Kenneth L. Shropshire Faculty Profile

Kenneth L. Shropshire
David W. Hauck Professor; Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics
Director, Wharton Sports Business Initiative

JD, Columbia University School of Law, 1980; AB, Stanford University, 1977

Research Areas
The sports industry; sports law; contracts; antitrust; negotiation and dispute resolution

Recent Consulting
Sports industry legal and business issues; Negotiation training and consultation. Expert witness.

Current Projects
Negotiation lessons from sports for business; Educating professional athletes

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1986-present.(Director, Wharton Sports Business Initiative, 2004-present; named David W. Hauck Professor, 2001; Chairperson, Legal Studies Department, 2000-2005; Pitney Bowes Term Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, 1986-91). University of Pennsylvania: (Acting Director, Afro-American Studies Program, 1997-98).

Other Positions
Attorney, General Business, Sports and Entertainment Practice, 1982-86; Assistant Vice President, Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, 1982-85; Associate, Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Tunney, Los Angeles, 1980-82

Professional Leadership 2005-2009
President, Sports Lawyers Association, 2005-2007

Representative Publications
Being Sugar Ray: The Life of Sugar Ray Robinson, America's Greatest Boxer and the First Celebrity Athlete. Basic Ciritas Books, 2007 (with S. Rosner)
The Business of Sports. Jones and Bartlett, 2004.

(with T. Davis)
The Business of Sports Agents. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.

(with T. Boyd)
Basketball Jones: America Above the Rim. New York University Press, 2000.

(with T. Davis and A. Mathewson)
Sports and the Law: A Modern Anthology. Carolina Academic Press, 1999.

In Black and White: Race and Sports in America. New York University Press, Spring 1996.

The Sports Franchise Game: American Cities in Pursuit of Sports Franchises, Stadiums and Events. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995.