Symposium at Case School of Law to discuss issues of eligibility for professional sports
November 7, 2005 | For more information: Jeff Bendix 216-368-6070
An upcoming symposium at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law will examine one of the hottest topics in sports today: When are amateur athletes eligible to turn professional, and when is the best time for them to do so?
The symposium, "Sports and Eligibility - Who Is Eligible to Play?" will take place Friday, November 11 from 9 a.m.-3:45 p.m. at the law school, 11075 East Blvd. on the Case campus. It will be webcast live on the Internet and be available afterwards as an archive. For viewing information visit http://law.case.edu/lectures. The symposium is free and open to the public and 4.75 hours of Continuing Legal Education credit are available.
The symposium will feature experts from pre-professional performance institutes, sporting associations, sports management and sports law discussing the topic in the context of the most popular team and individual sports. The symposium is sponsored by the law school's Center for Law, Technology, and the Arts.
"Sports eligibility is a topic of great importance to people throughout America," said Gerald Korngold, dean and McCurdy Professor of Law. "This symposium is another example of our law school leading the way in examining subjects that are of interest to legal scholars as well as to people from other walks of life."
Topics to be examined during panel discussions throughout the day will include "Legality of Age Restrictions in the NBA and the NFL," "Individual Athletes' Eligibility: Who Can't Play and Why?" and "The Business of Minor League Baseball: Amateur Eligibility Rules."
Keynote speakers will be Loren Seagrave, founder and chief performance officer of Velocity Sports Performance and Kevin O'Donnell, performance consultant and co-founder of Speed Dynamics. Seagrave's topic will be "When Can the Athlete Turn Pro? Preparation of the Pre-Professional Athlete," while O'Donnell will speak on "Training Pre-Professional Athletes at 'Performance Institutes.'"
Among the speakers and panelists will be Eve Wright, senior director of legal affairs for the Ladies Professional Golf Association; John Farrell, director of player development for the Cleveland Indians; Peter A. Carfagna, distinguished visiting practitioner at the Case School of Law and senior counsel for the law firm Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP; Lisa K. Levine, corporate counsel for The Scott Fetzer Company; and Mike McCann, assistant professor at Mississippi College School of Law.
The Center for Law, Technology, and the Arts was established in 2001 at Case Western Reserve University School of Law to be an internationally recognized forum for the interdisciplinary study of law, technology, and the arts. The center focuses on teaching, research, and programs pertaining to intellectual property, technological innovation and technology transfer, the intersection of science, economics, philosophy, and the law, legal issues concerning biotechnology and computer technologies, and laws and cultural issues relating to the creative arts.
For symposium registration or further information call (216) 368-6619 or email nancy.prattkantor@case.edu.
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