On March 21 and 22, 2025, Brooklyn Legislation College hosted sixteen groups from throughout the nation to compete within the Second Annual Athlete Endorsement Negotiation Competitors. The Brooklyn Legislation College Various Dispute Decision Honor Society (“ADRHS”) and Brooklyn Leisure and Sports activities Legislation Society (“BESLS”) organized the occasion, which started final 12 months “to supply legislation college students from throughout the nation the chance to journey to New York Metropolis” to refine their negotiation abilities “by representing an expert athlete or main model.”1[1] https://www.brooklaw.edu/teachers/adrhs/athlete-endorsement-negotiation-competition/ All through the Competitors, legislation college students join with their opponents and professionals in leisure and sports activities legislation and administration.
This 12 months’s competitors welcomed legislation college students from Brooklyn Legislation College, Benjamin N. Cardozo College of Legislation, the Elisabeth Haub College of Legislation at Tempo College, Georgetown College Legislation Middle, Liberty College College of Legislation, Temple College Beasley College of Legislation, the College of Florida Levin Faculty of Legislation, the College of Maryland Francis King Carey College of Legislation, and the College of Miami College of Legislation.
After three vigorous rounds of negotiating completely different truth patterns, the ultimate spherical thought of a deal between a fictional, rising Nationwide Soccer League star quarterback and a extremely profitable, however nonetheless growing, producer of sports activities drinks. Finalists Lauren Johnson and Madeline Katz from Cardozo represented the producer of the sports activities drinks, and Harvin Mezgin-Fahmi and Liam Endres from the College of Miami College of Legislation represented the rising star quarterback. Their negotiation thought of a variety of phrases together with a revenue share, up-front compensation, and contractual time period size, in addition to the inclusion of Most Favored Nations (“MFN”) and Normal of Look clauses. This spherical was judged by Alex Rahmanan of
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Corey Weisfeld of Abrams, Fensterman, Jason Schwartz of Gartner + Bloom, P.C., Megan Hallson of FilmNation, and Phil Karnofsky of AMC Networks Inc. Each groups zealously advocated for his or her purchasers and have been in a position to attain a deal in just below forty minutes, which included an endorsement and a Superbowl commercial look from the rising star quarterback, and a beneficiant fee and revenue share from the producer of the sports activities drinks. Cardozo College of Legislation’s Lauren Johnson and Madeline Katz, coached by Betty Wu and Rebecca Hine, took first place, and the College of Miami College of Legislation’s Harvin Mezgin-Fahmi and Liam Endres took second.
Brooklyn Legislation College appears ahead to persevering with to welcome legislation college students from throughout the nation at subsequent 12 months’s Athlete Endorsement Negotiation Competitors. Extra info on Brooklyn’s Various Dispute Decision Honor Society, and particulars on subsequent 12 months’s competitors (when obtainable), might be discovered right here.
Written by: Daniella Vostinar, Brooklyn Legislation College’s Class of 2027.
[1] https://www.brooklaw.edu/teachers/adrhs/athlete-endorsement-negotiation-competition/
