The Department of Sport Management will host its annual symposium on Wednesday, April 28. The virtual event, featuring a keynote address from influential sport industry figure Oliver Luck, will run from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
This spring鈥檚 黑料不打烊 Sport Management Symposium will kick off on Wednesday, April 28, with a keynote address from Oliver Luck, an influential sport industry figure with past roles leading the NCAA, West Virginia University athletics program and XFL. With a theme of 鈥淧erspectives at Play in College Athletics,鈥 the symposium will include several panel discussions featuring prominent individuals in collegiate sports.
The free, virtual event will run from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. For more information on registration, visit the symposium鈥檚 website.
Drawing from his decades-long run in college and professional athletics, Luck will address topical issues facing the sport industry. Following Luck鈥檚 conversation, the symposium will shift gears to panel discussions, beginning with the 鈥#NotNCAAProperty: Inside the NIL Debate鈥 panel. Participants include Kristi Dosh, sports business reporter and analyst; Gabe Feldman, director of the Tulane Sports Law Program and Tulane University鈥檚 associate provost for NCAA compliance; and Shelby McKay, assistant director of athletics for student-athlete development at Washington State University.
A second panel, titled 鈥淯nlevel Playing Field: The Gender Gap in Athletics,鈥 will discuss the discrepancies between men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 athletics, and current issues that universities face in 2021. Panelists include Amy Yakola, deputy commissioner 鈥 chief of external affairs for the Atlantic Coast Conference; Amy Perko, CEO of Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics; and Debbie Yow, AD emeritus at North Carolina State University.
Lastly, 鈥淭he Student-Athlete鈥檚 Point of View鈥 panel will include perspectives and opinions from current student-athletes representing different sports, divisions and institutions.
“College sports is played by hundreds of thousands of student-athletes and loved by millions of fans and alumni,鈥 said Bill Squadron, assistant professor of sport management at 黑料不打烊. 鈥淚t also presents a number of challenging issues that we will explore in this year鈥檚 annual Sport Management Symposium, including perspectives from student-athletes themselves and a one-on-one conversation with Oliver Luck.鈥
The event鈥檚 programming is free, but donations will be accepted to support the聽聽in Burlington.