Emerging Legal Issues Affecting Amateur & Professional Sports April 13, 2007, Bartle Hall, Kansas City, Missouri Symposium Chairperson: Kenneth D. Ferguson Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law 7 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 7:40 a.m. Welcome and Introductions – Dean Ellen Suni and Prof. Ken Ferguson AMATEUR SPORTS 8:00 a.m. 1st Panel: “What Role Should Congress Play In Curbing the Escalating Economics of Intercollegiate Athletics?” 9:00 a.m. 2nd Panel: Economic and Legal Issues Impacting the Coaching Profession 10:00 a.m. Refreshment Break 10:15 a.m. 3rd Panel: Title IX: Balancing Gender Equity and Racial Equity 11:15 a.m. 4th Panel: The NCAA's Role in Achieving Gender Equity Under Title IX: Increasing Participation Opportunities for Women Without Decreasing Opportunities for Men 12:15 a.m. Luncheon included in registration fee 12:45 p.m. Key note address: Myles Brand, President, NCAA During his first two-and-a-half years as President of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), Myles Brand, has presided over passage of the most comprehensive academic reform package for intercollegiate athletics in recent history - a package that refocuses the attention of student-athletes, coaches and administrators on the education of student-athletes. Brand has also changed the national dialog on college sports to emphasize the educational value of athletics participation and the integration of intercollegiate athletics with the academic mission of higher education. PROFESSIONAL SPORTS 1:30 p.m. 5th Panel: Public-Private Financing Enterprise: Economic Impact of Constructing Sporting Facilities on Local and National Economies. 2:45 p.m. Coffee Break 3:00 p.m. 6th Panel: Performance Enhancing Drugs and the Law Affecting Professional & Amateur Sports 4:15 p.m. 7th Panel: Beyond the Field: Roles, Rights and Responsibilities. 5:30 p.m. Adjournment: hors d’oeuvres & Refreshments for Seminar Participants 6:00 p.m. Evening Keynote speaker: William Rhoden William Rhoden, a sports columnist for The New York Times is our evening keynote speaker. Mr. Rhoden's recent book, The Forty Million Dollar Slaves, "offers a charged assessment of the state of black athletes in America." In 1996, Rhoden won a Peabody Award for Broadcasting as writer of the HBO documentary Journey of the African-American Athlete. He also serves as a consultant for ESPN’s SportsCentury series, and occasionally appears as a guest on their show The Sports Reporters.   Symposium brochure and registration form available here. CLE online registration available here.