Sports

Irwin Kishner, co-chair of Herrick's Sports Law Group, was quoted in Front Office Sports in their College Pandemic Year in Review, which addressed the industry's biggest issues in 2020 including the financial crisis caused by COVID-19, questions raised about athlete compensation and the emergence of athlete activism. In discussing the financial fallout for college teams as a result of the pandemic, Kishner noted, “I’ve heard very intelligent and business-minded people say things like, ‘You never want to squander an opportunity which a crisis could present. . . . If not now, when?”