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Notre Dame Lawyer - Fall 2017, Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame Lawyer - Fall 2017, Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame Lawyer
Dean Nell Jessup Newton writes:
It is early October as I write this, and the fall semester is off to a great start. We have enrolled an outstanding group of first-year students, held a successful inaugural NDLS Homecoming Weekend, welcomed new faculty, launched some exciting new programs and, last but not least, welcomed the return of Notre Dame Lawyer magazine!
The Oxford Handbook Of American Sports Law, Edmund P. Edmonds
The Oxford Handbook Of American Sports Law, Edmund P. Edmonds
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Ed Edmonds, Athlete Representation, in The Oxford Handbook of American Sports Law (Michael A. McCann, ed. 2017).
The sports agent performs a critical function as an intermediary between management and athletes by handling contract negotiations, endorsements, financial planning, and other associated activities. This chapter provides a history of athlete representation beginning in the 1920s with the efforts of Christy Walsh and Charles C. Pyle through the increased role of players associations during the final third of last century. In the 1980s, professional associations and state legislatures launched efforts to regulate agent behavior as a reaction to evidence of …