The HLSA Of LA Presents:

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE DAY ATER-WHAT HAVE WE DONE? 

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

5:00 pm PST / 8:00 pm EST- Zoom

Zoom Register required here.

One day after the final gun sounds at the national championship game, join the Harvard Law School Association of Los Angeles for a free-ranging discussion on the wild, whacky, confounding and unpredictable legal and business world of college football.  The sport has gone from heartland sis-boom-bah, amateur players, regional conferences, a championship decided by coaches’ and writers’ polls after bowl games on New Year’s Day and a limited television presence to big business with highly compensated players and coaches, national megaconferences, a month-long playoff that runs into the third week in January and saturation coverage on all major broadcast networks, multiple cable sports networks and conference and school-specific networks.  Why does the back-up quarterback at the University of Texas earn $6.6 million? Why does the Big Ten have eighteen teams?  What are the University of California and Stanford doing in the Atlantic Coast Conference?  Did it really cost Texas A&M more than $76 million to fire its coach?  What exactly is the House Settlement?  (Hint.  It does not involve the House of Representatives in Washington, DC.)  Please join us for some thoughtful answers to these questions as well as some predictions about what might come next.

Peter Carfagna '79

Teaches sports law courses at Harvard Law School.  Faculty Advisor to the Harvard Law School’s Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law and its Journal on Sports and Entertainment Law and Faculty Supervisor of Harvard Law School’s Sports Law Clinical Program.  Previously served as Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel of International Management Group (IMG) and partner at Jones Day LLP.  Played varsity football at Harvard College.

Nic Mayne ‘18

Of counsel at Nixon Peabody LLP.  Has advised client on NIL issues and published articles on NIL.  Represents some of the most prominent global creators, as well as talent-backed consumer product ventures, investors, teams and venues, brand partners, agents and managers and other sports and entertainment industry stakeholders.  Adjunct professor at Lewis & Clark Law School.

Bobby Hacker

Former Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for FOX Sports.   Currently the sole proprietor of Robert A Hacker Attorney at Law + Sports Media Consulting where he provides production counsel for sports, including various esports organizations (event and team related) and entertainment properties, represents above-the-line talent, and consults on various sports related issues.

This event is co-sponsored by the HLSA Recent Graduates Network, the HLSA of Orange County and the HLSA of San Diego.

Please feel free to contact Steve Papkin at steven.papkin@pierferd.com with any questions.

The views expressed by speakers or participants are solely the views of such persons, and do not reflect the views of  Harvard Law School, the Harvard Law School Association of Los Angeles or any of its board member.