About this Event
The Sports Negotiation Competition will focus on the biggest and fastest growing sports in the world, the professional soccer industry. The Sports Law Negotiation Competition will be centered on professional soccer contracts and Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL).
Teams will represent clients in a simulated negotiation based on a confidential fact pattern inspired by current issues in sports law. This competition is designed to challenge participants' ability to negotiate creative solutions, advocate for their clients' interests, and navigate the evolving landscape of athlete representation and commercial rights.
Advancing Through the Competition & Scoring:
On the first day of the competition, teams will participate in two rounds, negotiating various topics within the soccer industry. These may include signing a player to a team, building a stadium, negotiating media rights, adding an expansion team to the league, or addressing other relevant issues. The final day will showcase the top 4 performing teams in two additional rounds, with fact patterns that may build upon those from earlier stages.
Each team will receive the fact patterns no later than two (2) to three (3) weeks before the event. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges consisting of world-renowned sports lawyers and agents.
Reception:
In addition to the competition, all participants are welcome to join the judges for a “social hour” at the end of the first day to network and ask questions in a closer setting. Location is currently TBD.
Teams:
A team must consist of two members. Each law school shall designate an email address upon applying, to which all competition information will be sent. Competitors are obliged to check this email regularly and are responsible for any information communicated therein. If the email needs to change, please reach out to [email protected] AND [email protected] AND [email protected].
Payments must be made at the time of registration. Each team may have a student coach who can provide feedback between rounds but shall not participate during rounds.
Each elimination round is scheduled in tournament-style brackets. The teams with the highest scores will face the teams with the lowest scores. No team may watch other teams’ negotiation round, except at the Final Round. Visitors are not permitted until the final round of the competition. Coaches are permitted to watch the rounds. There shall be no recording or broadcasting (audio and/or visual) by anyone other than NYLS Sports Law Society and the Dispute Resolution Team appointed photographer during any round of the competition.rounds.
Each elimination round is scheduled in tournament-style brackets. The teams with the highest scores will face the teams with the lowest scores. No team may watch other teams’ negotiation round, except at the Final Round. Visitors are not permitted until the final round of the competition. Coaches are permitted to watch the rounds. There shall be no recording or broadcasting (audio and/or visual) of oral arguments by anyone other than NYLS Sports Law Society and the Dispute Resolution Team-appointed photographer during any round of the competition.
Event venue & nearby stays
New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, New York, United States
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