Athletic Conferences

Ice Miller has many years of experience representing collegiate athletic conferences, including serving as general counsel to the Horizon League and assisting the Mid-American Conference with governance work. We have assisted conferences with virtually every aspect of their operations, including the following:

• Negotiation of television and radio broadcast rights;
  
• Intellectual property protection and exploitation
  
• NCAA compliance and governance
  
• Tax matters
  
• Labor and Employment matters
  
• Organizational issues
  
• Sponsorship development and relationships
  
• Event management and
  
• Dispute resolution, including issues related to antitrust and unfair-competition issues