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Entertainment & Sports

Sep. 26, 2019

A piece of the pi

A bill on the governor's desk would allow California athletes to finally earn name, image and likeness compensation

Benjamin E. Shiftan

Pearson, Simon & Warshaw LLP

Phone: (415) 433-9000

Email: bshiftan@pswlaw.com

Univ of San Diego SOL; San Diego CA

Benjamin he focuses on complex class actions, including antitrust and sports cases.

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A piece of the pi
LeBron James in El Segundo, Sept. 24, 2018. Referring to the Fair Play to Play Act, James wrote on Twitter: "[t]his law is a GAME CHANGER. College athletes can responsibly get paid for what they do and the billions they create" and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green chimed in, "Kids going to sleep hungry, can't afford ANYTHING yet these Universities are profiting off those same kids. SIGN IT!! (New York Times News Service)

Walk into a sports bar during March Madness and you will certainly hear people talking about the elephant in the room -- should college athletes be paid? There are usually two points of view. It is either: (1) "Yes, of course -- and anyone who disagrees is OK with the National Collegiate Athletic Association exploiting young men and women, all while earning hundreds of millions of dollars per year as part of their March Madness TV deal" or (2) "No, of course not -- th...

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