'Sports Professors' Podcast: The Wild West of Name, Image and Likeness
Why this matters
Professors Kenneth Shropshire and Scott Rosner discuss the latest on name, image and likeness (NIL) as state laws go into effect around the country as well as the suspension of Sha'Carri Richardson.
The Global Sport Matters Podcast presents, in collaboration with Columbia University Sports Management, 'Sports Professors,' where professors Kenneth Shropshire and Scott Rosner discuss the 101 on what happened in sports business. Each episode gives you a quick recap of the past week in sports, before diving deeper into a bigger topic to look at what's happening and why it matters.
On this episode, hosts Shropshire and Rosner discuss the most recent news regarding Sha'Carri Richardson's suspension as well as what the business deals surrounding name, image and likeness (NIL) looks like in college sports so far.
The two professors dissect the legal aspects of the latest NIL news, examining how the marketplace is taking advantage of recently enacted state legislation and what the long-term implications could be for university athletics.
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About the hosts:
Kenneth L. Shropshire | Chief Executive Officer for the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University
Professor Shropshire is CEO of the Global Sport Institute and the adidas Distinguished Professor of Global Sport at Arizona State University. He took on this current leadership role following a thirty-year career as an endowed full professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Click here for more.
Scott Rosner | Professor of Professional Practice; Academic Director, M.S. in Sports Management Program, School of Professional Studies
As Academic Director of the Master of Science in Sports Management program, Scott Rosner leads all programmatic and curricular development efforts, creates professional development opportunities for students, and manages all strategic planning efforts for the program, including marketing, enrollment, student life, and alumni affairs. Rosner is also a Professor of Professional Practice, teaching graduate-level courses in the discipline of Sports Management. Click here for more.
