Marc Edelman

Tenured Law Professor. Fulbright Scholar. Sports Ethics Director. Attorney. Former Skadden. I write on Antitrust, IP, Higher Ed and Sports. [email protected]

[Marc Edelman @MarcEdelman]

It’s important to me to avoid inaccuracy. So, in the very unlikely event that Mr. Levine has been using Yankees letterhead without Steinbrenner family permission or all of these Levine letters have been merely deep fakes, please reply here @YankeesPR so I can address.

[Marc Edelman @MarcEdelman]

Leaving aside everything disingenuous about the Randy Levine letter, one must ask why @YankeesPR is allowing their strong brand marks to be tarnished in this way. Only obvious answer: @Yankees and @MLB expect to benefit from this bill (if not, Yankees would sue Levine).

[Marc Edelman @MarcEdelman]

@Chris_Dahl @YankeesPR @Yankees @MLB That may be far more valuable. 🤔

[Marc Edelman @MarcEdelman]

Leaving aside everything disingenuous about the Randy Levine letter, one must ask why @YankeesPR is allowing their strong brand marks to be tarnished in this way. Only obvious answer: @Yankees and @MLB expect to benefit from this bill (if not, Yankees would sue Levine).

[Matt Norlander @MattNorlander]

New York Yankees president Randy Levine just sent this letter to every member of the House of Representatives in an effort to get the PCSA passed in a lame-duck session. He calls opposition to the bill "small."

"It is the ninth inning, fourth quarter, third period."

[Marc Edelman @MarcEdelman]

I’ve already did this in my classes, but also wanted, in this forum, to acknowledge that today is Veterans Day, and thank the many people who have served America and its allies in trying to make the world a safer place.

[Marc Edelman @MarcEdelman]

@mdhhsu @YankeesPR @Yankees @MLB See my explanation to the other reply. :).

[Marc Edelman @MarcEdelman]

Oftentimes, so true!!! When I taught at Barry Law School (2009-2013), it was our wonderful registrar, Julia Hagaman.

[Jonathan Fine @jonathanbfine]

i think about this tweet a lot

[Marc Edelman @MarcEdelman]

@PapaD1113 @YankeesPR @Yankees @MLB Thanks for asking.

[Marc Edelman @MarcEdelman]

@PapaD1113 @YankeesPR @Yankees @MLB Major League Baseball has proposed raising the minimum draft age to 20. The goal is to continue to reduce reliance on the minor league system (where they must pay players) in favor of college development route. Unpaid, disempowered college athletes generally benefits this plan.

[Marc Edelman @MarcEdelman]

@nicksmithMA It would be my pleasure, presuming Miami Law Review follows through with their event as planned.

[Marc Edelman @MarcEdelman]

Yankees 'sweetheart' Randy Levine: "Even the academics [agents] use...concede [collective bargaining] is not presently doable."

Me: Academic here. I published this article in 2017. It's doable! Also, there were no college player agents when I published: https://t.co/fGHsZDKGpi

[Marc Edelman @MarcEdelman]

How long until these companies recognize that state regulation as sports betting wasn’t so bad after all? 🤔

[Jesse Dougherty @dougherty_jesse]

Here is Ro Khanna calling for an outright Congressional ban on sports prediction markets.

With the big shakeup on the Hill, it will be interested to see how the sport’s focus shifts. My bet (ha) is on sports gambling/prediction markets + youth sports/private equity.

[Marc Edelman @MarcEdelman]

The roadmap to college athlete unions is acknowledging that revenue-generating college athlete in Power Four conferences are jointly employed by their private athletic conference. Disingenous folks like Randy Levine won't even engage the possibility. But case law is promising.

[Andrew Brandt @AndrewBrandt]

This is interesting (Brandon Copeland is a former student of mine).
Ironically, the state of Tennessee does not allow public-sector employees, including college athletes at public universities, to engage in collective bargaining

[Marc Edelman @MarcEdelman]

Love this!!!

[Nicholas P. Smith, PhD @nicksmithMA]

@MarcEdelman good job professor! Watching in miami!

[Marc Edelman @MarcEdelman]

I want to thank Professor Matt Mitten of Marquette Law School for debating the college sports bill with me this morning on the @Baruch_Zicklin platform. This is what we need more of in America: people who disagree, engaging with each others’ arguments in open, public forums.