2011 Santa Clara Sports Law Symposium/FeedCrossing.com

Here is a nice event that is free for college students. Apparently, Bill Neukom and some ESPN people are going to be there. This is a great opportunity to network and discuss a topic especially salient since the Buster Posey injury--concussions in sports. Let me know if you're attending in a comment below.

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By Sports Agent Blog

What: Santa Clara Law 2011 Sports Law Symposium

When: September 8, 2011 (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.)

Where: Locatelli Center, Santa Clara University (map)

Topics: Concussions (Keynote: DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director, NFLPA), Steroids (Keynote: Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN Investigative Reporter), Labor Strife (Keynote: William B. Gould, IV, former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board), and the Use of Player Images (Keynote: Sonny Vaccaro, Former Director of Basketball Programs at Nike, Adidas and Reebok).

The Reception speaker will be William Neukom, Managing Partner, San Francisco Giants, and Jim Brown will be an honored special guest at the event.

Other speakers include:

• Dan Coonan, Santa Clara University Athletic Director
• Bill Duffy, CEO of BDA Sports Management
• Dan Rascher, University of San Francisco Sports Management Professor
• Retired NFL players Ben Lynch and Shawn Stuckey
  
• Mike Gilleran, Former WCC Commissioner
• Don Gralnek, General Counsel of San Jose Sharks
• Paul Haagen, Co-Director of the Duke Law School Center for Sports Law and Policy
• Andy Schwarz, Sports Economist
• Professors Kevin Greene, Lateef Mtima and Tyler Ochoa
  

Cost: Early registration (before July 1, 2011) = $125.  Regular registration = $175.  Deadline to register = August 25, 2011.  Free entry for all college students.  Register here.

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