| Sport Law Forum
An Inside Look
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Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Friday, November 14, 2003
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
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Dennis Coleman, Partner
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Chairman of the firm's Sports Law Group |
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Tom Condon
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Mr. Condon is President of IMG and is an attorney who represents over 80 NFL players. In 2002 Sporting News named him the most powerful agent in all of professional sports. He has negotiated 26 first-round contracts in the last 6 years. Twice in the last 5 years, Tom negotiated the highest rookie contract in NFL history. |
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Jay Fee
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Blue Sky Sports & Entertainment is a Boston based agency active in athlete representation, sports marketing and event management. Mr. Fee, co-founder and president, received his law degree from Suffolk University in 1986. After establishing a number of client relationships with NHL players, he joined the new ownership of the Boston sports agency, Woolf Associates, where he served as a Vice President and Director of the Woolf Associates Hockey Division for six years. |
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Barry Frank
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Barry Frank, Vice Chairman of TWI, has been the leading sports rights agent and packager in this country since his early days at ABC Sports. During his time at IMG his representation included the IOC in seven Olympic Games, Major League Baseball, the NHL, the NBA, the International Skating Union and the USTA. He represents many of the top television sports broadcasters, including John Madden, Bob Costas, Jim Nantz, Bill Walton, Greg Gumbel and Joe Theismann. |
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Peter Johnnson
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Mr. Johnson, Senior Corporate Vice-President at IMG North America, has served as the personal manager for such sports celebrities as Nancy Lopez, Evander Holyfield, Sugar Shane Mosely, Ivan Lendl, Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, Joe Montana, Herschel Walker, Peyton Manning, and Tim Couch. |
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Jeffrey L. Kessler
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Mr. Kessler is a partner at Dewey Ballantine in New York City. He has litigated some of the most famous sports anti-trust cases including McNeil v. the NFL which established free agency in the NFL. His clients include the NFL Players Association, the National Basketball Players Association, the Major League Soccer Players Association, the National Hockey League Players Association and the Major League Baseball Players Association. |
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Robert Kraft
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Robert Kraft is now in his 10th season as owner of the Patriots. He was appointed chairman of the NFL's finance committee in 1998. He played a leading role as a member of the television and broadcast committee that negotiated the most lucrative broadcast contract in the history of sports. He was instrumental in putting together a deal that made Reebok International, Ltd., the official and exclusive apparel manufacturer for the NFL, helping to create a new model for the sports license apparel industry. |
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Kristen Kuglia
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Ms. Kuliga is currently the Principal of K Sports & Entertainment located in Boston, Massachusetts. Kristen has worked in the sports and entertainment business for over the past 9 years. She is one of approximately 30 females registered as an NFLPA certified contract advisor (out of approximately 1,150 registered NFL agents). Kuliga negotiated Doug Flutie's $33 million contract with the San Diego Chargers and has negotiated endorsement contracts with companies such as: NIKE, Reebok, MCI's 10-10-220,Coca-Cola, Pepsi, ESPN, McDonald's, MBNA, and Sports Illustrated. |
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David Pace
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David Pace was appointed general counsel for Reebok International, Ltd. (RIL) on December 8, 1999 and was promoted to Sr. V.P. in March 2001. David is responsible for all legal services worldwide, including intellectual property, asset protection and government relations for the Reebok Division, The Rockport Company, The Greg Norman Collection, Ralph Lauren Footwear and Onfield. |
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Mark Steinberg
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Mr. Steinberg is President of IMG Basketball and Senior Vice-President of IMG Golf. He represents golfers Tiger Woods and Annika Sorenstamb and basketball player Vince Cater. |
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Cheryl Tate
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Cheryl Tate is a 1990 graduate of Yale Law School where she was a senior editor of the Yale Law Journal. Ms. Tate has been practicing in the sports, entertainment media law field for over 10 years at IMG, including 4 years as General Counsel of IMG's interactive media company, TWI Interactive. |
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Gene Upshaw
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Mr. Upshaw, has held the position of Executive Director since 1983 after a successful 16-year career as a player. He also serves as a Chairman of the NFL Players Incorporated. Serving as an AFL-CIO vice president, Upshaw has emerged as one of the most powerful labor leaders in America. |
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| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 9:00 |
Introduction |
Hon. John Irwin and Professor Richard Perlmutter
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Crystal Ball Gazing: The Legal Environment of the Major Team Sports for the Decade Ahead |
- What Lies Ahead and What to Expect
- Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Negotiation
- The Litigation Landscape
Moderator: Kristen Kuliga
Panelists: Tom Condon, Jeffrey Kessler, Robert Kraft, Gene Upshaw
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| 11:15 |
The Inside View of Representing Professional Athletes |
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Luncheon |
KeyNote "Tales from the Front:Litigating in the Sports World"
Jeffrey L. Kessler, Esq., Dewey Ballantine, LLP New York City
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New or Different Opportunities for Attorneys to Enter the World of Big Time Sports |
Moderator: Professor Richard Perlmutter
Panelists: Kristen Kuliga, David Pace, Cheryl Tate
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Friday, November 14, 2003 |
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Tuition is $149. The course booklet, continental breakfast and lunch are included in the tuition charge.Free for Suffolk Students.
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat and your written materials or call to confirm space availability.
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Written requests for cancellations received via fax or email 24 hours prior to the program will be granted a refund, minus a $15 charge. If you cannot attend, you may send a substitute.
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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There will be no CLE Credit granted for this program.
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