After writing the Following Up With New Contacts post, many of you asked me about how to keep the chain of communication going. I also got a lot of questions about following up with contacts with whom you’ve had a long gap with no communication. So, today I’m going to discuss getting back in touch with someone who you’ve previously…
Under the Learn tab, I’ve added a page with resources related to labor issues and collective bargaining in professional sports. Click here to visit the page.
After last week’s guest post on the Ivy Sports Symposium, I took a minute to read through the latest tweets from Ivy Sports Symposium (@sportssymposium) and saw where they had retweeted a student’s comment about a phone call he had as a result of attending their conference. I was intrigued by the opportunity to bring you all a first-hand account…
I’m frequently asked how I got to my current position as a sports business reporter for ESPN. Well, it all started with a tax law seminar that fit nicely into my schedule during my 3L year and a professor who was willing to let me think outside the box. When I approached him wanting to write about internal taxation in…
UF Law Magazine profiled Kristi in its newest issue. Find out how she got her start in sports thanks to a tax professor who let her think outside the box! Click here to read the article.
I’ve tried to impart on you the importance of attending conferences, so I started a series reviewing the conferences out there so you can make educated choices about which ones to attend. (See the “Conference Reviews” tag for other reviews.) There is no one conference that’s perfect for all of you. Much of it will depend on what area of sports…
Kristi joined Steve Fullhart on KBTX in College Station today to talk about Texas A&M’s “12th Man” trademark and why, from a legal standpoint, the school has to address the Denver Bronco’s use of the mark in yesterday’s game. Watch here.
It’s time to start another series here on the blog, and this one is going to focus on what not to do. Last night, I participated in a chat on Twitter under hashtag #sbchat (sb = sports business). If you want to work in sports, or do work in sports, be sure you check out chats like this and take…