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Kenneth L. Shropshire
David W. Hauck Professor; Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics


Education

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

Recent Consulting

Special Counsel, Duane Morris LLP.; Sports industry legal and business issues; Negotiation training and consultation. Expert witness.

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

Publications
S. Rosner, Kenneth L. Shropshire (2010), The Business of Sports 2nd ed., Jones and Bartlett, 2004, 2010
Kenneth L. Shropshire (2009), Negotiate Like the Pros: A Master Sports Negotiators Lessons for Making Deals, Building Relationships and Getting what you Want, McGraw Hill, 2009
Kenneth L. Shropshire, T. Davis (2008), The Business of Sports Agents 2nd ed., University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002, 2008
Kenneth L. Shropshire (2007), Being Sugar Ray: The Life of Sugar Ray Robinson, America's Greatest Boxer and the First Celebrity Athlete, Basic Ciritas Books, 2007
Kenneth L. Shropshire, T. Boyd (2000), Basketball Jones: America Above the Rim, New York University Press, 2000.

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In The News
Royal Bafokeng Nation one of World Cup’s best stories to tell, Sports Business Journal, 05/24/2010, Kenneth L. Shropshire
How Tiger Woods Can Survive the Scandal, Time, 12/03/2009, Kenneth L. Shropshire
Strong PR could help Vick comeback, Marketplace Public Radio, 07/27/2009, Kenneth L. Shropshire

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Knowledge@Wharton
Big Game(s): College Basketball's Full-court Money Press, 03/31/2010, Kenneth L. Shropshire
Comcast and NBC Universal: The Rise of a Content King?, 10/28/2009, Kenneth L. Shropshire
Doing a Sports Deal? Get Personal, 05/28/2008, Kenneth L. Shropshire

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Shropshire L. Kenneth
Kenneth L. Shropshire
 660 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 898-3017
shrop@wharton.upenn.edu

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