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Lou Schiff Part 2, Baseball and Law class

July 28, 2022 Episode 157
BaseballBiz On Deck
Lou Schiff Part 2, Baseball and Law class
Show Notes

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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