Sep 18, 2020
Sports and entertainment attorney Darren Heitner joins Joe and Kathryn to talk about sports and the law in the age of COVID. Conference contractual agreements, declining TV ratings, bubbles, season tickets, occupancy limits, business interruption insurance -- the pandemic has created all sorts of havoc for practitioners in this space.
Highlights
- A new return to college football - 0:59
- Darren’s background - 2:37
- Sports world and the pandemic - 3:34
- The NBA “bubble” example - 4:49
- MLB problems - 5:56
- Fans in the stadiums? - 7:00
- College sports - 7:27
- Which is the best choice? - 11:11
- How conferences avoid problems - 15:14
- What hurdles the leagues will have to confront - 22:59
- How serious this is - 27:13
- What’s going to happen to this industry going forward? - 28:15
- Litigation takes time - 29:32
Episode Resources
- Connect with Kathryn Rubino and Joe Patrice
- kathryn@abovethelaw.com
- joepatrice@abovethelaw.com
- Connect with Darren Heitner
- heitner@gmail.com