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NIL Special Issue - Fall 2020

The NIL in Amateurism’s Coffin: How the NCAA’s Policy Reversal Shows Once Again That Compensating Student-Athletes Won’t Hurt College Sports

By JSEL / August 31, 2020

Jeffrey L. Kessler and David L. Greenspan Jeffrey L. Kessler is Co-Executive Chairman of Winston & Strawn LLP and Co-Chair of the firm’s sports law practice. One of the world’s leading antitrust, sports law, and trial lawyers, Jeffrey has litigated some of the most famous sports-antitrust cases in history, including McNeil v. NFL, the landmark antitrust […]

NIL Special Issue - Fall 2020

Full Court Press: Highlights from the State Legislation Forcing the Issue on NIL

By JSEL / August 31, 2020

Nic Mayne (HLS ’18) is an attorney in the Portland, Oregon office of Miller Nash Graham & Dunn. A graduate of Harvard Law School and former member of the Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law, Nic’s practice is now focused on representing educational institutions, businesses, and individuals, including those in the sports and entertainment industries.

NIL Special Issue - Fall 2020

Student v. Student Athlete: How the New NIL Legislation Could Change the Game

By JSEL / August 31, 2020

Tom O’Connell is an MLB Certified Agent and Founder and President of O’Connell Sports Management, located in Tampa, FL. In this role, he has negotiated over $275 million in contracts and nearly $15 million in draftee bonuses. Tom has represented professional baseball players since 1997 and currently sits on the MLBPA Agent Advisory Board. Tom

NIL Special Issue - Fall 2020

Interview: A Proposal for Group Licensing of College Athlete NILs

By JSEL / August 31, 2020

Jeffrey F. Brown, James Bo Pearl, Jeremy Salinger, and Annie Alvarado are all authors of a forthcoming piece for JSEL’s Fall 2020 Edition on the topic of group licensing in NIL. Their interview covers topics explored in-depth in their journal article, the executive summary of which is excerpted below as a preview for their exciting

NIL Special Issue - Fall 2020

Sharing the Wealth: Considerations for Crafting Effective NIL Legislation

By JSEL / August 31, 2020

Michael Feblowitz is a 2020 graduate of Boston College Law School, cum laude, and an experienced author on the topic of NIL. Feblowitz was awarded First Place in the 2020 Sports Lawyers Association Student Writing Competition for his article, “One NIL: The Impact and Constitutionality of the Fair Pay to Play Act.” Prior to law

NIL Special Issue - Fall 2020

Shifting Lenses: How NIL Legislation Is Much Needed From Multiple Perspectives

By JSEL / August 31, 2020

Marvellous Iheukwumere is a rising 3L at Harvard Law School and an incoming online content chair for Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law. Prior to attending law school, Marvellous was a track & field student athlete at Columbia University. After college, Marvellous joined the NBA’s front office where she assisted with compliance and business

NIL Special Issue - Fall 2020

NCAA and an Antitrust Exemption: The Death of College Athletes’ Rights

By JSEL / August 31, 2020

Thaddeus Kennedy is from Dedham, MA. He is a rising senior at Harvard College, where he concentrates in History. Kennedy serves as the president of the Harvard Undergraduate Constitutional Law Society. He is an avid Boston sports fan and plays lacrosse. Recently, Kennedy gained admission to Harvard Law School through the Junior Deferral Program and

NIL Special Issue - Fall 2020

Navigating the Separation of Powers Labyrinth in Creating an Independent Oversight Body for the NCAA

By JSEL / August 31, 2020

Eli Nachmany is a second-year law student at Harvard Law School and the Managing Editor (Print) of the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law. Prior to law school, Nachmany worked in the White House Office of American Innovation as a domestic policy aide and as the Speechwriter to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior.

Updates

JSEL EICs’ Donation Matching Results

By JSEL / June 24, 2020

We would like to thank all of the JSEL board members and supporters for joining our donation initiative to support groups combatting racism in America, advocating for criminal justice reform, and stopping police brutality. Together, we contributed nearly $3,400 to over 20 organizations waging these critical fights on the local and national level. Our work

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From the Editors-in-Chief of the Harvard Sports and Entertainment Law Journal

By JSEL / June 2, 2020

Like many of you, we were heartbroken and outraged by the senseless murder of George Floyd at the hands of police. Systemic racism and violence against Black Americans is entrenched in our country and this is nowhere more present than our criminal justice system. As law students, we are angered by the injustices that black

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Six More Years of Turducken: EA Sports and NFL Agree to Extend Madden Until 2026

By JSEL / May 29, 2020

Eli Nachmany is the Managing Editor (Print) of the Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law and a rising second-year student at Harvard Law School (Class of 2022). Madden NFL is not going anywhere. This week, the National Football League (“NFL”) and the NFL Players Association (“NFLPA”) struck a deal with Electronic Arts (“EA”)