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Schedule

Friday, April 5, 2013
7:45-8:30am Check-In & Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:45am

Introductions and Welcome:

Margot Parmenter, Editor-in-Chief, Law Review

Deanell Tacha, Dean, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law

8:45-10:45am

Panel One: Institutional Control: A View From the Top

Moderator: Roger Cossack, ESPN Legal Analyst & Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law Distinguished Visiting Professor

 Panelists:

Ken Starr, President, Baylor University

Britt Banowsky, Commissioner, Conference USA

Steve Potts, Athletic Director, Pepperdine University

Dave Roberts, Vice President for Compliance, USC

10:45-11:00am Morning Coffee Break
11:00-12:30pm

Panel Two: NCAA, Legal Exemptions, and Liability

Moderator: Maureen Weston, Professor of Law, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law 

 Panelists:

Daniel E. Lazaroff, Professor of Law and Director, Loyola Sports Law Institute at Loyola Law School

Gabe Feldman, Associate Professor, Tulane Law School; Director, Tulane Sports Law Program; and Associate Provost for NCAA Compliance

Jeffrey Standen, Professor, Willamette University

Michael McCann, Professor of Law and Director of the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute, University of New Hampshire School of Law; Legal Analyst and Writer, Sports Illustrated

12:30-1:30pm

Lunch (Advance Registration Required)

1:30-2:00pm

Address by Jeff Moorad, Founder, Moorad Sports Management

2:00-3:30pm

Panel Three: NCAA: Enforcement, Sanctions, and Relationship with Universities

Moderator: Professor Ed Larson

 Panelists:

Matt Mitten, Professor of Law and Director, National Sports Law Institute, Marquette University Law School

Rod Smith, Director of Sports Law & Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Brian Halloran, NCAA Perspective

Britt Banowsky, Commissioner, Conference USA

Katherine Sulentic
Assistant Director of Enforcement, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

3:30-3:45pm Afternoon Coffee & Cookie Break
3:45-5:15pm

Panel Four: The Money: Broadcasting, Digital Media & What Drives the Machine

Moderator: Roger Cossack, ESPN Legal Analyst & Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law Distinguished Visiting Professor

 Panelists:

Andrew Brandt, NFL Business Analyst, ESPN; Columnist for ESPN.com; Director, Moorad Center for Sports Law at Villanova Law School; and Co-Founder, The National Football Post 

Brian Marler, Director, Houlihan Lokey

Babette E. Boliek, Associate Professor of Law, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law

Mark Fainaru-Wada, Reporter, ESPN Investigations/Enterprise Unit

5:15pm Concluding Remarks
Maureen Weston & Margot Parmenter