George Daniel 
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Member of the  Pennsylvania Bar
 

In addition to serving as the firm's Managing Partner, George also currently serves as CEO of Kevin Garnett's Big Ticket Sports LLC which operates the iconic Hoop It Up basketball tour as well as soccer, football and esports events.    

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George has over 30 years experience in sports law including serving as General Counsel and Commissioner of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) a professional sports league averaging approximately 10,000 fans per game.   While at the NLL, George negotiated and drafted numerous broadcast and sponsorship contracts with companies such as Reebok, Under Armour, New Era, Molson, Coors, ESPN, NBC and CBS Sports Network.   George also negotiated six collective bargaining agreements with players association including implementation of the league's first ever Luxury Tax System.   He also managed and negotiated a number of groundbreaking digital deals providing distribution of live games on OTT and social media platforms.   George has also worked on a number of professional sports team acquisitions.  

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George has also extensive experience in the entertainment and media space through the firm's representation of Kevin Garnett including work on the movie Uncut Gems and Showtime Basketball's KG Certified Series.  

George is a graduate of Temple University School of Law.

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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

 

* University of South Carolina, School of Sports Management Annual
conference October 6, 2001
* New York University Guest lecturer sports management program, Spring
2004, Fall 2006 & Fall 2008
* Stanford University School of Law, Entertainment and Sports Law
Association Symposium – April 1, 2005
* American Bar Association – Sports Law symposium, panelist, February 10, 2006
* University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Emerging Sports Symposium,
panelist, November 19, 2008
* Primetime Sports Management Conference, Commissioner Forum, Toronto,
Ontario. 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
* Princeton University Ivy Sports Symposium - Panelist, 2009 & 2014
*  Columbia University, Ivy Sports Symposium –Panelist, 2012

* Temple University Law School Sports Symposium - Panelist, 2018

* Manhattan Sports Business Academy -  Guest Speaker 2019

* Sports Business Journal Sports Marketing Symposium  - Panelist 2019

* Brooklyn Law School IP Law Symposium - Panelist 2019