Philip Sheng

Partner at Venable LLP | IP Attorney | NIL | Sports Law | Former ATP Pro and D1 🎾 for @StanfordTennis | LDS

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

@AaronGogley That’s awesome man. Congrats!

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

@showfortennis Should have done it between sets. Now that would have been wild.

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

Go Card! Huge win for Nishesh.

[Stanford Men's Tennis @StanfordTennis]

HE'S DONE IT! 🌲

It's a top-10 win at @rolandgarros in the French Open for Nishesh Basavareddy!

#GoStanford

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

@CoachMat11 @CTennisNation If this is true, that is sad. How can the program expect to compete without any scholarships?

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

@GiVInvestment Other schools are in a similar hole that I wouldn’t consider middle of the pack in terms of legacy and brand. USC and UCLA for example.

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

I’m certain this is not unique to Louisville.

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

Louisville athletics financial update from a board meeting this week.

https://t.co/3DCn3vgA7b

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

No penalty at all for breaching your end of the deal? Players should be free to take the money and walk whenever they want? 🤔 That seems more unreasonable than the school demanding 50% of the remaining contract. 50% of remaining contract might actually be upheld. The longer you stay the less you owe. I don’t quite understand the bylaws point. Simply because bylaws allow a player to transfer doesn’t mean other rules and laws don’t apply to you. The deliverables point is just the structure of payments being spread out over time.

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

You get 5 years and clock starts ticking at 19 makes a lot of sense to me. I believe there will be exceptions for time taken for military service and religious missions. I believe no more medical exemptions but will be interesting to see what they do for certain scenarios, like pregnancy.

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

@NoahImgLikeness @ryanpmulvaney Sophisticated lawyers know the same too unfortunately.

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

@MarcEdelman Couldn’t agree more Marc.

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

This absolutely made my day.

[Emotion & Music @Emotion78687]

Still funny no matter how many times you watch it 😭😂

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

@AaronGogley @heitner Agree with @rickneaton. The blanket waiver makes this comparison not really a comparison at all.

[Tom Mars @TomMarsLaw]

I’m not sure Brendan Sorsby is going to get very far by explaining his behavior using the same rationale that gang members use for committing gang-related crimes. But I guess it’s worth a try. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

@RodGilmore Obviously the lawsuit isn’t about the $10K.

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

@CTennisNation Timing was the result of the player’s decision to shop himself while competing in the post-season still, no?

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

I have no skin in the game here. Genuinely curious what was wrong with reporting the transfer decision? If this was any other sport or any other outlet or X account, we’d be directing all our angst toward the coaches and player, not the person who broke the news. Such a bad look for the player but we’re here yelling at this CTN guy?

[Philip Sheng @PhilipNILIP]

@NILnotNLI Wild.