Lou Schiff Part 2, Baseball and Law class

Minor League settlements, Flying Hot Dogs, Bat Boys & The Law

The Honorable Lou Schiff,  Judge in Broward County Florida. A Marlins fan who is also a professor who teaches a course on Baseball and the Law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Part 1 of the Lou Schiff interview can be found here

• Lou has a variety of special professional guests for his class
  • Bob Whitsitt – GM & President of several teams including Trail Blazers & Seattle Seahawks
  • Melissa Ludtke, Sports Journalist – won lawsuit be allowed in MLB locker rooms. @MelissaLudtke
  • Adam Hanson, Attorney & former Twins Bat Boy for for 11 years @adam_hanson1 
  • Stew Thornley – Official Scorer for Twins & helps write the explanation of the rules for MLB and on appeals committee for scoring decisions @stewthornley
  • St. Paul Saints – most wonderful hosts
• Minor Leagues
  • Treatment of Minor Leaguers & 185 million dollar settlement
  • Manfred believes Minor Leaguers are not mistreated
  • Minor Leaguers are asking for more. 
  • Not an internship. This is a job.
  • They are asking for more than just PBJ sandwiches & 400 mile bus rides
  • Tom Whaley attorney for Twins, CHS on building a community ball park with state & private funds. 
•  St Paul Saints, Twins Affilate, are drawing 8,000 attendance @StPaulSaints
•  Minnesota NICE
• Derek Jeter, The Captain & ESPN – will they cover his time with the Marlins? 
• Freddie Freeman’s agent defamation suit – Can agent be considered a public official or a private person. 
• The Baseball Rule – assumption of risk when you buy a ticket. 
•  Flying hot dog liability? 

Special Thanks to Lou Schiff for sharing his knowledge, stories and experience with the @TheBaseballBiz audience.

You can find Lou daily on Twitter @BaseballandLaw

Part 1 of the Lou Schiff interview is here 

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