The 2024 Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal Symposium, 04/05
Fast Forward: The Changing Landscape of Sports Media
Friday, April 5
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Arthur M. Goldberg ’66 Commons
John F. Scarpa Hall
This year's Moorad Symposium will feature informative and entertaining conversations on recent disruptions in sports media distribution, programming and revenue generation. Panels will include media personalities, network executives and producers, and league and team management discussing the evolving landscape of sports media.
The Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board has approved this symposium for 3 Substantive CLE credits. Please note the event is open for general admission, but registration is required for CLE credit.
Agenda
*Subject to change
Panel 1: League/Team Views on a Changing Media Environment
- Brian Cull ’92 CLAS, Group Vice President of Integrated Marketing, National Hockey League
- Benjamin Dottino, Senior Counsel for Business Affairs, Major League Soccer
- Frankie Garland, Deputy General Counsel, Philadelphia Phillies
- Ingrid Petri, Vice President of Sponsorship Strategy and Business Development, National Football League
- David Reid, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment
- Moderated by Allison Gargano, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP & Jeffrey Moorad ’81, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP & Principal, Morgan Lewis Consulting
Panel 2: Player Views on the Changing Media Environment
- Randy Foye ’06 CLAS, President, Friends of NOVA
- Kevin Garcia ’12 VSB, ’19 MBA, Player Relations Manager, MLS Players Association
- Maddy Siegrist ’23 CLAS, WNBA Dallas Wings, Former Villanova Wildcats Women's Basketball & Special Assistant to the Senior Women's Administrator, Villanova Athletics
- Khalil Wilkes ’19, Business Affairs Executive for Sports, WME/WME Sports (William Morris Endeavor)
- Moderated by Andrew Brandt, Executive Director of the Moorad Center & Professor of Practice, Villanova Law & Dana S. Gross, Partner, Morgan Lewis
Panel 3: In the Trenches: Changes in Production and Programming
- Kevin Hopkins ’06 VSB, Vice President, Excel Sports Management
- Michael McCarthy, Senior Writer, Front Office Sports
- Betsy Riley, Senior Coordinating Producer of Live Events & Prime Video, Amazon Studios
- Moderated by Andrew Brandt, Executive Director of the Moorad Center & Professor of Practice, Villanova Law & Kyle Winquist ’24, Moorad Fellow & Member of the Sports Law Concentration
Panel 4: On the Air: Media Personalities' Views on a Changing Media Environment
- Andrew Brandt, Host, The Business of Sports podcast; Columnist, Sports Illustrated; and Executive Director of the Moorad Center & Professor of Practice, Villanova Law
- Angelo Cataldi, Former On-Air Host, 94.1 WIP Sports Talk Radio and Author, LOUD: How a Shy Nerd Came to Philadelphia and Turned up the Volume in the Most Passionate Sports City in America
- Howard Eskin, On-Air Host, 94.1 WIP Sports Talk Radio and Sports Anchor, FOX29 News Philadelphia
- Brian Westbrook ’01 VSB, On-Air Host, 97.5 The Fanatic and Former Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro Running Back
- Moderated by Sydney Baxter ’24 & Janie Pierson ’24, Moorad Fellows & Members of the Sports Law Concentration
The Moorad Symposium is sponsored by Morgan Lewis.
