Law professor and sports business expert Marc Edelman joins the How to Play the Game podcast to discuss the NCAA's recommendations that will purportedly allow college athletes to begin earning money off their names, images and likenesses, if legislation is created by October and passed by January 2021. We discuss the NCAA's attempt to receive an antitrust exemption, its desire to cause Congress to declare that college athletes aren't employees, issues concerning the regulation of athlete agents by the NCAA and much more.

NFLPA Contract Advisor David Mulugheta joined the How to Play the Game podcast to discuss his success in the 2020 NFL Draft, representing 8 of the top 56 picks and his company, Athletes First, representing 22 picks through the first 3 rounds. Why did Mulugheta pick Atheltes First coming out of law school, the benefits of a virtual draft, what's next on his agenda, and more.

Basketball agent Seth Cohen, who represents NBA player Cam Johnson and prospect Isaiah Todd, joins the How to Play the Game podcast to discuss Todd's decision making process picking the NBA G League over Michigan, Seth's process of recruiting and signing Todd, how Seth's agency was developed over the past few years, a talented player Seth is representing in the 2020 NBA Draft, and much more.

Gregg Clifton, principal at Jackson Lewis, joined the How to Play the Game podcast to discuss how coronavirus has had an impact on discussions between Major League Baseball teams and players concerning their salaries, the draft and even possibly reducing the number of Minor League affiliated teams. We also talked about his confidence that the NCAA will soon propose a plan allowing college athletes to earn money off their names, images and likenesses. Finally we chat about why Gregg pivoted from being a sports agent to a full time practicing attorney.

The owner of BeatinTheBookie.com comes onto the How to Play the Game podcast to talk about the business of sports betting, particularly during the coronavirus crisis. We talk about everything from how big of a loss his business has taken since COVID-19 hit to how and when he expects Las Vegas to reopen to what should be expected in terms of sports betting with the NFL Draft.

WNBA agent Allison Galer, who created her own sports agency at the age of 22, joins the How to Play the Game podcast to discuss her successes and challenges of starting a business focused on the representation of WNBA players, the help she received from her uncle Lon Rosen (former agent to Magic Johnson), why she chose to have no clients in the 2020 WNBA Draft, how coronavirus is affecting her business and the industry as a whole and much more.

NFL agent Brian Levy joins the How to Play the Game podcast to discuss: What are the pro prospects for players who were not invited to the NFL Combine and had their Pro Days scrapped because of coronavirus? What are the challenges that even NFL Combine invitees are having as they prepare for the 2020 NFL Draft? How did NFL players go from a position of viewing a 17 game regular season as being a non-starter to ultimately ratifying a new collective bargaining agreement with the NFL that gives them less than a 50% split of revenue and guarantees owners that coveted 17th game?

In this episode of How to Play the Game, I am joined by Chris Dingman, Chief Executive Officer of The Dingman Group. Dingman leads a company that specializes in advising major professional sports organizations and athletes on relocation management, whether during expansion or as they simply move to various cities in the United States. We discuss how his business has been affected by coronavirus and what types of conversations he's been having with the roughly 24 NFL players who recently signed contracts with new teams.

What are the legal considerations and liabilities that sports leagues and teams should be thinking about before deciding to return to play and allow spectators in the stands? How can they best shield themselves from exposure in the case that a spectator decides to sue, alleging that he/she contracted coronavirus and that the team or league is at fault? In this episode of How to Play the Game, I discuss what leagues and teams should be thinking about as they get closer to allowing fans to return and also the legal exposure they may have with their own players.

In this How to Play the Game podcast, I speak with football agent Alexa Stabler about the brief history of the second attempt at establishing and maintaining the XFL. What were some of its highlights and what were some of its failures? We also talk about the NFL and what it is like as a younger agent trying to compete against more entrenched representatives in such a volatile landscape.