Emerging Legal Issues Affecting Amateur & Professional Sports April 13, 2007, Kansas City, Missouri Amateur and Professional Sports Panels "What Role Should Congress Play In Curbing the Escalating Economics of Intercollegiate Athletics?" Gary R. Roberts Deputy Dean, Sumter Davis Marks Professor of Law Director of the Sports Law program Tulane Law School New Orleans, LA Wally Renfro Senior Adviser NCAA President Myles Brand National Collegiate Athletic Association Indianapolis, Indiana Alfred Dennis Mathewson Professor of Law University of New Mexico School of Law Albuquerque, NM Economic and Legal Issues Impacting the Coaching Profession Timothy Davis John W. & Ruth H. Turnage Professor of Law Wake Forest University Law School Winston-Salem, NC Peter Goplerud Dean and Professor of Law Florida Coastal School of Law Jacksonville, FL Linda Greene Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law University of Wisconsin School of Law Madison, WI Robert H. Lattinville Partner Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP St. Louis, MO Title IX: Balancing Gender Equity and Racial Equity Jerome Dees Professor of Law Thomas Goode Jones School of Law Faulkner University Montgomery, AL Linda Greene Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law University of Wisconsin School of Law Madison, WI Charlotte Westerhaus, Esq. Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion National Collegiate Athletic Association Indianapolis, IN The NCAA's Role in Achieving Gender Equity Under Title IX: Increasing Participation Opportunities for Women Without Decreasing Opportunities for Men Nancy Hogshead-Makar Associate Professor Florida Costal School of Law Jacksonville, FL Karen Morrison Director of Education Services National Collegiate Athletic Association Indianapolis, IN Public-Private Financing Enterprise: Economic Impact of Constructing Sporting Facilities on Local and National Economies. Wayne A. Cauthen City Manager, Kansas City, MO Kansas City, MO Shane C. Mecham Associate Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Kansas City, MO Performance Enhancing Drugs and the Law Affecting Professional & Amateur Sports Matthew J. Mitten Professor of Law and Director, National Sports Law Institute Marquette University Law School Milwaukee, WI Jill Pilgrim General Counsel Ladies Professional Golf Association Daytona Beach, FL Jerome Dees Professor of Law Thomas Goode Jones School of Law Faulkner University Montgomery, AL Beyond the Field: Roles, Rights and Responsibilities. Pellom McDaniel III Professor and Ph.D. Candidate University of Missouri-Kansas City History Department Kansas City, MO Linda Greene Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law University of Wisconsin School of Law Madison, WI Sherri L. Burr Professor of Law University of New Mexico School of Law Albuquerque, NM Judith S. Heeter Partner Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, PC Kansas City, MO Keynote Speakers Myles Brand, NCAA President Myles Brand assumed his duties as pres-ident of the National Collegiate Athletic Association on Jan. 1, 2003. Throughout his tenure, Brand has presided over the most comprehensive academic reform program for intercollegiate athletics. He changed the national dialogue on college sports to emphasize the educational value of athletics participation and the integration of intercollegiate athletics with the academic mission of higher education. Brand has also helped re-establish the indispensable role of university presidents in the governance of college sports. Brand served as chair of the board of directors of the Association of American Universities. A former university president himself, Brand was Indiana University's president from 1994-2002, as well as president at the University of Oregon from 1989-1994. He earned his bachelor's degree in philosophy from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1964, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Rochester in 1967. William Rhoden, The New York Times Sports Columnist Mr. Rhoden is a New York Times columnist and the author of Forty Million Dollar Slaves, a political and cultural analysis of African-American athletes, published July 11, 2006. Forty Million Dollar Slaves has been a New York Times Best Seller. Mr. Rhoden attended Morgan State University of Baltimore where he was a three-year starter on the football team. He frequently contributed to the school newspaper where he nurtured his love for journalism. After graduating from Morgan, he served as Assistant Sports Information Director. Thereafter, Rhoden was an associate editor at the iconic Ebony Magazine from 1974-1978 and spent 1979-1981 as a columnist and jazz critic at the Baltimore Sun. Mr. Rhoden has been a sportswriter for The New York Times since 1983. Immensely popular, he has written the coveted Sports of The Times column for more than a decade. His work has been recognized by the Associated Press Sports Editors and is distinguishable from most sports commentary by the wide range of sports covered and his consistent contextualization of sport in larger social and ethical issues. The result is compelling social commentary of interest to sport and non-sport fans alike. Beyond his distinguished career at the Times, he has undertaken other important projects. He wrote the Peabody award winning documentary Journey of the African-American Athlete, and was consultant to the Peabody Award winning Sports Century Series (ESPN). For fourteen years, he has appeared regularly on that staple for sports enthusiasts, The Sports Reporters. In February 2007, Rhoden published his second book, Third and A Mile, illuminating the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of the African-American quarterback.