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Fantasy Sports and Youth Sports Coaching Issues to be Addressed at Sept. 10 Sports Law and Ethics Symposium at Santa Clara UniversityThe sixth annual Sports Law and Ethics Symposium hosted by the Santa Clara University Institute of Sports Law and Ethics will address the intellectual-property and business-law facets of fantasy sports; the need to overhaul youth sports in America; and other timely sports law and ethical issues. The all-day symposium will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 10 at the University's Locatelli Activity Center, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, Calif. The keynote speaker will be Keith Bruce, CEO of the Super Bowl 50 Host Committee, which is managing events related to the Super Bowl on Feb. 7 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. "This year's symposium will tackle some of the most important legal and ethical issues in youth, college and pro sports today, from the vantage point of some of the most expert practitioners, coaches or counselors in the field," said Donald Polden, chair of ISLE and professor and former dean of Santa Clara University School of Law. Additional speakers and topics will be:
Lunch speaker Tom Farrey, ESPN (News - Alert) journalist, author, and executive
director of the Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program
Coaching in Youth Sports session
Fantasy Sports session
Hot Topics in Sports Law and Ethics session A link to the full event agenda is at http://law.scu.edu/event/2015-sports-law-symposium/. Registration is $150 per person, free for students with a valid student ID. Media are invited to attend. To request media credentials, please email Deborah Lohse, SCU Media Relations, at [email protected] by Monday, Sept. 7. About The Santa Clara University Institute for Sports Law and Ethics The Santa Clara University Institute for Sports Law and Ethics (ISLE) was founded by Santa Clara University School of Law, the SCU Department of Athletics, and the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Its 32-member board includes distinguished athletes and sports executives. ISLE's signature event is the annual Sports Law and Ethics Symposium. Each spring, ISLE grants its ETHOS Award for Ethics in Sport to an individual, group, or organization that has contributed to the ethics of sport and its positive role in American society. ISLE's mission is to reflect Santa Clara University's commitment to a rigorous intellectual inquiry in the field of sports, with a view toward fostering competence, conscience, and compassion in that area of endeavor. About Santa Clara University Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located 40 miles south of San Francisco in California's Silicon Valley, offers its more than 8,800 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, theology, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees and engineering Ph.D.s. Distinguished nationally by one of the highest graduation rates among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest operating higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. For more information, see www.scu.edu.
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