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The Daily OrangeElmore: Former NBA player, Harvard grad to discuss sports law
By Alexandra Rowley
Posted: 2/29/08, 12:56 AM EST Section: News
ESPN college basketball analyst Len Elmore will not only broadcast the men's basketball game against Pittsburgh Saturday, but he will also speak to students at Syracuse University's College of Law today.
Elmore, founder of Precept Sports & Entertainment, Inc. and an NBA veteran, is a prominent figure in sports law and broadcasting. He will speak to students about his experiences as a sports agent and his position in the sports and entertainment industries.
"The Entertainment & Sports Law Society is thrilled that Mr. Elmore is speaking at the law school," said Steven Saperstein, president of the Entertainment & Sports Law Society. "He's a prominent sports law attorney, and it's an honor to have such a prestigious speaker come."
Elmore's successes began in college when he was an All-ACC and All-American basketball player for the University of Maryland, College Park from 1971 to 1974.
After college, he was a first-round draft pick for both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the NBA, in which he played professional basketball for 10 years. Then Elmore received his law degree from Harvard Law School. He served as the president of Pivot Productions, Inc., a New York-based media and advertising company.
He later went on to found a sports management company called Precept Sports & Entertainment Inc. and became a network television analyst for NBA and NCAA sports on major networks such as CBS and ESPN.
Elmore appears frequently on television programs. He hosted the award-winning UMTV cable talk show, "The Global Village," and has appeared on numerous talk shows including ESPN's "The Sports Reporters."
He has also given his time to several non-profit boards including The University of Maryland, College Park Board of Trustees in which he served as the marketing committee chair, The Sports Lawyers Association and the NBA Retired Players Association in which he currently serves as president.
The speech will be conducted at an open forum where students will be encouraged to ask questions. It will touch on Elmore's experiences as an agent, why he left the business and how he started up his own sports agency, but it will mainly focus on sports law.
The event includes lunch and is highly recommended to anyone seeking a career in sports law, broadcast journalism or sports management, as well as to anyone who is a general fan of his work. Attendance to the speech is limited.
amrowley@syr.edu
Elmore, founder of Precept Sports & Entertainment, Inc. and an NBA veteran, is a prominent figure in sports law and broadcasting. He will speak to students about his experiences as a sports agent and his position in the sports and entertainment industries.
"The Entertainment & Sports Law Society is thrilled that Mr. Elmore is speaking at the law school," said Steven Saperstein, president of the Entertainment & Sports Law Society. "He's a prominent sports law attorney, and it's an honor to have such a prestigious speaker come."
Elmore's successes began in college when he was an All-ACC and All-American basketball player for the University of Maryland, College Park from 1971 to 1974.
After college, he was a first-round draft pick for both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the NBA, in which he played professional basketball for 10 years. Then Elmore received his law degree from Harvard Law School. He served as the president of Pivot Productions, Inc., a New York-based media and advertising company.
He later went on to found a sports management company called Precept Sports & Entertainment Inc. and became a network television analyst for NBA and NCAA sports on major networks such as CBS and ESPN.
Elmore appears frequently on television programs. He hosted the award-winning UMTV cable talk show, "The Global Village," and has appeared on numerous talk shows including ESPN's "The Sports Reporters."
He has also given his time to several non-profit boards including The University of Maryland, College Park Board of Trustees in which he served as the marketing committee chair, The Sports Lawyers Association and the NBA Retired Players Association in which he currently serves as president.
The speech will be conducted at an open forum where students will be encouraged to ask questions. It will touch on Elmore's experiences as an agent, why he left the business and how he started up his own sports agency, but it will mainly focus on sports law.
The event includes lunch and is highly recommended to anyone seeking a career in sports law, broadcast journalism or sports management, as well as to anyone who is a general fan of his work. Attendance to the speech is limited.
amrowley@syr.edu
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