Agents, managers, practice, coaches, signing bonuses, free agency and endorsement deals are all terms you expect to hear with professional athletes in traditional sports, but esports players also encounter the same considerations when negotiating and entering into deals with esports teams and sponsors. However, there are some major differences between traditional sports and esports — an industry that notably lacks collective bargaining agreements and has a discrete flow of intellectual property rights — that change the dynamics of these deals.

This session examines the constituent parts of an esports contract between a player and team, as well as other typical deals, how these contracts differ from those in traditional sports, and the disputes that are beginning to arise in and around these contracts.

SPEAKER

• Ryan C. Fairchild, Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Wilmington

PRODUCED
Session from February Finale: Esports, February 27, 2020

PLANNED BY
NCBA CLE Department

APPROVED CREDIT
North Carolina: 1.00 MCLE/CPE Hour

PROGRAM PRICING
See pricing below.