this TIME FOR IX webinar, listen in as Terry Crawford, Professor Kenneth Ferguson, Benita Fitzgerald Mosley, and Jill Pilgrim discuss the grassroots and collegiate sports landscape for girls before and just after the enactment of Title IX, as well as the extent to which female intercollegiate sports competition contributes to the placement of athletes on Olympic teams today.
Hear from Val Ackerman, Candice Storey Lee and Muffet McGraw during “Time for IX”, celebrating Title IX’s 50th anniversary, as they share their experiences in the past and look toward the future!
This virtual webinar features law professors with Title IX expertise, Barbara Osborne, Professor, University of North Carolina, Erin Bezuvis, Associate Dean of Western New England School of Law, Kenneth Ferguson, Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and a practitioner who has brought dozens of Title IX cases, Arthur Bryant, Partner, Bailey & Glasser.
This fireside chat features Christine Brennan, long-time sports columnist and commentator and best-selling author, and Marica Greenberger, co-founder of the National Women’s Law Center and lawyer involved in all the key Title IX regulations and Supreme Court cases during the past five decades.
Listen to stories about the successes and challenges of Title IX from three life-long gender equity advocates. Judy Sweet, Carol Stiff and Larry Scott compare notes around a breakfast table and toast Title IX’s upcoming 50th anniversary.
Join members of the Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) and the Japan Sports Lawyers Association (JSLA) for a panel discussion examining how the CAS Ad Hoc Division was operated under the pandemic of COVID-19 during the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympic Games. In specific, the discussion will focus on how the virtual hearings were conducted and the roles of pro bono lawyers during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Panelists include, Jeff Benz, CAS Arbitrator, JAMS Arbitrator & Mediator, So Miyamoto, OH-Ebashi LPC & Partners and Shoichi Sugiyama, Japan Sports Arbitration Agency.
Join our panel of legal experts in sports and media, Rob Crane, Senior Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs at NBC Sports Group, Sarah Horvitz, Senior Vice President & Head Business and Technology Counsel at Major League Baseball, David Miller, Vice President & Assistant General Counsel at the PGA Tour, Sam Strantz, Associate Legal Counsel at the Houston Rockets, Chris Termini, Managing Director of Championships and Alliances at the NCAA and Moderator, Patrick Reilly, Partner at Faegre Drinker– in a discussion about the interplay between sports and media. With varied backgrounds and perspectives, including league, team, network, organization, association, and law firm, the group will have interesting perspectives on how lawyers in sports and media work together to solve problems, overcome obstacles, and navigate the ever-changing landscape in which they practice..
Listen in as Nerissa Coyle McGinn and Brian Heidelberger from Loeb & Loeb LLP on Non-Fungible Tokens (“NFTs”). NFTs have seemingly come from nowhere to become a must-have in sports. Described as a “slam dunk in the world of sports”, powerful names across the sports landscape, including Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady, and Mark Cuban are all getting in on the action. Come up to speed fast and learn the basics behind the crypto economy; current implementations across teams, leagues, and athletes; and the legal issues that are fast arising.
In this panel, Brandon Leopoldus, David Lisko and Trisha Newman, discuss methods, strategies, and solutions to working with athletes and entertainers to develop their own brands. The conversation will focus on considerations to keep in mind when developing a brand with a client, the benefits clients can have with their own brand, legal issues arising with individual athlete brands, and some tips for those looking to build brands with their clients and networks. Additionally, we will discuss issues that arise when athletes take a stand on social issues and the ramifications of public stances on political and social issues.
This Panel, composed of Maidie Oliveau, Maureen Weston, François Carrard, Paul Greene, Chris McCleary, Matt Mitten, Barbara Reeves, and Kacie Wallace discuss questions involving logistics, safety, commercial contracts, international sports competitions, and, importantly, the eligibility of an impact on the athletes as well as the enormous financial costs resulting from the decision to postpone* (daresay cancel?) the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Join Gabe Feldman and Matt Mitten in this panel as they focus on significant sports law developments from May 2019-April 2020, including agent regulation; professional team and individual sports; college, high school, recreational, and youth sports; and international and Olympic sports as well as Title IX, gender equality, and civil rights; intellectual property and broadcasting; personal injury, health and safety, and torts; stadia and venues; and sports betting and fantasy sports issues. In particular, the following topics will be discussed: In re National Collegiate Athletic Association Athletic Grant-in-Aid Cap Antitrust Litigation 9thCircuit ruling; Morgan v US Soccer Federation, Inc. Equal Pay Act and Title VII litigation; revision of IOC Rule 40 to permit Olympians to use their names, images, and likenesses in advertising campaigns during the Olympics subject to National Olympic Committee rules and its effects on U.S. Olympians and recent NCAA NIL developments.