BRIAN TAYLOR: NUGGET IN MONEY FIGHT, Team Broke Contract, He’s Free Agent

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THE DENVER POST, Tues., Jan. 17, 1978, SPORTS Page 25 SECTION D

Taylor Says He’s Free Agent Broke Contract

By FRANK HARAWAY Denver Post Sports Writer Guard Brian Taylor says the Denver Nuggets have defaulted on an addendum to his basketball contract and has’ declared himself a free agent, according to the Associated Press…

Taylor, acquired from the Kansas City Kings in a preseason trade, said the Nuggets made the first payment of $50,000 due him on time. He said they were 19 days late on the second payment before making a partial payment. The third payment, which was due Jan. 1, has not been met, according to Taylor. “I gave them 15 days to make good on the payment and when they didn’t I chose the course of action that I felt would be best for me,” he said. “I felt it was the type of decision I really didn’t want to make. However, I’m convinced that basketball has become more of a business, so I have to look out for my interests. I opted to become a free agent because there are several things in writing in my contract which, haven’t been fulfilled. “WHAT THIS DECISION boils down to is that I was promised that certain payments would be made to me at specific times. I feel that I have been tricked because I haven’t received these payments. “It’s not like Denver made no promises to me at all. They did, but they didn’t keep them. “I don’t want to have to rely on someone else to make decisions for me in my life. It’s my life and I want to make the decisions.” TAYLOR, who was a member of the American Basketball Association champion New York Nets before playing with Kansas City in his first National Basketball Association season, says he expects NBA Commissioner Lawrence O’Brien to intervene in the case. There will have to be a hearing because of the nature of my contract Taylor said, “But I have everything in writing, so there’s no question in my mind that I’m a free agent. But we’ll have to take everything step by step. Taylor’s agent, Abdul Jalil, said in NewYork that Taylor becomes a free agent immediately should the Nuggets deviate from any portion of the agreement. Jalil said the agreement is unique in that it contains a clause providing that should he sign with another NBA team, Denver, may not receive compensation, in the form of players, or draft choices. The compensation must be in the form of cash, half of which goes to Taylor and half to the Nuggets. This clause reportedly is unprecedented in major league sports player contracts. “The first time we let them off,” Jalil said of Taylor’s problem with the Nuggets. “But not this time.” TAYLOR, A PRINCETON star in his collegiate days, played four years with the Nets and one with the Kings. He averaged 14.7 points per game in his first five pro seasons, He is averaging 11.6 with Nuggets. Jalil said Taylor has not talked to any other NBA teams as yet and expects O’Brien to call a hearing on the case because the contract clause is so unique. Jalil is the agent who represented baseball infielder Junior Moore, who won free agency from the Atlanta Braves in a landmark contract agreement following the 1977 season. Moore’s contract permitted him to declare himself a free agent based on his own value judgment of the amount of playing time he had with the Braves. Used as only a part-time performer, Moore chose to leave Atlanta and signed with the Chicago White Sox.

Oakland Tribune, September 1979

He rides NBA’s rich carousel

by Ralph Wiley He came back silently. At 27 years of age, he had spent the last year haunting the Bay Area play grounds keeping his band in with rigorous street ball. But Brian Taylor was no stumbling derelict of the real city game. Who was Brian Taylor? The best 6-foot-2 defensive guard in the NBA before he disappeared from Denver into seclusion in Foster City 13 months ago. Brian Taylor, the Princeton lad was an ABA championship player, a sniping, whisking bumblebee of a guard who averaged 17 points, grabbed 238 rebounds, and lifted 199 steals in his last full season in the NBA, 1976-77. Who is Brian Taylor? An example of what can happen when greedy owners in professional sports start throwing cash around like compliments Brian Taylor believes that wages and profits are in direct relationship to coe’s ability to compete in a free market. In short, Brian Taylor is a capitalist caveat emptor in its classic hardened form. After 13 months of bring lusted after by as many as 15 NBA teams, after megabuck negotiations with everyone from 76er owner R. Fitz Dixon to the Lakers Jack Kent Cooke, Brian Taylor has returned And he did not come or go cheaply. The San Diego Clippers signed Brian on Feb 15 for $150,000 for the remaining regular season games and the playoffs” said Taylor’s agent Abdul Jalil. Clipper playoff hopes are enhanced for it. Although Taylor has played only briefly so far. Taylor will become a free agent once again at the end of this season, continuing a cycle that saw him leave Denver in a contract dispute in the middle of last season. The Nuggets will receive compensation from San Diego for Taylor. Two prior deals fell through. Philadelphia was set to compensate with Steve Mix and a No 1 draft pick, but Taylor vetoed. Jack Kent Cooke and Taylor came to financial terms-a four year, $1.7 million deal but Denver asked for Jamaal Wilkes and Adrian Dantley as compensation to discourage the Lakers.

Brain Taylor declares he's Free Agent, Nugget's broke contract — Brain Taylor declares he’s Free Agent, Nugget’s broke contract

“I’m only 27 years old I wasn’t worried about leaving my game on the playgrounds,” said Taylor from San Diego. “I played in San Francisco and Oakland with a bunch of guys that played every day and did nothing else. Denver could have been an ideal situation,” he said. “But there was a very real problem with Carl Scheer, Nugget general manager. He made promises he didn’t keep.” When asked for his side of the story. Scheer said. “It’s a long story that’s a year in the making.” “Brian didn’t feel we had lived up to our end of his contract which had four years to run. But we will get compensation. We’d like a No. 1 draft choice, but unfortunately San Diego doesn’t have one for a couple of years” “Scheer is too embarrassed to talk about Brian,” said Jalil. It is a fact that the Nuggets declined to have tapes of the Taylor negotiating sessions heard by the federal arbitrator, who agreed Taylor was free, but that the Nuggets were due compensation. Nothing really allowed Brian to leave said Denver publicity man Tom Hohensee. Taylor had a clause that stipulated be could become a free agent if the Nuggets breeched his contract. They did, according to Jalil, defaulting by 13 days on part of a $250.000 interest free loan. “I talked with Al Attles, but that was before they got John (Lucas). I still was waiting on them after that and they needed a third guard but after they got Jo Jo, I knew they weren’t interested” Taylor said, claiming he had no fear of being forgotten by NBA clubs. Jalil said “by bringing in Brian Taylor the Warriors would have been admitting that John Lucas was a mistake. They admitted that any way when they brought in Jo Jo White.” “They didn’t have enough money to sign Brian. You put Jo Jo’s and Lucas salary together and it might make Brian’s now. They could get two for one, so I can’t fault them for that.” Golden State did steer clear. “Al had lunch with Brian and a third party, but he was asking more than we could handle,” said Warrior exec Scotty Stirling. “You know Randy Smith is in the last year of his contract with San Diego. They could be trying to protect themselves’.” “We saw we could get Jo Jo, and he was playing every day. Besides, we didn’t know about Brian. He was working out, but the streets aren’t the NBA.” *Back to San Diego Clipper guard Lloyd Free is threatening to jump the club after learning that San Diego shelled out $13 million over three years to sign from agent guard Brian Taylor. Meanwhile, word of Taylor’s huge new salary brought an immediate reaction from Free. The high-scoring Free has threatened to jump the team for paying him only $115,000 a year. Freeman Williams, another Clipper guard, is believed to earn $150,000 . “I don’t see how they can pay Taylor that much” another Clipper said “Look at Lloyd and Freeman. They’re both better than Taylor so how can he get that when the others don’t”.

BRIAN TAYLOR: PORTRAIT OF INTELLECT, CLASS, AND COURAGE

Basketball courts at Washington Park where Brian Taylor played growing up Renovated and Dedicated to Him, Given “KEY to the City”! Brian Taylor was a high school All American in football and basketball, in 1968 led the Perth Amboy High School Boys Basketball team to a New Jersey State Championship by scoring 84 points. The 6’2″ guard played College basketball for Princeton University where he played on many USA All-Star Teams, and after his junior year in 1972, he was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 1972 NBA draft, however Taylor signed a professional basketball contract with the New York/Jersey Nets and became the American Basketball Association Rookie of the Year during the 1972-73 season. Taylor played four seasons with the Nets, was elected to two All Star teams and won two ABA championships as the Nets won the final ABA championship game in 1976. Taylor joined the Kansas City Kings in 1976, where he averaged 17 points in his initial season and was named to the NBA All Defensive Team. Taylor also played for the Denver Nuggets and the San Diego Clippers, before a torn achilles tendon forced his retirement in 1982. Known as the “BT EXPRESS”, he still has the NBA record as the GREATEST 3 Point Career Shooting from 1981-86.

Brian Taylor NBA Career Leader in Three Pointers 1981-86

“The National Basketball Association (Denver Nuggets) vs. The National Basketball Players Association (Brian Taylor)”

In a Historical, Unprecedented case in Professional Basketball, Abdul-Jalil and Superstar Management, along with Taylor, negotiated an addendum to the NBA contract that led to a dispute of the contract that was originally negotiated by the players union director Larry Fliesher. The inherent problems that this situation provided for the National Basketball Association, the Denver Nuggets, and most importantly the Director of the NBA Players Union and the Union itself, were insurmountable. http://www.box.net/shared/iik75kytre In mid-season the team breached the contract with a late payment that triggered a clause in the addendum that allowed Taylor to opt out of the contract. Taylor withheld his services in the middle of the season and the team filed for arbitration. In prevailing in this matter Taylor received his FULL PAY, an interest free loan, was declared free of his contract (“a Free Agent”), and allowed to negotiate a new contract with the team of his choice. Cite Arbitration Decision in the matter of “The National Basketball Association (Denver Nuggets) vs. The National Basketball Players Association (Brian Taylor)”, Jan. 25, 1978. SuperstarManagement.com SUPERSTARS FaceBook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TheFirstSSM/ SUPERSTARS FaceBook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefirstssm/

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After Abdul-Jalil and the Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation (AMWF) Filed Complaint with D. A. Pamela Price, Registrar of Voters Tim Dupuis, U. S. Attorney General Director Ismail J. Ramsey, FBI Director Robert Tripp, and California Attorney General Rob Bonta of RAMPANT Fraud and Deception complete with “Bait-and-Switch” and “Slight-of-Hand” Fraud Techniques with Signatures in Petition to Recall D. A. Price, Registrar Dupuis Ordered Alameda County to manually count signatures submitted to recall Oakland’s First Black DA Pamela Price, Says It’s Politically Motivated

Alameda County election officials said Thursday that they will conduct a manual count of signatures submitted in a petition to recall District Attorney Pamela Price.

The county registrar of voters said the results of a random sampling of the 123,374 signatures submitted on March 4 “are not sufficient to determine whether the signature threshold to call for a recall election has been met.”

The recall effort needs 73,195 signatures to qualify, Alameda County Registrar of Voters Tim Dupuis said in a news release.

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved the public vote on the recall last November.

State law mandates that the registrar conduct a manual count because the random sampling didn’t produce a “statistically confident determination of the sufficiency of the petition,” Dupuis said.

The registrar said it was in the best interests of both Price and the recall proponents to ensure the signatures are counted reliably.

The recall has become a contentious issue in East Bay politics, with families of crime victims clashing with Price supporters at public forums. Last month, Price herself faced some pointed questions from Oakland business owners and residents who told her crime in the city has made living and working there next to impossible.

Price has faced severe criticism for her office’s handling of high-profile cases, including in the murder of toddler Jasper Wu and Home Depot loss prevention employee Blake Mohs. The district attorney has faced pushback among residents frustrated about crime during town hall meetings in Oakland and Fremont.

Price is not the only elected official in the East Bay currently battling a recall. Last month, a group began collecting signatures for a push to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao.

The recall campaign against Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price has been ongoing since she ran for and won the district attorney election in 2022. Upon winning the election, Price became Oakland’s first Black district attorney. Price ran an openly reformist campaign, which has become increasingly unpopular with right-wing and Republican political figures.

As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, Price plans to fight back against the campaign, which recently submitted 123,000 signatures to election officials in hopes of forcing another recall vote in California. One development that should be watched closely by Oakland voters is Measure B, a ballot question asking voters if Alameda County, within which Oakland resides, should adopt the State of California’s recall system.

According to Oaklandside, the measure has the potential to make it easier to start the recall process. Still, others, such as Marcus Crawley, president of the Alameda County Taxpayers Association, Jacqueline Carron-Cota, chair of the Election Integrity Team of Alameda County, and Edward Escobar, founder of Citizens United and one of the leaders in the effort to recall Price, say that wholesale changes that could curtail voters rights are not necessary.

“If Supervisors are so concerned about flaws in existing Alameda County recall law, they should instead put forward ‘surgical amendments’ targeted to fix the small parts that need modification.”

As Oaklandside reports, the money behind the effort to oust Price is largely sourced from financiers and real estate property owners in Oakland. As of Feb. 2, they had spent $2.2 million on their efforts. Price, as she did with her campaign to win the seat initially, has raised approximately $85,000, mostly through small donors.

As CBS News reports, some of the criticism comes from the families of victims of gun violence and Oakland residents who say that Price has not done enough to make the city safe to live and work in.

At a town hall meeting in December, Florence McCrary, the mother of Terrance McCrary, a 22-year-old man who was killed by a stray bullet while inside an Oakland art gallery, was critical of Price.

“We would expect more empathy and concern for mothers who have had to put their children in the ground at 22 years of age, an innocent victim,” McCrary told the crowd at the town hall. “I’m a tax-paying citizen who works hard and why should I have to live with the fact that this person won’t be held accountable for his choices.”

Price, at the same town hall meeting, characterized the recall effort against her as an attempt to protect the value of real estate portfolios.

“We know that this recall is not about public safety, we have their campaign plan, this campaign plan says that they are concerned with the value of their portfolios, real estate developers, there is nobody in here, there is nobody that comes through our office that is a real estate portfolio.”

As The Intercept reported in 2023, this kind of pattern, that of character assassination, right-wing attacks, and then a recall, is familiar. Cat Brooks, a co-founder and executive director of the Anti-Police-Terror Project, endorsed Price during her run and told the outlet, “They were threatening to recall her when she was running for the seat,” said Brooks. “Unfortunately, in the Bay Area and in other places in the country, this is the new political tactic.”

Anne Irwin, the founder and director of Smart Justice, a pro-reform group, said that this laser focus on how an elected prosecutor runs their office doesn’t usually come up unless, like Price, the DA is an open reformist.

“The nascent recall effort in Alameda County is absolutely reflective of a national Republican playbook,” Irwin continued, “What’s remarkable is that there has been almost no coverage of how an elected prosecutor runs their office until progressive prosecutors were elected,” Irwin explained. “Then all of a sudden, there is intense scrutiny, much of it drummed up by the folks who are backing a recall, to make a case that the progressive prosecutor is a bad manager. But can any of us look back in history and point out whether or not any other tough-on-crime prosecutors in the ’80s or ’90s were good managers?”

Here is the Complaint filed by Abdul-Jalil and the Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation (AMWF):

RAMPANT Fraud and Deception complete with “Bait-and-Switch” and “Slight-of-Hand” Fraud Techniques with Signatures in Petition to Recall D. A. Pam Price

To: Ms. Pamela Price Tim Dupuis

District Attorney Alameda County Registrar of Voters

René C. Davidson Courthouse 1225 Fallon St., Room G-1

1225 Fallon Street, Room 900 Oakland, CA 94612

Oakland CA 94612 Fax: 510-272-6982

Fax: 510-383-8615, 510-271-5157

Ismail J. Ramsey-Director Rob Bonta

U. S. Attorney’s Office Attorney General of California

Federal Courthouse 1300 I Street, Suite 125

450 Golden Gate Avenue P.O. Box 944255

San Francisco, CA 94102 Sacramento, CA 94244-2550

Fax: 510-637-3724 Fax: 916-324-8835

Robert Tripp, FBI Director

D. A. Pamela Price responds to Recall

Northern District of California

San Francisco Field Office

450 Golden Gate Avenue, 13th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94102-9523

cc:, bcc:, Faxed and Emailed

FROM:     Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation, Abdul-Jalil al-Hakim
DATE:     February 21, 2024
NO PAGES: 3
RE:        RAMPANT Fraud and Deception complete with “Bait-and-Switch” and “Slight-of-Hand” Fraud Techniques with Signatures in Petition to Recall D. A. Pam Price

Dear District Attorney Pamela Price, Registrar of Voters Tim Dupuis, U. S. Attorney General Director Ismail J. Ramsey, FBI Director Robert Tripp, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, et. al.,

I recently went to Trader Joe’s- Emeryville and observed a group of people (7) standing around a man sitting in a chair at a table perched at the entrance of the store near the shopping cart rack. There was a band of people (over 20) canvasing the parking lot carrying clipboards with papers on them.

At one point, a man came down to the store roll up door returning a shopping cart, then gave it to a customer at the cart rack.

He then approaches me and begins to ask me questions. He asked if I was interested in helping children get medical services? I responded “of course”. He then asked if I was a resident of Oakland. I responded “no”. He then asked if I lived in Alameda? I responded “you mean Alameda County?, yes”.

Bait-and-Switch

He then began to explain the cause he claimed was supporting the initiative for the funding of the medical care program for children and asked me if I would sign a petition for it to be funded. I said “yes” if the petition is to establish, continue or increase funds for medical services for children.

He then hands me a clipboard with a petition on the top page and points to the section he wanted me to complete. I glanced at the document and observed the name, address, signature lines, and completed them.

Slight-of-Hand

Upon completing them, with the deft and slight-of-hand technique, he then quickly flips the page and says “you have to sign here too”. I said “oh?”. I glanced at the document and observed the top paragraph had “Recall Pam Price” in it.

Who’s funding D. A. Price Recall?

I stopped him and asked “what is this?”. He said that it was part of the petition for the kids care. I said “that can’t be true, it says Recall Pam Price on it!”. He fumbled for a response until I pointed out that what he did was “fraud and deception”, and asked “how many other people have you had sign this Recall petition under the same pretense?” He insincerely “apologized” for any misunderstanding he may have caused and was unaware that it was wrong. I explained that the signees of the petition are unwittingly signing Recall Pam Price Petition instead of one for medical services for children!

I asked him who he was and asked for his identification wherein he said he was from out of State and displayed a Maryland I.D. with his thumb covering the name and address.

Fraud and Deception

I asked for the contact information for the petitioners, but he claimed he did not know anyone being from out of State. He proceeded to say that he did NOT KNOW where the petition offices were, the address or phone number of it, his co-workers, his manager/supervisor, where he was living in California during this period of gathering signatures for the petitions, etc.

I asked to see the petitions to ascertain if there was any contact information on them and he admitted that there were THREE petitions he was gathering signatures for. I saw that ONLY ONE of the petitions actually had any listing or reference to any organization on it and it was a different petition for Loma Linda that was allegedly addressing child health care.

I asked him if he was aware of the politics behind the Recall petition and he said he wasn’t. He became agitated when I persisted in expounding on the fact of his process being fraudulent and deceptive with the signees of the petition unwittingly signing a Recall Pam Price Petition instead of or inanition to one for alleged medical services for children, and said “that’s your opinion”! I asked him if he explains the Price recall petition as he did with the alleged one for medical services for children and he said sure. I said “you did NOT do that with me, instead using a bait-and-switch tactic and technique to have me unwittingly signing a Recall Pam Price Petition instead!”. He said that he would have explained it to me but I caught it first and that he was doing that now! I reiterated that I HAD TO CATCH HIM FIRST and he still had NOT explained anything to me about the Recall petition. I reminded him that he said he didn’t know anything about the Recall nor the politics behind it!

I informed him that I am not in th dark regarding this Recall petition and the controversy surrounding it and he should be if he is ethically gathering signatures for same. He NEVER even attempted to explain anything regarding the recall petition!

No Information for the Petitioners

Continuing th discussion of his employment, he said that he just gets picked up in the morning, taken to an office and given stacks of petitions to be signed for that day, for which he is paid. BUT, he did NOT KNOW where he was living nor where the office was that he went to get the petition and get paid!

I retrieved the document I had signed and blotted out the name, address, and signature lines I had completed.

Informed District Attorney

I called the offices of District Attorney to inform them of the potential massive fraud and deception using this bait-and-switch tactic and slight-of-hand technique on the signees of the petition to unwittingly sign a Recall Pam Price Petition instead of one for medical services for children.

New Adventures of Carlie Chan and SAFE

I checked with the Save Alameda For Everyone (SAFE) organization behind the Recall effort and they did not list the Trader Joe’s location as one of their official signature gathering locations.

Registrar Gather and Impound the Potential Fraudulent Petitions

I suggested that the District Attorney have someone investigate this matter, to gather, impound, examine the potential fraudulent petitions and interviewing/questioning to ascertain the INTENT of the signees of the petition to determine if they wittingly or unwittingly signed the recall petition, their address, and signatures to validate or invalidate them accordingly.

In the 45 minutes that I was parked there, you couldn’t help but notice the beehive of activity swarming the man sitting at the table at the entrance of the store, the cadre of people stopping shoppers around the door while a band of other people canvasing the parking lot carrying clipboards with petitions on them.

This fraud and deception could be MASSIVE and should be investigated IMMEDIATELY as the IMPACT upon the residents of Alameda County and the country would be IRREVERSIBLE and DAMAGE UNTOLD!

Respectfully,

Abdul-Jalil
510-394-4501

Mar

The Olympics have long come to an end and America has a whole new set of heroes and celebrities with newfound fame and glory. As a marketer, it was almost impossible to watch the Olympics without contemplating the celebrity, ubiquitous sponsorships, and nonstop social media involved in this worldwide event. Perhaps it is because of all this marketing and public relations excitement that celebrity sponsorship seems to be top-of-mind for many of the organizations that I am working with right now.

Though we focus the bulk of our efforts serving the nonprofit realm with a significant amount of work with the entertainment industry, operating in both the entertainment and nonprofit sectors comes in handy when these worlds collide. So, when it comes to nonprofits asking for celebrity endorsement or spokespeople, the two worlds often crash! We see a lot of nonprofits going about things all wrong!

Kids Choice Awards

Want to know how to increase your chances of getting noticed? Here are five mistakes that nonprofits often make when reaching out to celebrities and what you need to understand when considering your ask:

1. Understand That Being a Non-Profit Is Not Unique

When asked why they think celebrities will consider taking part in an event, many nonprofit folks seem to respond, “because it’s a good deed. We are a nonprofit!” I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but your organization is probably not the only one asking for a celebrity’s time and energy in the name of social good.

Many big celebrities receive several requests for services each day. This includes requests for pro bono work from nonprofit organizations, asks for appearances at reduced rates, requests for time and even for donations. Nonprofits generally over-estimate the uniqueness of the opportunity for a celebrity to align him/herself with a social mission. Celebrities can do this without your nonprofit as many have or simply start their own foundations or nonprofits. This needs to be understood in order for your nonprofit to make a compelling ask.

2. Immediately articulate the return on investment in terms that matter most to the celebrity

When reaching out, come knowing the details and exactly why your mission fits with the celebrity’s mission and overall brand persona. Don’t lead with the “charity” card, lead with the “fit” card even though the charity might be an element of that. Ask yourself, “how can we help the celebrity do what they care about?”

One of the biggest mistakes that nonprofits make is assuming that A and B are the same circle like “How could this celebrity not care about youth homelessness?!” Even if a celebrity – or any person cares deeply about your cause, they are not your nonprofit. They have their own story, connections, and attitudes toward the cause. Successful organizations will do diligent research, find out where passions cross, and make an ask or create an event that caters to that unique focus. They make sure there’s a good fit so they can make the right ask.

3. Do Not Overestimate Locality

In the connected world that we live in today, celebrities don’t “belong” to any single place. In fact, they often strive to be a global brand. Understand that when asking a celebrity to do a hometown event, you should do your research to be sure that the celebrity actually is actively involved with or maintains connections to that town. While having the “hometown” card or a similar location-based affinity card in your hand may be helpful, don’t overestimate it as a driving indicator of fit.

4. Know that Your Non-Profit lends Credibility, Not Reach

Many (mostly larger) nonprofits misunderstand what they bring to the table by trying to bait celebrities with statistics on reach. If you try to encourage engagement by saying, “our museum has 1.5 million visitors annually,” to a celebrity who had 4.5 million people see their movie last weekend alone, then something is wrong. Their followers place them at the center of their respective global marketing campaigns…not to mention 1-100+ million eager followers of their own! Celebrities have reach. That’s likely a large part of the reason why you are contacting them in the first place. Moreover, they often are “handled” by their own Dream Team of A-List PR and marketing experts.

However, many nonprofits do have something that can be extremely valuable to a celebrity that isn’t always capitalized on by the organization when making an ask – credibility. Celebrities that align themselves with authoritative nonprofits choose to align their respective brands with reputable, trusted endorsers. For celebrities with causes that they greatly care about, this can be a big driver of engagement. In sum, understand that reach is what your brand is getting and authority and credibility can be a powerful thing that your brand is giving.

5. Make it Easy to Say YES and Understand that If You are Requesting Their Skill Set, You should Offer to Pay Them.

While time is indeed money, asking a celebrity to work for free is still different than requesting an appearance. For instance, if you want to hold a concert with a well-known musician and sell tickets as a fundraiser, you should generally expect to pay the talent. In a few instances that I’ve witnessed, the celebrity has declined the fee and/or donated back the fee. However, even if they don’t demonstrate such largesse, nonprofits must understand that it is not their right to a celebrity’s free talent.

Also, it is critical to understand that big celebrities get many, many requests -paid, unpaid, nonprofit, for profit- every day. In order to be considered, you must have your ask well articulated. A celebrity’s publicist is not your nonprofit’s party-planning committee and they don’t want to be. Make it easy for the celebrity to say “yes.” If you come in having done your research and knowing exactly what you want and what you can offer in return, you’re saving time and increasing the likelihood of engagement.

In sum, do your research, be thoughtful in your ask and approach, and don’t overestimate the power of any potential surface fit like your status as a nonprofit or your location. Like attracting donors, you need to know what drives the person and not just want their brand is, but what the celebrity wants their brand to be. Have an idea of how you can help the person get there.

Mar

By TOM WEIR Sports Welter

Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California

Agent Abdul Jalil, and one of the benefits that goes with negotiating $3.3 million contracts. Tribune photo BY ROY WILLIAMS

Thursday, February 9. 1978

Abdul Jalil on Front Page of Tribune teasing article Inside on Front Page of Sports section.

Agent Abdul Jalil, and one of the benefits that goes with negotiating $3.3 million contracts

Lyman Bostock was frantic. The bids the free agent had anticipated all season finally were rolling in. A couple of million from the California Angels. A few hundred grand more from the Yankees. A higher bid from San Diego.

Another phone call. The Angels upped the bid to $2.5 million!

“Stop it. Stop it, pleaded Bostock, sounding like a gambler who wants to pull his winnings from the table before the dice roll again”.

The $2 million Bostock wanted had been offered by the Angels, the team the Southern Californian wanted to join.

“Let me sign,” Bostock begged his agent. Somebody else is going to offer me another million and I’ll look like a fool if I don’t take it!”

The agent smiled. With his client’s best interests in mind, he decided not to listen to the man for whom he worked.

Days later, Bostock sat down with the Cowboy, Gene Autry, and wrote his name on a contract with the Angels. For five years of baseball, Bostock would be paid $195,000 annually through 1994. It added up to $3.3 million, the biggest baseball contract ever. The agent, Abdul Jalil, was still smiling.

A dreary weekday morning in downtown Oakland. The young man standing outside the Tribune Building is clad in Levi’s and a leather jacket. He is neat, but his look is not terribly unlike the men who will stand outside bars later tonight, a couple of blocks away, keeping an eye on the girls who work the night shift.

“Agents aren’t our downfall. If anything we’re our own downfall. We can’t blame it on anyone else.”

-Gabe Paul

He could fit in there.

He offers a handshake. Not a soul shake. No shuffling of wrists and palms, just a handshake. The leather jacket falls open, revealing a $4 T- shirt with the R-R symbol of Rolls-Royce painted on. It matches the silver emblem on the $50,000 vehicle parked at the curb. There is another one at home in the garage, for when this one is tied up at the garage.

Abdul Jalil climbs in, ignoring the gawkers. The powder blue machine swings into motion, gliding with the silence of a swinging third strike.

The unavoidable subject of money comes up.

Unlike Lyman Bostock, Jalil relishes making about $195,000 a year.

Something about how that figure works out best on the 1040 form without letting Uncle Sam in on too much of the action. Yes, those 5 and 10 percent commissions on million dollar contracts do add up in a hurry.

“I wanted to be a millionaire by the time I was 30,” says the 28-year-old, blank-faced. “I think I’ll get that by next year.

Abdul Jalil used to be Randy Wallace, back when he was a three-sport athlete at El Cerrito High School. Three sports, that is, as a junior. As a senior he spent a lot of time in the bleachers, watching the teams he had been kicked off.

“I was uncoachable,” he explains, cruising down Telegraph Avenue. “I know it was my fault now”

He was a good athlete, he says, often lamenting that his personality kept him from ever showing it in pro sports. A year later, Wallace entered the University of California and played freshman basketball on a squad that included Phil Chenier. He was mad over not getting enough playing time. Eventually, a choice developed between going to practice or poetry class. Jalil chose to study Homer instead of hoops.

At the same time, Wallace started thinking about a career based around professional sports. Oddly, the one sport he continued to compete in was track, where every four years one guy like Bruce Jenner cashes in while the rest of the stars sneak under the bleachers to accept a free pair of spikes.

His coach at Cal, Dave Maggard, doesn’t remember Jalil’s form in the hurdles as anything special. He has to think twice, three times, before saying he really can’t think of much to say either way about Jalil the athlete.

Full article of Man who turns Hits into Millions

“But I’ll tell you this,” says Maggard, struck more by the memory of Jalil in street clothes then in sweats. “He was very personable. The guys were attracted to him.

“He has a flare for that kind of thing,” said Maggard, referring to Jalil’s work as an agent. “He’s not afraid to ask. He’s confident. I can see him asking for anything.”

Jalil’s passenger fumbles with the door of the Rolls. The locking mechanism isn’t exactly as familiar as the one on the Ford back at the office.

“Forget it,” says Jalil, also ignoring the fire hydrant he’s pulled up in front of, outside a bank. Inside, a woman executive girds for his approach.

They get down to business. “And I’ve got to have the date for that $100,000 check Denver sent Brian Taylor, And I need $12,000 for Lyman.”

The woman keeps scribbling notes, her eyes rolling as if she’s allergic to zeroes in gangs of three or more. Jalil pockets a wad of bills from a third transaction. The cash and a couple of cashiers checks are treated with the same disregard as the unlocked Rolls outside.

A desk away, the bank president fails at keeping his sideways glance as casual.

“It’s all psychological,” says Jalil, explaining his negotiating style. “Once I figure out the person I’m dealing with, the rest is easy. Sometimes they even give you things you haven’t asked for just because they’ve heard you’re going to ask for them.”

The people he deals with must hate him, or at least be filled with suspicion, right?

Not quite.

Gabe Paul the former New York Yankee general manager who now holds the same post with the Cleveland Indians, has dealt with Jalil. His first reaction is not to speak of outrageous demands or endless sessions at the negotiating table.

“Jalil? He’s a darn good cook.”

Paul enjoys Jalil’s culinary abilities so much he’s arranged for a West Coast business trip just so he can visit the agent’s dinner table again.

The agents aren’t our downfall,” says Paul of baseball’s old guard. “If anything, we’re our own downfall. We can’t blame it on anyone else, We’ve got to recognize the modern era.”

Cedrick Tallows, the new Yankee GM, agrees with his predecessor.

“Jalil leveled with me and I leveled with him” during the negotiations for Bostock. “I don’t think he’s wrecking the game, It’s part of the times. We’re in an inflationary spiral, and not all the players are getting those extraordinary salaries”.

Buzzy Bavasi, who completed the dealing for Bostock at California after Harry Dalton was fired as GM, says simply, “He told me what be wanted. We consummated the deal in five minutes. We shook hands and that was it. Everything was aboveboard. The agents know what they want, and the teams know what they can afford.”

And so does Jalil.

Jalil was quick to recognize the approach of that modern era that Paul, Tallows and Bavasi mention. He prepared for it six years ago, when he enlisted Isaac Curtis as his first client, while both ran track at Cal. When Curtis left Cal for San Diego State, Jalil stepped up his own training, earning a master’s degree in business after graduating at Berkeley.

The days on The Farm were not happy ones.

“I just wanted to get that piece of paper and get out of there,” says Jalil, still bothered by the social structure at Stanford. “Everybody wanted to know everybody for the future, so they could use you later. I didn’t need that. I knew I wouldn’t need them.”

An Atlanta sportswriter once wrote that Junior Moore’s negotiations with the Braves were clouded because the young ballplayer was under the influence of black militancy, through his agent, Abdul Jalil.

Junior, before he played his first major league game, won a contract that allowed him to be a free agent after his rookie season. The Players Association, after a decade of negotiations, won the same right for its members – only after six seasons of major league play. A year later, Moore has a two-year contract for $300,000.

It’s the name explains Jalil, all too aware of the conception most people have of anything associated with the Muslim faith.

I’m an orthodox Muslim. I am not a follower of Elijah Muhammed, I don’t hate white people.”

To back up the statement, he merely walks into his Superstars Management office in San Francisco. There are no statuettes of clenched fists, no memorials to Huey Newton or Malcolm X. There aren’t even any black people, nor is his name on the door.

The offices belong principally to an investments firm to which he directs a lot of the business of his clients. The people in the office all have one thing in common. They are white.

“A lot of people say a lot of that kind of thing about him, or that he’s trying to wreck the game.” rages Bostock. “Just because you’re an orthodox Muslim doesn’t mean you’re racist or militant. Why don’t they ever say Jerry Kapstein and the Jews are trying to wreck the game?”

Lyman Bostock signs RICHEST contract in Baseball History with Angles owner Gene Autry

Lunch at Burnett’s in Oakland, Jalil unquestionably has an ego, and it starts to show itself here.

As his omelette, fried zucchini, milk and orange juice are delivered, he surveys the array of men in three-piece suits, “I think every lawyer in town must come here,” he says, not too impressed. Lawyers seem kind of silly to Jalil. He possesses power of attorney for many of his clients, yet has never attended a day of law school.

He wolfs down the food, relaying biographical information between bites. He talks about his problems with women bothering him, sounding a little too egotistical.

Just then a model-gorgeous woman walks by and hears her name. She pivots on a spiked heel, admits she remembers Jalil’s face, but not his name. It’s a nice act, but loses a little when she asks for his phone number. Twice.

Jalil complies. Then the near-millionaire calls for a doggy bag for his leftover zucchini. Maybe he’s not so egotistical after all.

The day winds up in Jalil’s Oakland apartment, his temporary living quarters while re- modeling work is completed on a home in the Oakland hills.

Before the day is over Junior Moore will call, as will a couple of college players who want advice about transferring schools.

Fritzic V. Allen, a member of the Richmond City Council, will bring by drawings of his city’s marina plan, with hopes Jalil might pass the investment information on to his clients. Eddie Miller, the Harry Ells graduate now with the Braves, and Cleo Smith, when just signed with the Chicago White Sox, drop by to use the sauna.

“How much was the White Sox’ first offer?” Jalil asks Smith, “About $2,900 a month. the rookie answers sheepishly, admitting he wanted to sign for that amount. “And what did the total one-year package end up amounting to?”

Smith seems to get dizzy just thinking about it. He takes a breath and admits he will earn about $95,000 for joining Bill Veeck’s payroll this year.

There are people who don’t like Jalil, make no mistake about that.

Galvin Griffith, owner of the Minnesota Twins, has called Jalil and his ilk a menace to the game. In Denver, where Brian Taylor declared himself a free agent in mid-season under Jalil’s guidance, the Nuggets management doesn’t speak too fondly of the agent.

But they also don’t speak too loudly about him. They are like Bill Lucas, the No. 3 man on the Atlanta Braves’ organizational chart. Lucas was a key man in accepting the history-setting terms of Moore’s contract. He has been hearing about it ever since.

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Jerry Gandy- Richmond Independent: Press Row on Jr. Moore
One of the earliest Professional Sports contract controversies involved Major League Baseball Player Free Agency that arose as the result of an unprecedented, landmark contract between Alvin “Junior” Moore and the Atlanta Braves in which a Special Covenant gave Moore the right to demand a trade which could not be consummated without his prior consent if he was dissatisfied with his playing time. In the event that a trade could not be consummated by the end of the 1977 championship season, Moore would become a free agent if he so desired.

See “The Major Leagues of Professional Baseball Clubs (Atlanta Braves) vs. The Major League Baseball Players Association (Alvin Jr. Moore)”.

The Historic contract for Moore

RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA’S ALVIN (JUNIOR) Moore suddenly finds himself the center of attention at the Atlanta Braves’ Orlando, Fla., spring training base, and neither his bat nor his glove directly is responsible for the spotlight. The historic contract Moore signed Monday has baseball writers from coast to coast wondering if Ted Turner is undermining his own franchise.

The rookie third baseman has made one of those “play me or trade me” demands, and the Braves have agreed to it in writing, giving Junior a nice bonus in the process.

According to Moore, he is to be the judge of whether he gets enough playing time. If he feels that he isn’t seeing enough action, he can demand a trade to another club, and he has final approval of the transaction. If such a trade can’t be made, the former Kennedy High School athlete will become a free agent.

MOORE ISN’T CONCERNED over the impact that his landmark contract could have on baseball. “All I’m thinking about is that I’m pleased with the contract,” reported Moore over the telephone from Orlando. “I love baseball and I want to play. I have two options left, and I don’t want to be sent down again.”

Alvin Jr. Moore Atlanta Braves Rookie Card

The 24-year-old infielder, who has put in six minor league seasons in the Atlanta chain, has batted safely in each of the six Grapefruit League contests in which he has appeared. Jerry Royster is the Atlanta third baseman, but Moore reports that the veteran might be shifted to compete with Darrel Chaney at shortstop.

“I think I’m an every day player,” commented Moore, indicating that his patience might be tested by a lot of time in the dugout. “If the guy ahead of me is having a good year, I think I’ll be patient. Hopefully I’ll play my way into the lineup or somebody else will play his way out.”

If Moore were to exercise the trade clause in his contract, he would be looking for a club in need of a third baseman, rather than a specific team. He wouldn’t wind up in the Bay Area under any circumstances.

“I WOULDN’T WANT to play in San Francisco or Oakland,” Moore disclosed. “I want to stay away from home. I wouldn’t be able to get any rest. I want to concentrate on playing baseball, not visiting with friends. It’s not that I don’t enjoy their company, but I would want to have time to myself.”

Moore is confident that he will be a productive player with the Braves this season. The 5-11 190-pounder also played second and the outfield in the minors, but wants to concentrate on third base in the majors. He doesn’t care to be a utility player.

I don’t want to be a jack of all trades and master of none,” Moore remarked.

One Special Case

NEW YORK (AP) There were three major classifications in today’s free agent baseball draft option 1) play outs- six-year veterans, and 2) certain minor leaguers whose eligibility depended on contract assignment during the 1977 season.

And then, there was Junior Moore.

Moore, who batted .260 in his rookie season with the Atlanta Braves in 1977, was in a category by himself, just as available as all of the big name free agents even though he did not fit into any of the three conventional lists.

That was because of a unique clause written into Moore’s contract with the Braves that permitted him to leave at the end of the season.

When National League President Chub Feeney first saw Moore’s contract and its special freedom clause, he rejected it. But subsequent arbitration upheld the pact and it was finally formally approved in August.

The agreement, negotiated by Moore’s agent, Abdul Jalil of Superstar Management, was included in the third-baseman’s contract, giving him an escape route if he was dissatisfied with his playing time. Moore played in 111 games and went to bat 361 times.

After the season, he decided to exercise the unique contract clause and declare for free agency. He is by himself in a category labeled: “Agreement Between Player and Club.”

“If Moore is dissatisfied with his playing time,” said Jalil, “it’s in his contract that he can submit a letter to the Braves, who then must initiate a trade to the team of Moore’s choice, which can only be consummated with his consent. If there is no trade by the end of the season, the contract is voided and he becomes a free agent.”

Who said baseball still is in the hands of its owners?

Abdul-Jalil

ABDUL JALIL, WHO negotiated that historic contract with the Atlanta Braves for Richmond’s Junior Moore last Monday, reports that general manager Bill Lucas has offered no comments, but Marvin Miller of the Players Assn. was stunned by what he was able to obtain for the infielder.

“Miller told me that the contract has done as much for baseball as anything in the basic agreement just signed by the Players Assn. and the owners,” reports the former Cal track athlete turned sports agent.

Alvin Moore vs Atlanta Braves

Major League Baseball Arbitration Proceeding

MLB-MLBPA Arb. 77-18 (1977)

Facts:

The league president (defendant) disapproved of this covenant. The president believed that the covenant was inconsistent with the collective-bargaining agreement agreed to by the league and the players’ union. This agreement required players to have a minimum of five years of service in MLB before they could become eligible for free agency.

The players’ union filed a grievance on Moore’s behalf. The union cited the collective-bargaining agreement’s clause permitting special covenants that benefit players. The union maintained that the president could disapprove of a special covenant only if the covenant did not benefit the player. The league countered that this covenant effectively created an entirely new reserve system, contrary to what the league and players had previously agreed to. According to the league, the reserve system created by the collective-bargaining agreement was created to provide for an even and equitable distribution of players among all of the teams.

Additionally, the collective-bargaining agreement contained a free agent re-entry procedure. By giving Moore the ability to determine his own free agency, the league argued, the covenant contravened the agreed-upon system. The league contended that a covenant that violated the collective-bargaining agreement and the rights of the other 25 MLB teams could not be permitted to stand simply because it benefited a player. The issue was brought before an arbitrator.

Alvin “Junior” Moore was only a rookie, yet here are the terms of the contract his agent Abdul-Jalil put together for him:

-The Braves were to pay Moore $75,000 that season. That was only his salary.

-They also paid him a $50,000 bonus, and

-They also provided him with an additional $50,000 interest-free loan.

That’s was historic for a rookie, but wait, there’s more coming.

Junior Moore signed with White Sox

The imaginative, foresighted agent Abdul-Jalil saw to it that four other unique clauses were written into the Atlanta Braves contract of Moore.

“If Moore is dissatisfied with his playing time, he can submit a letter to the Braves notifying them of same, who then must initiate a trade to the team of Moore’s choice, which can only be consummated with his consent. If there is no trade by the end of the season, the contract is voided and he becomes a free agent.”

1) The first unique clause gave Moore the option of demanding a trade to another team of his choice upon his notice to the team of his dissatisfaction with his playing time; becoming a free agent simply by notifying the Braves of his intention, which works out to be the same as anytime he choses. Under the present Basic Agreement between the players and the owners, a player becomes a free agent ONLY after six-year service requirement with a team has been fulfilled AND only after the second year he plays for a team without signing a contract the previous year.

2) The second unique clause allowed Moore to veto any trade the Braves might involve him in if he did not approve of the team in the proposed trade;

3) The third unique clause gave him the option of choosing the team he wished to be traded to;

4) The forth unique clause gave Moore the option of becoming a free agent if a trade to a team of his choice in not consummated. Under the then present Basic Agreement between the players and the owners, a player becomes a free agent the second year only after he plays for a team without signing a contract the previous year.

What club owner in the world would ever sign a rookie to a contract like that?

The contract was signed by Ted Turner, the Braves’ owner, March 14, 1977.

When National League President Chub Feeney first saw Moore’s contract and its special freedom clause, he rejected it disapproving this Special Covenant and on April 28, Feeney, wrote a letter to Bill Lucas, the Braves’ Director of Player Personnel.

The letter said:

“Specific covenants contained in Alvin Moore’s contract are disapproved because it (the contract) contains provisions inconsistent with the reserve system article of the new Basic Agreement.

Please be sure the player receives a copy of this letter.”

The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) filed a Federal grievance on the ground that actual or potential additional benefits were provided for the player within the meaning of the collective agreement. The clubs maintained that the free agency provisions in the 1976 agreement were exclusive, providing the only basis upon which free agency rights could be exercised.

But the union argued that there were still other avenues to free agency, such as an unconditional release by a club because the player was not sufficiently qualified. The arbitrator held, in this case, that “the six-year service requirement through which a player could exercise free agency was for the individual club’s benefit in the sense that it would want to retain the player for a particular period of time.” Thus, the benefit of “long-term title and reservation rights” could be waived by the club. On the other hand, the reentry mechanism through which other clubs would have an opportunity to negotiate with a player who becomes a free agent was a matter covered by all the collective bargaining agreement, so an attempt by club and player to evade such procedures would be “inconsistent” and thus prohibited. Said the Arbitrator:

There is clear merit in the Association’s argument that the words “additional benefits to the Player” should be liberally construed to support a wide variety of benefits to a Player over and above the benefits accorded to him by the Basic Agreement. Though covenants containing such benefits may be “inconsistent” with a particular provision of the Agreement dealing with the same subject matter, there is logic in the Association’s argument that they are not, in fact, “inconsistent” because Article II authorizes such inconsistencies where they provide additional benefits to the Player.”?

Marvin Miller, the MLBPA Executive Director said “Junior Moore’s contract has done more for baseball as anything in the basic agreement just signed by the Players Association and the owners”.

In a subsequent case where the contract was modeled and derived from Moore’s Historic contract, involving Mike Marshall and the Minnesota Twins, an attempt to waive compensation— in this case an amateur draft free selection— that the club would receive was invalidated because the compensation provisions of the collective bargaining agreement are designed for all of the clubs and not the benefit of one particular team that loses the player through free agency. Said the Arbitrator:

The benefit to the losing Club is not the sole factor in [the] compensation scheme…. Of equal importance, as League President MacPhail points out in his testimony herein, is the detriment or cost to the signing Club of being required to give up an amateur draft choice in return for signing a Player who became a free agent pursuant to [the collective bargaining agreement].

Moore went on to sign a very lucrative, multi year contract with the Chicago White Sox.

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Case Western Reserve Law Review Volume 31 Summer 1981 Number 4

A Long Deep Drive to Collective Bargaining: Of Players, Owners, Brawls, and Strikes.

Professor Robert C. Berry, Professor William B. Gould

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A Long Deep Drive to Collective Bargaining: Of Players, Owners, Brawls, and Strikes.

c. Individual v. Collective Interests. The case law of labor arbitration addresses a number of important issues as it explores the inner workings of a league. Cases which confront the tensions between the individual and the collective interest of the players are of particular importance to this analysis. Individuals may not always be served best by collective action. The individual may be able to obtain advantages for himself that run counter to agreements forged between the union and management. These individual advantages often must be curtailed, as the earlier discussions on the unit504 and exclusivity505 have revealed. An examination of some of these problems in the baseball context sharpens the focus. The Moore506 decision arose out of a special covenant between Alvin Moore and the Atlanta Braves. The National League President disapproved of this arrangement on the ground that the covenant was “inconsistent” with the basic agreement.507 The covenant stated that Moore could not be traded without his consent and could become a free agent at the end of the 1977 championship season “if he so desires.” 508 The players association challenged the disapproval of the contract in a grievance. The players association argued that the individual contract could not be regarded as “inconsistent” with the collective agreement since it accorded benefits not available under the basic agreement. The clubs contended that the covenant struck “at the very heart” of the negotiated reserve system. The argument was that the Braves, by providing free agency for Moore without reference to the contractual scheme contained in the collective agreement, ignored the other clubs’ interest in maintaining a competitive balance-the very objective of the negotiated reserve system.509 At the time the grievance was filed, Moore did not have six years service in the major leagues-a prerequisite to free agency under the labor contract between the parties. The covenant, moreover, made no reference to the quota and compensation provisions of the basic agreement. In response, the association noted that the agreement contemplated free agency through methods other than the reentry draft. By way of rejoinder, the clubs maintained that these other avenues were designed for players whose careers were ending, younger players, players of marginal skills or a default by the club.510 With regard to the former category, the clubs contended that “[lt was never contemplated that promises of outright release or termination would or could be used by individual Clubs and Players as a negotiating device or bargaining chip in order to evade the reentry procedure and other aspects of the reserve system.” 511 The arbitration panel held there was no reason that Moore could not negotiate conditional rights either to be traded or to become a free agent. The opinion stated: There is clear merit in the Association’s argument that the words ‘additional benefits to the Player’ should be liberally construed to support a wide variety of benefits to a player over and above the benefits accorded to him by the Basic Agreement. Though covenants containing such benefits may be “inconsistent” with a particular provision of the Agreement dealing with the same subject matter, there is logic in the Association’s argument that they are not, in fact, ‘inconsistent’ because Article II authorizes such inconsistencies where they provide additional benefits to the Player. The evidence… suggests the League Presidents have approved a number of special covenants in this light, where the ‘additional benefits to the Player’ were within the Club’s power to bestow. 512 Inasmuch as the Braves were not terminating Moore for lack of playing skill, the arbitrator decided that Moore could not escape the reentry draft provided for in the collective bargaining agreement. The procedure and “its related quota provisions protect the interests of all 26 Clubs and cannot be waived by the Atlanta Club in the circumstances of this case. 513 The fact is, however, that the modification of the length of service provisions negotiated between Atlanta and Moore, and circumvention of the reentry draft procedures, may affect the competitive balance in the league so as to promote the interests of some other clubs. If, for example, certain superstars became available earlier than provided for in the collective agreement, the resulting bidding wars would benefit wealthier teams such as the Yankees, Angels, and Braves. If, in contrast, the number of talented free agents available depressed the market, the impact could be immediate and substantial. In some instances, the players rather than the owners would be adversely affected. It is thus difficult to establish a clearly logical demarcation between length of service and other aspects of the reentry draft since one element protects the clubs in the league and the other does not. The Moore decision is probably the correct one. The additional benefits secured by individual players must be reconciled with the overriding procedures established by the collective agreement’s reentry draft. The second important case involved Mike Marshall, the 1974 Cy Young Award winner and erstwhile relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, among others.514 Marshall negotiated a special covenant with the Twins which permitted him to become a free agent after the 1978 season but “without regard to the compensation provisions therein.”515 The arbitrator, following Moore, concluded that the compensation provisions were designed for the benefit of all clubs and not merely the individual club which lost the player to free agency. While the arbitrator conceded that the club losing the player might waive its right to compensation, it would not waive the “detriment” or “cost” that the signing club would incur in the normal reentry draft procedure. 516 The recent Dave Winfield free agency episode created another problem. The Yankees, fearful that they would not be one of the thirteen teams able to draft Winfield, reportedly negotiated with the Padres to provide for an agreement between the Yankees and Winfield and a trade between the Padres and the Yankees based on that deal.517 This alleged agreement circumvented the reentry draft procedure and compensation and, in theory, imposed a cost on the signing club. The players association, however, accepted this procedure as compatible with the agreement because Winfield was able to use the prospect of free agency, limited only by the amateur draft compensation, as a vehicle to bargain for acceptable contract terms. The final group of baseball-related cases involve option clauses and right of refusal clauses in special covenants. In 1976, Carlton Fisk, Rick Burleson, and Gary Maddox negotiated provisions giving their respective clubs the right of first refusal at the end of their contracts. Their theory was that a player could reap the financial benefits of a bidding war while remaining with the club in cities like Boston and New York where there are many fringe benefits to being a famous ballplayer. The association objected to these covenants on the theory that they inevitably depress the bidding between clubs. An arbitrator took the position that a right of first refusal “could not possibly produce anything better than free agency.”‘ 518 This position seems flawed given the advantages that players might reap from such a provision. To take an extreme example, players cannot waive their right to be part of the free agent draft after six years, although they may do so indirectly by entering into a long-term contract. The grievance thus was settled in favor of the association 519 — a further step toward collectivizing the relationship. Another important variation on this theme of individual-collective tension involves negotiated option clauses. The Carlton Fisk award 520 decided that substantial performance by the Red Sox was not adequate to meet the option tender date of December 20 established under the collective agreement. 521 The arbitrator rejected the club’s reliance on extreme forfeiture as an excuse of the condition since the Red Sox already had received Fisk’s performance for salary paid between 1976 and 1980. This rationale is questionable in light of Fisk’s inability to play during most of 1979-although Fisk played in 1980 under adverse circumstances. The arbitrator’s comment that free agency status for Fisk was an “unfortunate consequence for the Club in comparison to the minor inconvenience to him flowing from the related contract tender”522 understates the matter. Another option clause case, the Tidrow arbitration,523 was of more precedental value. Tidrow, prior to joining the Chicago Cubs, signed a contract with the Yankees for 1977 to 1979 and then in 1978 negotiated an extension for 1980. The contract provided for compensation, some of it deferred, and stated that the club reserved the right to exercise an option on Tidrow’s services at a salary of $200,000 for 1981 by notifying Tidrow before December 20, 1980.524 The renewal option was exercised by a letter dated August 28, 1980. The players association objected to the renewal which purportedly blocked Tidrow’s access to the reentry draft on the ground that the special covenant containing the option did not constitute an actual or potential benefit to the player.525 The club contended that Tidrow had executed a contract for the succeeding season which was a contractual limitation on free agency rights. The arbitrator, however, held that the individual contract’s special covenants referred to the 1980 season.526 Tidrow thus could not be deemed to have executed a contract for 1981. The arbitrator also concluded that the agreement extracted from Tidrow all irrevocable offers to enter into a future contract. Moreover, since the players association successfully resisted incorporation of an option year in the collective agreement as a prerequisite to free agency–except for players like Fisk who had contracted prior to August 9, 1976 527 .-the arbitrator found the bargaining history to be “strong evidence” of an intent not to eliminate free agency through an option clause.528 Since Moore held that a contract could be inconsistent and yet acceptable if it provided an actual or potential benefit, further arbitral inquiry was requested. The arbitrator discussed the contention that Tidrow had benefitted through the economic “package” that he received with a guaranteed contract rather than the standard contract. Any detriment, reasoned the arbitrator, could be offset by a potential benefit. The option clause, however, must provide its own benefit. Tidrow, experienced in negotiations and aware of free agency’s benefits, could have perceived an option clause as being more advantageous. In making his determination, the arbitrator found the following to be conclusive: “By remaining silent until the latter part of 1979 and retaining $100,000 in bonuses for signing the contract he now seeks to overturn, Tidrow led the Cubs-who acquired his contract in apparent good faith-to act in reliance on his evident acceptance of all of its terms.”529 Tidrow accordingly was estopped because of his tardy disavowal, his actual or constructive knowledge that he was losing free agency, and detrimental reliance by the Cubs. While the arbitrator stated that clubs might attempt to circumvent the collective agreement through such covenants as making optional renewal clauses a condition precedent to all contracts, such was not the case in Tidrow. Tidrow is thus a “narrow holding” which again emphasizes the tension between collective and individual interests.

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504. See notes 462-70 supra and accompanying text.

505. See notes 471-503 supra and accompanying text.

506. Major Leagues of Professional Baseball Clubs v. Major League Baseball Players Ass’n (Moore), No. 77-18 (Sept. 7, 1977) (on file at Case Western Reserve Law Review).

507. Id at 2.

508. Id

509. Id at 8.

510. Id at 11-12.

511. Id at 12.

512. Id at 14-15.

513. Id at 17. CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW REVIEW

514. Major Leagues of Professional Baseball Clubs v. Major League Baseball Players Ass’n (Marshall v. Minnesota Twins), No. 78-15 (Oct. 25, 1978) (unpublished) (on file at Case Western Reserve Law Review).

515. Id at 2.

516. Id at 13-14.

517. See Yanks Seek to Land Winfeld Before He is a FreeAgent, N.Y. Times, Oct 22, 1980, § 2, at 5, col. 1; Winfield Opts for Free Agency, Stalling Deal to Become Yankee, N.Y. Times, Oct. 23, 1981, § 4, at 19, col. 4. [Vol 31:685 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

518. Decision of the Arbitration Panel, Major League Baseball Players Ass’n v. Chicago Cubs (Tidrow), No. 80-18 (Nov. 4, 1980) (on file at Case Western Reserve Law Review) [hereinafter cited as Tidrow].

519. “The league presidents who originally approved the contracts [Lynn, Burleson, Fisk, and Maddox] since have strickened those clauses.” Chass, Miller Sees4 Ripoffin Agents’Acts, N.Y. Times, Jan. 27, 1977, § C, at 25, coL 1.

520. Major League Baseball Players Ass’n (Fisk), No. 80-35, (Feb. 12, 1981) (unpublished) [hereinafter cited as Fisk].

521. See note 378 supra. 19811 CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW REVIEW

522. Fisk, supra note 520, at 20.

523. See Tidrow, supra note 518 and accompanying text.

524. Clubs’ Memorandum, Major League Baseball Players Ass’n v. Chicago Cubs 3 (Tidrow), No. 80-18 (Nov. 4, 1980) (on file at Case Western Reserve Law Review).

525. Id at 14-15.

526. See Tidrow, supra note 518 and accompanying text.

527. See Tidrow, supra note 518, at 19.

528. See Tidrow, supra note 518, at 16.

529. Id

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(“A Long Deep Drive to Collective Bargaining, Of Players, Owners, Brawls, and Strikes”, Robert C. Berry, William B. Gould, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Law Review, Volume 31 Summer 1981, Student Journals Scholarly Commons, Individual v. Collective Interests, CASES PUBLISHED in UNIVERSITIES LAW REVIEWS for ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS LAW COURSE, OUTLINES PUBLICATIONS)

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NetSuite Inc. Law Review

Alvin Moore & Atlanta Braves, Arbitration as an Exclusive Remedy, § 301 Preemption

Labor Arbitration in Professional Sports, Page 85

3 • The Early Years

One of the earliest controversies involving free agency arose as the result of a contract between Alvin Moore and the Atlanta Braves in which a Special Covenant gave Moore the right to demand a trade which could not be consummated without his prior consent if he was dissatisfied with his playing time. In the event that a trade could not be consummated by the end of the 1977 championship season, Moore would become a free agent if he so desired.

The National League disapproved this Special Covenant and the Association filed a grievance on the ground that actual or potential additional benefits were provided for the player within the meaning of the collective agreement. The clubs maintained that the free agency provisions in the 1976 agreement were exclusive, providing the only basis upon which free agency rights could be exercised. But the union argued that there were still other avenues to free agency, such as an unconditional release by a club because the player was not sufficiently qualified. The arbitrator held, in this case, that the six-year service requirement through which a player could exercise free agency was for the individual club’s benefit in the sense that it would want to retain the player for a particular period of time.” Thus, the benefit of “long-term title and reservation rights” could be waived by the club. On the other hand, the reentry mechanism through which other clubs would have an opportunity to negotiate with a player who becomes a free agent was a matter covered by all the collective bargaining agreement, so an attempt by club and player to evade such procedures would be “inconsistent” and thus prohibited. Said the Arbitrator:

(NetSuite Inc. Law Review Sports and Entertainment Law Cases in All Major College’s Juris Doctorate Law (JD) and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) Programs, MBA Programs)

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UMass School Law

University of Massachusetts- Amherst

Major League Baseball’s Grievance Arbitration System

The History and Legal Authority of the Sports League Commissioner

Major League Baseball’s Grievance Arbitration System

B. Arbitration of Disciplinary Disputes

Chapter 3. Labor Arbitration in Professional Sports………………………121

Contract Interpretation Through Arbitration ……………………………. 123
Alvin Moore & Atlanta Braves ………………………..…………….. 124
Notes and Questions ………………………………………………………….. 126

Glenn M. Wong

Professor of Sports Law

University of Massachusetts- Amherst · 1987 · Cited by 2

Entertainment and Sports Law

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Marquette University School of Law Sports Law Institute

Marquette University School of Law

Entertainment and Sports Law Commons Journals at Marquette Law Scholarly Commons

Interpreting the NFL Player Contract

Marquette Sports Law Review- Volume 3, Issue 1, Article 5, Fall

Gary R. Roberts

Professor of Sports Law

https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/

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Vanderbilt University School of Law

Sports Law – Knight Commission: purpose was to examine NCAA athletics and make recommendations

Professor Joseph Fishman

Studocu

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UNLV Boyd School of Law- Sports Lawyers

University of Nevada-Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law

Course: Sports Law: Competition Law | National Collegiate Athletic Association

Professor Marc Kligman, Adjunct. Sports Law

University of Nevada William S. Boyd School of Law

UNLV 87169927

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Santa Clara University School of Law

Legal Professions: Sports Law

The Role of the Commissioner and Other Governing Authorities

Professor Alan W. Scheflin – Santa Clara Law

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Quimbee Law School Case Briefs, Overview, Casebooks, study aids, BAR Review, and online Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses

Alvin Moore vs Atlanta Braves

Major League Baseball Arbitration Proceeding

MLB-MLBPA Arb. 77-18 (1977)

Professor A. Porter

Facts

Alvin Moore (plaintiff) signed a one-year contract with the Atlanta Braves. The contract contained a clause that said if Moore was not satisfied with his playing time, the Braves were required to trade him to a team approved by Moore. The covenant also stated that if a trade were not completed by the end of the season, Moore was allowed to become a free agent if he so chose. At the time, Moore had less than one year of service in Major League Baseball (MLB). The league president (defendant) disapproved of this covenant. The president believed that the covenant was inconsistent with the collective-bargaining agreement agreed to by the league and the players’ union. This agreement required players to have a minimum of five years of service in MLB before they could become eligible for free agency. The players’ union filed a grievance on Moore’s behalf. The union cited the collective-bargaining agreement’s clause permitting special covenants that benefit players. The union maintained that the president could disapprove of a special covenant only if the covenant did not benefit the player. The league countered that this covenant effectively created an entirely new reserve system, contrary to what the league and players had previously agreed to. According to the league, the reserve system created by the collective-bargaining agreement was created to provide for an even and equitable distribution of players among all of the teams. Additionally, the collective-bargaining agreement contained a free agent re-entry procedure. By giving Moore the ability to determine his own free agency, the league argued, the covenant contravened the agreed-upon system. The league contended that a covenant that violated the collective-bargaining agreement and the rights of the other 25 MLB teams could not be permitted to stand simply because it benefited a player. The issue was brought before an arbitrator.

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Course Hero Law School Case Briefs

Course Hero Sports Law Outline

1968 Basic Agreement made the Commissioner the arbitrator clearly allowing for arbitration of reserve system grievances.
University of Texas School of Law

Course Title: LAW 111

6) Agent Representation – The collective agreement plays the ultimate governing role

a) The most prominent agents are lawyers who must know the collective agreement for the sport. It exercises considerable influence on the player K.

b) Alvin Moore & Atlanta Braves

– There are 3 reasons for the league president to disapprove a special covenant (Baseball)

i) If the covenant does not actually or potentially provide additional benefits to the Player

ii) If the covenant violates an applicable law or is prohibited by a League rule not inconsistent with the collective agreement.

iii) If the covenant purports to bind some third party whom the Club and Player have no authority to bind.

(1)Individual Player-Club negotiations are conducted within the framework of the attendant rules, agreements, and regulations that govern the sport.

(2)Variations in any of the provisions might give a Player additional benefit beyond the Club’s power to make

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Quizlet Law School Case Briefs

Quizlet, Sports Law 1-3

Alvin Moore & Atlanta Braves (1977)

Facts: Moore had a covenant with the Braves that stated Moore could become a free agent if he was not traded by the end of the season. This covenant is inconsistent with the CBA which mentions that only 5 year vets could be eligible for free-agency. Moore was only a 1 year vet. The player’s union sued on behalf of Moore.

Holding: Covenant between the Braves and Moore stands.

Reasoning: A Major League Baseball player and a team may agree to a contract that includes unique covenants, so long as those covenants do not infringe on the protected interests of other teams. Here, the 5 year vet standard is interpreted by the court as a provision that protects other teams. Since no interests of other teams are being protected, Moore’s covenant can stay.

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Judd’s Sports Law Outline

SPORTS LAW OUTLINE

Chapter 1 – Best Interests of the Sport: The Role of the Commissioner and Other Governing Authorities

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Weiler Sports Law 6th ACB LSE

Labor Arbitration in Professional Sports

The Early Years (Pg 85)

The History and Legal Authority of the Sports League Commissioner

Arbitration of Disciplinary Disputes

Chapter 3. Labor Arbitration in Professional Sports……………………. 121

A. Contract Interpretation Through Arbitration …………………………………. 123

Alvin Moore & Atlanta Braves ……………………………………………………….. 124

Notes and Questions …………………………………………………….… 126

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Studocu

Vanderbilt University School of Law

Sports Law- The Knight Commission

Purpose was to examine NCAA athletics and make recommendations

Professor Joseph Fishman

Abdul-Jalil’s cases are taught in ALL MAJOR University Juris Doctorate in Law and Maters in Business Administration Curriculums Courses in Federal Income Taxation, Contracts, Salary Grievances/Disputes, Federal Arbitration, Labor Law, Collective Bargaining Labor Agreements, Civil Rights, Employment, Compensation, Interest Free Loans, Rates of Compensation, wherein his Legal Impact has CHANGED the SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT and BUSINESS WORLD:

~ Harvard University School of Law Federal Income Taxation Course Outline, Professor: Flusche, al-Hakim’s victory, in the Federal Tax Court, U. S. Tax Commissioner teaching al-Hakim’s use of interest free loans, Tax Free financial transactions, al-Hakim’s historic impact on Shariah-Riba Complaint financial transactions in the business world,

~ Yale University School of Law Federal Tax Course, Professor: Eric M. Zolt, Text Authors: William A. Klein, Joseph Bankman, Daniel N. Shaviro,

~ Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina, Federal Tax Course on “ISLAMIC & JEWISH PERSPECTIVES ON INTEREST”, Author/Professor: Joel S. Newman, Federal Tax Court, U. S. Tax Commissioner, discusses financial transactions that allow devout Muslims and Jews to obey religious prohibitions against interest, while giving investors a return on their investments, The tax treatment of these transactions is considered, teaching al-Hakim’s use, interest free loans, Tax Free financial transactions, al-Hakim’s historic impact, Shariah, Riba, Complaint financial transactions, the business world,

~ University of Virginia School of Law Federal Tax Course, Professor: M. Robinson, Federal Income Taxation, L. Dominick, Text Authors: William A. Klein, Joseph Bankman, Daniel N. Shaviro,

~ Washington University School of Law Federal Tax Course, Professor: Bixby,

~ Washington & Lee University School of Law Federal Tax Course,

~ Weiler Sports Law, LSE, Labor Arbitration in Professional Sports, The History and Legal Authority of the Sports League Commissioner

~ “A Long Deep Drive to Collective Bargaining, Of Players, Owners, Brawls, and Strikes”, Robert C. Berry, William B. Gould, Student Journals at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Scholarly Commons, Individual v. Collective Interests, Case Western Reserve, Law Review, Volume 31 Summer 1981, CASES, PUBLISHED, UNIVERSITIES, LAW REVIEWS, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, COURSE, OUTLINES, PUBLICATIONS, Case, Western, Reserve, Law, Review,

~ University of Texas School of Law, Course Title: LAW 111, Agent Representation

~ University of Massachusetts- Amherst, Major League Baseball’s Grievance Arbitration System, Glenn M. Wong, Professor of Sports Law, Entertainment and Sports Law, Marquette University School of Law, Entertainment and Sports Law Commons Journals,

~ Marquette Law Scholarly Commons, Interpreting the NFL Player Contract, Professor Gary R. Roberts, Marquette Sports Law Review,

~ Vanderbilt University School of Law, Sports Law, Knight Commission, purpose was to examine NCAA athletics and make recommendations, Professor Joseph Fishman, Studocu,

~ University of Nevada-Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, Course, Sports Law, Competition Law, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Professor Marc Kligman, Adjunct, Sports Law, University of Nevada William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV 87169927,

~ Santa Clara University School of Law, Legal Professions: Sports Law, The Role of the Commissioner and Other Governing Authorities, Professor Alan W. Scheflin, Santa Clara Law,

~ Quimbee Law School Case Briefs, Overview, Casebooks, study aids, BAR Review, online Continuing Legal Education, CLE courses, Alvin Moore vs Atlanta Braves, Major League Baseball Arbitration Proceeding, MLB-MLBPA Arb. 77-18 (1977), Professor A. Porter,

~ Course Hero Sports Law Outline, 1968 Major League Baseball (MLB) Basic Agreement, made the Commissioner the arbitrator, clearly allowing for arbitration of reserve system grievances,

~ Quizlet, Sports Law 1-3, Alvin Moore & Atlanta Braves (1977),

~ Judd’s Sports Law Outline, SPORTS LAW OUTLINE, Chapter, Best Interests of the Sport: The Role of the Commissioner and Other Governing Authorities,

~ NetSuite Inc, Alvin Moore & Atlanta Braves, Arbitration as an Exclusive Remedy, § 301 Preemption, ABDUL-JALIL, Sports and Entertainment Law Cases in All Major College’s Juris Doctorate Law (JD) and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) Programs, MBA Programs,

~ Harvard University Business School- MBA,

~ Yale University Business School- MBA,

~ Washington University Business School- MBA,

~ Stanford University Graduate School of Business Management- MBA,

~ University of Virginia Graduate School of Business- MBA,

LECTURER AND PRESENTER IN THE FIELDS OF:

~ Music in Islam, University of California, Berkeley, CA 2003

~ National Islamic Convention, Seacaucus., NJ 1997,

~ Host/Honoree: Evening of Elegance, National Arabic Conference, Oakland, CA. 1997,

~ National Islamic Convention, N.Y.C, N.Y. 1996,

~ International Islamic Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 1996,

~ Oaktown Music Conference, Oakland, CA 1996,

~ National Society of Black Engineers Conference-Region 6, San Luis Obispo, CA. 1992,

~ CAREER FEST, Oakland, CA. 1986,

~ California State University, Hayward, CA. 1985,

~ United States Coast Guard, Oakland, CA. 1982,

~ National BALSA Law Conference, Houston, TX 1981,

~ National BALSA Law Conference, Philadelphia, PA. 1982,

~ National BALSA Law Conference, Oakland, CA. 1979,

~ National BALSA Law Conference, N.Y.C., N.Y. 1980,

~ Mountain Regional Law Convention, Oklahoma City, OK. 1980,

~ College of Alameda, Alameda, CA. 1981,

~ Eastern Regional Law Conference, Washington D.C. 1980,

~ National Black Media Convention, Oakland, CA. 1972,

~ National BALSA Law Conference, Washington D.C. 1976,

~ Pacific Coast Law Conference, San Francisco, CA. 1976,

~ Stanford Law Society, Palo Alto, CA. 1976,

~ National Black History Week Awards, San Francisco, CA, 1974,

~ Hip-Hop/Raps influence on Societal America, The Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, CA 2010

MASTERS CLASSES IN THE FIELDS OF:
~ SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW*
~ THE ART OF REPRESENTING PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND ENTERTAINERS*
~ REPRESENTING THE PRODUCER*
~ REPRESENTING THE DIRECTOR*
~ REPRESENTING THE SUPERSTAR*
~ GETTING MONEY FOR YOUR MOVIE*
~ LICENSING MOTION PICTURES*
~ DIGITAL MOVIEMAKING*
~ THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS*
~ THE BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT*
~ SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING*
~ ADVERTISING, MARKETING, PROMOTION, SPONSORSHIPS, BRANDING AND HIP HOP CULTURE
~ HIP HOP AND THE SPREAD OF ISLAM*
~ ISLAM AND MUSIC*

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The MAN who turns Hit$ into Million$ Agent Abdul Jalil, and one of the benefits that goes with negotiating RICHEST contract in Professional Sports and Baseball History. Tribune photo BY ROY WILLIAMS

Lyman Bostock signs RICHEST contract in Professional Sports and Baseball History with Angles owner Gene Autry

“In another religion they honor people who serve like you with Sainthood with Sainthood!” – Economics Professor Adeel Malik,Oxford
University, England and World Renowned News Expert Commentator, speaking about Abdul-Jalil and the Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation.

“GOD sent me an ANGEL!” – Hammer, speaking about Abdul-Jalil.

“Jalil, YOU ARE A TZADIK (SAINT)!”– Barry Barkan, Live Oak Institute and

Ashoka Fellow at Ashoka Foundation:Innovators for the Public

“I thank God for you and for bringing you into my life and for the ministry you have been given to help the people of God!”– Pastor L. J. Jennings, Kingdom Builders Christian Fellowship, speaking about Abdul-Jalil and AMWF

SUPERSTAR MANAGEMENT,(SSM), the WORLDS FIRST Entertainment and Sports, Management and Marketing firms, is world renowned for promoting, representing, advising, negotiating, and arbitrating many lucrative and unprecedented contracts in the sports and entertainment field for such clients as Muhammed Ali, Brian Taylor, U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts, Warner Bros. Records, Deion Sanders, Byron Stewart, Delvin Williams, Giant Records, M.C. Hammer, Capitol Records, Larkin Arnold (Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross, Natalie Cole, “Get On The Bus”), Lyman Bostock, Evander Holyfield, Spencer Haywood, Cliff Robinson, Abbey Lincoln- Aminata Moseka, EMI Records, Emanuel Stewart (Lennox Lewis, Prince Naseem Hamed, Oscar DeLa Hoya), George L. Smith Management (The Deele, Antonio “LA” Reid, Kenneth “BabyFace” Edmonds, Bobby Brown, Pebbles, Soul II Soul), John Carlos, Reggie White, Marvin Gaye, Martin Wyatt, and Leslie Allen among others. SSM handles professional personal services contracts in sports, entertainment, electronic multimedia, literary, publishing, merchandising, licensing, commercial advertisement, product endorsement, personal appearances, corporate affiliations, concerts, tours, broadcasting, T.V., video, and motion pictures. The parent company of SSM, TGRW, INC.,(TGRW) is a Strategic and Tactical Planning corporation specializes in the areas of Marketing, Advertising, Promotions, Public Relations, Product Placement and Development, Electronic Multimedia, and Event Planning.

* * TESTIMONIALS ON ABDUL-JALIL * *

Emanuel Steward on Jalil
Emanuel Steward, Evander Holyfield, and Hammer in ring with Heavyweight Title Belts

“The Man who turns hits into MILLION$.” – The Tribune.
“You really are the BEST.” – L. BOSTOCK, California Angels.
“GOD sent me an Angel” – M.C. HAMMER.
“Smart Youth, most intriguing, has the Baseball world at his feet.” – N.Y. POST .

“Thanks for getting the Deal DONE Jalil!”- Evander “Real Deal” Holyfield, the only boxer in history to win the undisputed championship in two weight classes (cruiserweight in the late 1980s and at heavyweight in the early 1990s).

Reggie’s Prayer

“Jalil, I told everybody that you guys are representing me!”- Reggie “the Minister of Defense” White, two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, Super Bowl XXXI champion, 13-time Pro Bowl, holds second place all-time among NFL career sack leaders with 198 (behind Bruce Smith’s 200 career sacks). He was selected to the NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team, NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team, NFL 1990s All-Decade Team, and the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team. White is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Deion “Prime Time” Sanders playing with Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Falcons at the same time!

“You are going to have to deal with him (Jalil) now!”- Deion “Prime Time” Sanders to Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks former President and General Manager Stan Kasten and Atlanta Braves General Manager John Schuerholz

“I don’t know what I would have done without you!.” – J.C. WATTS, U.S. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
“Thanks for directing me to the Sonics.” – GUS WILLIAMS, NBA.
“Imaginative, foresighted, some pretty impressive credentials. His I.Q. QUALIFIES HIM AS A GENIUS.” – UPI .
“That’s the finest promotion job for an unknown athlete that I have ever seen.” – N.Y. JETS.
“I’m so happy!! I’m full of money!!” – C. ROBINSON, NBA.
“He is personable, unafraid, confident. and athletes are attracted to him” – D. MAGGARD, U.S. Olympic Committee.
“You have never been wrong” – EMANUEL STEWARD, Boxing
“He told me what he wanted, we shook hands. We made the deal in 5 minutes.” – B. BAVASI, California Angels

Abdul Jalil on Special Edition of Sports Illustrated Cover with Feature Comment

Abdul-Jalil negotiated a series of contracts that included many unprecedented benefits to the individual clients, one of which was interest-free loans that could be forgiven. Upon review by the Internal Revenue Service, the contracts and returns where thrown out and challenged by the IRS as the IRS filed suit. After an 8 year legal battle, he prevailed in Federal Tax Court and established that Interest free Loans where in fact legal. This unprecedented legal ruling was established as a standard in the Tax Laws and was written in several National Law Journals. Cite:
“IRS vs Al-Hakim” published by Commerce Clearing House(CCH) Tax Court Memorandum Cases editions KF 6234A 505 and Maxwell McMillian (Prentice Hall) Federal Tax Cases edition KF 6234A 512 Tax Court Memorandum Decisions. Articles and citations available upon request….
The Historic “al-Hakim” Tax Code §7872 [692] Ruling
After al-Hakim’s victory in the Federal Tax Courts against the Tax Commissioner, in

Abdul-Jalil

December 2000 the IRS moved to change the Tax Codes with the historic “al-Hakim” Tax Code §7872 [692] Ruling. The IRS changed the Federal Tax Codes such that it now “prevents no-interest loans” and was instituted to eliminate and close the Federal Income Tax loop-hole created with al-Hakim’s use of interest free loans in sports and entertainment financial transactions.
CITE: Tax Notes, Dec. 4, 2000, p. 1311; 89 Tax Notes 1311 (Dec. 4, 2000) “al-Hakim Tax Code” Ruling
al-Hakim’s victory in the Federal Tax Court over the U. S. Tax Commissioner has the nations foremost academic institutions and academians in the study of Law and Business teaching al-Hakim’s use of interest free loans in Tax Free financial transactions as part of the Law and Business curiculum in such hallowed halls as Harvard University, Yale University,Washington University, Stanford University, University of Virginia, and Wake Forest University Schools of Law Federal Tax Courses, among others.

Alvin Jr. Moore Atlanta Braves Rookie Card

He negotiated a professional Baseball contract for a rookie player that contained several special clauses and one that allowed him to declare himself a “Free Agent” in the middle of the season if he was dissatisfied with his playing time. The National Baseball League President ruled against the clause citing that “it contained provisions inconsistent with the Reserve System Articles of the new Basic Labor Agreement” and threw it out, whereupon he took the case to arbitration. He prevailed in this case of unprecedented legal rights benefits and it was hailed by the Director of the Players Union, Marvin Miller, as “the single greatest advancement of player rights in baseball history and as valuable as any inherent rights in the Major League Players current Basic Labor Agreement.” This clause became the industry standard and was the example distributed to all other representatives by the Players Union to be included in their contracts. Cite: Arbitration Decision No.32 in the matter of “The Major Leagues of Professional Baseball Clubs (Atlanta Braves) vs. The Major League Baseball Players Association (Alvin Jr. Moore)”, Sept. 7, 1977.

Brian Taylor Basketball Collage

1978- The National Basketball Association (Denver Nuggets) vs. The National Basketball Players Association (Brian Taylor). In an unprecedented case in Professional Basketball he negotiated an addendum to the contract and represented the player in a dispute of the contract that was originally negotiated by the players union director. The inherent problems that this situation provided for the National Basketball Association, the Denver Nuggets, and most importantly the Director of the NBA Players Union and the Union itself, were incredible. In mid-season the team breached the contract with a late payment that triggered a clause in the addendum that allowed him to opt out of the contract. The player withheld his services in the middle of the season and the team filed for arbitration. In prevailing in this matter the player received his pay, was declared free of his contract (“a Free Agent”), and allowed to negotiate a new contract with the team of his choice. Cite Arbitration Decision in the matter of “The National Basketball Association (Denver Nuggets) vs. The National Basketball Players Association (Brian Taylor)”, Jan. 25, 1978

World Conference of Mayors

2010- Abdul-Jalil was honored in Miami, Florida and Haiti, for the Relief Missions to Arch Bishop Joel Jeune of Grace Village in Haiti

they received from the Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation, Stepping Together and Superstar Management with recognition of The World Conference of Mayors (WCM) and The National Conference of Black Mayors (NCBM). This is a tangible reality of SUCCESS in Haiti for ALL the members of the organizations world-wide rather than the many idle cocktail party rants and raves of projects that exist without any substance behind them!

Abdul-Jalil Front Row @ The ESPY Awards

Hammertime Entertainment & Sports Management

New Orleans Press Conference

ESPN’s Lyman Bostock Story Part 1

ESPN’s Lyman Bostock Story Part 2

ABC-TV’s News Coverage of Music Conference

I Know You’ll Love Oakland PSA’s

¿eX-whY AdVentures? with Abdul-Jalil and Superstar Management devises and implements overall strategies and tactics for reaching its clients target market(s) using sports, motion picture, entertainment, concerts, internet, advertisements, endorsements, and special event properties as marketing vehicles to implement sponsorship and other promotional programs of an advertising campaign, for corporate exposure and product image enhancement. TGRW has produced TV programming for Disney, ABC-TV and ESPN, as well as events in Japan, Russia, Egypt, Romania, Paris, Europe, Brunei, and the U.S. and has consulted and advised BBDO Worldwide Advertising, Starter, The Arthur Ashe Foundation, Rare Multimedia, Capcom, Comspan, MTV, The Soul Train Music Awards, Apex 1, Electronic Arts(EA SPORTS), The ESPY’S, National Football League(NFL EXPERIENCE) Super Bowl, “90210”, Black Entertainment Television(BET), Sega, Trans-Pacific Centre, Nike, Pepsi Co., Oakland City Image Campaign, Russell Athletic, Private Jet, ESPN, Sports Image Awards, Clorox Co., BART, Levi Strauss, Montgomery Wards, The Jimmy V Foundation, “Home Improvement”, Minority Business Forum, Foremost/McKesson, etc. and many, many others. The evolution of these talents and Hip Hop has created the phenomenon of the ¿eX-whY? AdVenture!

Our HISTORIC Hammer “Rap-The-Vote Concert Series” Secured Re-Election of Russian President Boris Yeltsin AND Spawned Rise of Vladamir Putin to Power!

“As long as there are reformers in the Russian Federation and the other states leading the journey toward democracy’s horizon, our strategy must be to support them. And our place must be at their side.” -President Bill Clinton on the re-election of Russian President Boris Yeltsin in 1995-

This 1995 event is a WORLD HISTORIC perspective about how our “WORLD ALTERING” Urban-American, western style, political campaign strategy utilizing M. C. Hammer in a “Rap-The-Vote Concert Series” secured the 18-45 voter turnout and the re-election of Russian President Boris Yeltsin in 1995 with the “Our Home Is Russia” (NDR), a Russian liberal political party. Abdul-Jalil al-Hakim devised a strategic plan, executive produced, produced, filmed and broadcast on Russian National TV a series of concerts in St. Petersburg, Moscow, and the WORLD. This campaign tactic was their most effective strategy, greatest strength- uniquely different and vastly superior to anything Russia had ever witnessed. This comprehensive, targeted attack with our expertise well grounded in modern focused campaigning strategy, advertising, marketing, and promotions was trumpeted for saving Russian democracy with Yeltsin’s re-election ensuring continuity in the Democratic evolution of Russia and securing world peace. The television programming was so successful that it has regularly run on air since 1995!

At the time we began our concerts and campaign events over the weeks in St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin was then Deputy mayor of St. Petersburg, organized the St. Petersburg branch of the Party Our Home Is Russia, was it’s Chairman, and led the campaign issue of the party in the elections to the Duma that led to his rise to power and being named President of Russia by Boris Yeltsin.

This strategy was trumpeted for saving Russian democracy with Yeltsin’s re-election ensuring continuity in the Democratic evolution of Russia and securing world peace!

This strategy was heralded world wide by political pundits as “incredibly brilliant”, a “triumph for democratic reform” and “universally invaluable” in it’s effect of having “saved” Russian democracy, as Yeltsin was the only alternative in ensuring continuity in the evolution of Russia and securing world peace.

This coup, a miraculous event in history, was depicted and canonized in the 2004 film “Spinning Boris” starring Jeff Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia and Liev Schreiber.

“Spinning Boris” The Best President of Russia America Ever Had ..L. A. Times Review

Jeff Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia and Liev Schreiber star as a trio of elite American political campaign operatives who were hired in secret to manage Russian President Boris Yeltsin’s election campaign in 1996. He’s polling at 6 percent with the election a few months away. First, they must get someone’s attention; they succeed finally with Yeltsin’s daughter, then it’s polling, focus groups, messages and spin. Even as Yeltsin’s numbers go up, they are unsure who hired them and if Yeltsin’s allies have a different plan in mind than victory. When the going gets toughest, they put a spin on their stake: democracy and capitalism must win. They orchestrate the most spectacular political comeback of the twentieth century – as they “sold” Boris Yeltsin to the Russian public gaining Yeltsin’s successful re-election.

Excerpts of the Re-election of Russian President Boris Yeltsin in “Clinton Secrets”, a book by JOHN DIAMOND, Associated Press Writer

The campaign tactic was their most effective strategy, greatest strength- uniquely different and vastly superior to anything Russia had ever witnessed. This strategic plan with our expertise well grounded in modern American campaigning got Yeltsin re-elected. This was simply a matter of fact that he was the best the modern world could get compared to the alternative communist and he was fully supported by the U.S.

A State Department memorandum, marked “confidential,’’ summarized then President Bill Clinton’s meeting with Yeltsin at a summit in Egypt, where Clinton told Yeltsin he ”wanted to make sure that everything the United States did would have a positive impact and nothing should have a negative impact’’ on Yeltsin’s re-election. The memo added the U. S. wanted an upcoming summit with the Russian leader to be successful to “reinforce everything that Yeltsin had done.’’

THIS BLACK HISTORY IS WORLD HISTORY!

HRH Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulazziz Al-Saud at Euro Disneyland

Abdul-Jalil and Superstar Management has worked in PRIVATE EVENTS with several members of the Saudi Arabian Royal family including His Royal Highness (HRH) Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul Azziz Al-Saud and his son His Royal Highness Prince Khaled bin Al Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia.

Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian billionaire businessman, investor, philanthropist and Royal. He was listed on Time magazine’s Time 100, an annual list of the hundred most influential people in the world, and the fifth-richest man in the world, with a net worth of nearly $28 billion! Al Waleed bin Talal’s grandfather was Saudi Arabia’s founding monarch.

His Kingdom Holding Co. spans four continents. Over the years, he has acquired major stakes in companies such as Citigroup Inc. to the Four Seasons luxury hotel chain, Apple Computer Inc., AOL Time Warner Inc., News Corp., Saks Inc.- parent of retailer Saks Fifth Avenue and owns the Disney company’s Paris resort- Euro Disneyland Paris and its sister park, Walt Disney Studios.

Euro Disney, cost more than $3 billion and is Disney’s most lavish resort, is 4,400 acres parkland, seven hotels, boasting more than 5,000 rooms designed by famed architects Michael Graves and Robert Stern, dozens of restaurants, an entertainment village designed by Frank Gehryat, and has the Paris Metro express to the site 20 miles east of Paris.

What is an Agent, Artist and Business Manager and Why do I need One?

Entertainment law, the art of representing professional athletes and entertainers, is the body of law and legal principles that has developed and evolved in the course of conducting the businesses of and representation of professionals in the fields of Sports, Music, Entertainment, Publishing, Motion Picture, Television, Theater, Interactive Multimedia, and the Internet.
Each of these entities has its own unique features and characteristics in common with the others but consists of a wide variety of legal concepts, rules, statutes, regulations, case law, practices, customs, and legal principles which have a particular application to the creation, production, distribution, and marketing of sports and entertainment intellectual properties.

1995 “Sports Image Awards” Cover

Each branch of the sports and entertainment industry is generally dominated by a small number of larger multi-national organizations being provided entertainment product by large numbers of individuals and smaller companies. Because of this concentration of power, there is a great emphasis on politics and personal relationships in the sports and entertainment industry. As with all other areas of the entertainment industry, the Sports business is dominated by a few powerful companies and personalities that control the creation , production, distribution and marketing – the legal rights to the commercial exploitation of the sports entertainment product.
The sports and entertainment industries, as specialized areas, are composed of many sub-divisions to benefit and enrich an athlete including product endorsements, commercial ads, corporate sponsorships, personal appearances, acting, recording, publishing, concert promotion, talent management, and merchandising. The primary ones are the selling of sports, television, radio, motion picture, and advertising products as well as multimedia, music recording and literary publishing.
Due to the subjective and creative nature of pro sports, and because of the degree of control by the few, the sports agent and business manager must know how the various sports operates and it’s personalities, the customs and practices, and how ones unique talents and abilities and rights are obtained, and protected legally for optimum commercial exploitation for the player. Most importantly, a good sports agent and business manager must have strong contacts and relationships with key people in the sports and entertainment industry, and must have a good reputation.
SSM has handled everything from contract negotiations, arbitrations, salary grievances, booking, production, management, recording, publishing, distribution, merchandising, licensing, to representation in copyright matters, royalty disputes, and an array of sports and entertainment issues and problems, with an emphasis on the sports and music industry. Among those business matters we handle include:

Maude with Both Rolls Royce’s in front of vacation home

* Professional Athlete Representation, Entertainment and Sports Marketing and Business Management, and advise in all areas of sports, music and entertainment matters for professional athletes in Entertainment, Motion Picture, Television, Stage, Radio, and Record contracts as entertainers, artists, labels, producers, songwriter, publishers, distributors, retailers, merchandisers; commercial advertising, corporate sponsorships, product endorsements, marketing and promotions; also including establishing and management of your sports entity;
* Drafting, reviewing and negotiating of contracts for professional athletes; entertainers, artists, recording; producing; motion picture, television, radio and video; performing and touring; booking; publishing; royalties, copyrights and trademarks; distribution; merchandising; interactive multimedia and the internet; synchronization licenses; mechanical licenses; and publishing clearances.
* Record Demo “shopping”; and Label Deals, independent record label, production deals, publishing company and/or distribution company deals.
So if you are an athlete or entertainer and want a new or better contract, have or need a new organization, are a rookie or a free agent and need a way to distinguish your talents or get “noticed”, or an established athlete or entertainer looking for the best business deal or advise in the industry, call us!! If you have a sports or entertainment related contract that you need drafted, reviewed, arbitrated, or negotiated or you are having a contract or salary disputes, let SSM get you the deal that you want!

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Mar

In the 1978 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SPECIAL EDITION on Agents and Money Ruining Sports, the LEAD IN ARTICLE BYLINE FEATURED ABDUL-JALIL.
As President and CEO of Superstar Management since 1971, the first African-American in this field, Abdul-Jalil has a tremendous wealth of experience in all aspects of business and personal management, contract drafting and negotiations, and performed all arbitrations of salary grievances and contract disputes for all professional sports and entertainment clients with unprecedented legal and historical results. He negotiates and drafts all agreements for all publishing, merchandising and licensing; commercial advertisements and product endorsements; corporate sponsorships and affiliations; motion picture, television, radio and personal appearances. He was the first “SUPER AGENT”, CREATED the Profession of Sports/Music/Entertainment Branding, Marketing and Promoting, the African-American in the field and has taught and lectured Entertainment Law for over 45 years. Many of the agents and lawyers in the business where instructed, consulted, influenced or inspired by his work!
Abdul Jalil, without ever attending Law School, has made “Law Review” setting New Law in 4 different LEGAL areas, and published in over 7 Universities Law Reviews, Scholarly Commons, and multiple Course Outlines, Student Journals in the specialty area of Contracts, Finance, Interest, Loans, Reserve/Free Agency System and Restraint of Trade, Sherman Anti-trust Act (15 USC § 1,2), NLRA, Labor Exemption from Antitrust Law, Collective Bargaining, Labor law, Antitrust, Federal Arbitration, Civil Rights, and Insurance; Sports/Music/Entertainment Talk Show Founder, Producer and Host, CSA; Expert and Guest Political/Legal/Business/Sports/Music/Entertainment Analyst and Commentator; Business/Sports/Music/Entertainment Law Lecturer/Presenter; Sports Color Commentator; His “The Stars” show was the FIRST Cable Business/Sports/Music/Entertainment Talk Show in 1973; Sports, Music, Entertainment and Variety Film, TV, Concert and Special Events Content Creator/Producer/Developer/Runner/Promoter; Islamic Dawah Lecturer/Presenter; His Computer Intelligence Company First and Only Minority Certified IBM, Apple, Compact, Microsoft Computer Value Added Dealer (1982); Computer Technology Lecturer/Presenter.
Abdul Jalil negotiated a series of contracts that included many unprecedented benefits to the individual clients, one of which was the innovative use of interest-free loans that could be forgiven, Upon review by the Internal Revenue Service, the contracts and tax returns where thrown out, challenged by the IRS, the IRS filed suit. After an 8 year legal battle, he prevailed in Federal Tax Court, established that Interest free Loans where in fact legal. This unprecedented legal ruling was established as a standard in the Tax Laws and written ALL MAJOR National Law Journals.
He is a WORLD RENOWNED EXPERT for his Historic, Unprecedented, Landmark Case, where he is UNDEFEATED in his Labor Management, Contract Disputes, Salary Grievances, and Federal Arbitration cases impacting MAJOR changes in Labor Law, Collective Bargaining Labor Agreements, Civil Rights, Salary Grievances, Federal Arbitration, Compensation, Interest Free Loans, Rates of Compensation, Legal Impact that CHANGED Compensation in the WORLD.
In 6 months he took the LOWEST paid player in Major League Baseball at $20,000- Lyman Bostock, to signing the RICHEST contract in Professional Team Sports and Baseball History on his 27th birthday with a five-year contract with the California Angels for a $3.5 million plus, unprecedented deal was a FULLY GUARANTEED and INSURED by Lloyds of London, including a $500,000 signing bonus, a $500,000 Interest free loan, a $200,000 Interest free business contract loan. The signing of Bostock culminated an incredible financial turnabout as Bostock worked last summer for $20,000. The contract was PAID in full, after he was murdered on the last day of his first year of the contract with four years left to perform.
In a Historical, Unprecedented case in Sports and Professional Basketball, along with NBA player Brian Taylor, Jalil negotiated an addendum to his contract with the Denver Nuggets for a $250,000 interest free loan, making the contract “tax free”. Taylor also had a clause that stipulated be could become a free agent if the Nuggets breeched his contract in any manner. The Nuggets made the first payment of $50,000 due him on time, they were 19 days late on the second payment before making a partial payment, the third payment which was over 13 days late, so in mid-season the team had sufficiently breached the contract on the final part of the $250,000 interest free loan. The late payments triggered the clause in the addendum that allowed Taylor to opt out of the contract in the middle of the season, and becomes a free agent immediately. It is unique in that it contains a clause providing that should Taylor sign with another NBA team, Denver may not receive compensation in the form of players or draft choices, the compensation must be in the form of cash, half of which goes to Taylor and half to the Nuggets. This clause was unprecedented in major league sports player contracts. NBA Commissioner Larry O’Brien demanded a Collective Bargaining Federal Arbitration hearing on the case because the contract clause was so unique.
Jalil is the agent who represented Junior Moore, who won free agency from the Atlanta Braves in a landmark contract agreement following the 1977 season in a Federal Arbitration case of Moore (MLBPA) vs. Atlanta Braves (MLB), Moore’s contract permitted him to declare himself a free agent based on his own value judgment of the amount of playing time he had with the Braves, Moore chose to leave Atlanta and signed with the Chicago White Sox.
Taylor’s unprecedented case was necessary, as the addendum to the contract was the result of Taylor’s dispute of the contract that was originally negotiated by the NBA Players Union Director Larry Fleisher. The inherent problems that this situation provided for the National Basketball Association, the Kansas City Kings, Denver Nuggets, and most importantly the Director of the NBA Players Union and the Union itself, were incredible! FILLED WITH CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF FRAUD, COLLUSION, and MISREPRESENTATION! The case was so bad that Larry Fleisher, the Director of the NBA Players Union and the Union itself, could NOT represent Taylor in the Federal Arbitration hearing. The Nuggets and the NBA declined to have tapes of the Taylor arbitration/negotiating sessions, heard by renowned federal arbitrator Peter Seitz, who agreed Taylor was free, but that the Nuggets were due compensation. In prevailing in this matter, Taylor received his FULL PAY, the interest free loan, was declared free of his contract (“a Free Agent”), allowed to negotiate a new contract with the team of his choice, Cite Arbitration Decision in the matter of “The National Basketball Association (Denver Nuggets) vs. The National Basketball Players Association (Brian Taylor)”, Jan. 25 1978. After 13 months of being lusted after by as many as 15 NBA teams, after megabuck negotiations with everyone from 76er owner R. Fitz Dixon to the Lakers Jack Kent Cooke, Brian Taylor returned with the San Diego Clippers.
Abdul-Jalil’s Contracts are taught in ALL MAJOR University Juris Doctorate in Law and Maters in Business Administration Curriculums Courses in Federal Income Taxation, Contracts, Salary Grievances/Disputes, Federal Arbitration, Labor Law, Collective Bargaining Labor Agreements, Civil Rights, Employment, Compensation, Interest Free Loans, Rates of Compensation, wherein his Legal Impact has CHANGED the SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT and BUSINESS WORLD:
~ Harvard University School of Law Federal Income Taxation Course Outline, Professor: Flusche, al-Hakim’s victory, in the Federal Tax Court, U. S. Tax Commissioner teaching al-Hakim’s use of interest free loans, Tax Free financial transactions, al-Hakim’s historic impact on Shariah-Riba Complaint financial transactions in the business world,
~ Yale University School of Law Federal Tax Course, Professor: Eric M. Zolt, Text Authors: William A. Klein, Joseph Bankman, Daniel N. Shaviro,
~ Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina, Federal Tax Course on “ISLAMIC & JEWISH PERSPECTIVES ON INTEREST”, Author/Professor: Joel S. Newman, Federal Tax Court, U. S. Tax Commissioner, discusses financial transactions that allow devout Muslims and Jews to obey religious prohibitions against interest, while giving investors a return on their investments, The tax treatment of these transactions is considered, teaching al-Hakim’s use, interest free loans, Tax Free financial transactions, al-Hakim’s historic impact, Shariah, Riba, Complaint financial transactions, the business world,
~ University of Virginia School of Law Federal Tax Course, Professor: M. Robinson, Federal Income Taxation, L. Dominick, Text Authors: William A. Klein, Joseph Bankman, Daniel N. Shaviro,
~ Washington University School of Law Federal Tax Course, Professor: Bixby,
~ Washington & Lee University School of Law Federal Tax Course,
~ Weiler Sports Law, LSE, Labor Arbitration in Professional Sports, The History and Legal Authority of the Sports League Commissioner
~ “A Long Deep Drive to Collective Bargaining, Of Players, Owners, Brawls, and Strikes”, Robert C. Berry, William B. Gould, Student Journals at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Scholarly Commons, Individual v. Collective Interests, Case Western Reserve, Law Review, Volume 31 Summer 1981, CASES, PUBLISHED, UNIVERSITIES, LAW REVIEWS, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, COURSE, OUTLINES, PUBLICATIONS, Case, Western, Reserve, Law, Review,
~ University of Texas School of Law, Course Title: LAW 111, Agent Representation
~ University of Massachusetts- Amherst, Major League Baseball’s Grievance Arbitration System, Glenn M. Wong, Professor of Sports Law, Entertainment and Sports Law, Marquette University School of Law, Entertainment and Sports Law Commons Journals,
~ Marquette Law Scholarly Commons, Interpreting the NFL Player Contract, Professor Gary R. Roberts, Marquette Sports Law Review,
~ Vanderbilt University School of Law, Sports Law, Knight Commission, purpose was to examine NCAA athletics and make recommendations, Professor Joseph Fishman, Studocu,
~ University of Nevada-Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law, Course, Sports Law, Competition Law, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Professor Marc Kligman, Adjunct, Sports Law, University of Nevada William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV 87169927,
~ Santa Clara University School of Law, Legal Professions: Sports Law, The Role of the Commissioner and Other Governing Authorities, Professor Alan W. Scheflin, Santa Clara Law,
~ Quimbee Law School Case Briefs, Overview, Casebooks, study aids, BAR Review, online Continuing Legal Education, CLE courses, Alvin Moore vs Atlanta Braves, Major League Baseball Arbitration Proceeding, MLB-MLBPA Arb. 77-18 (1977), Professor A. Porter,
~ Course Hero Sports Law Outline, 1968 Major League Baseball (MLB) Basic Agreement, made the Commissioner the arbitrator, clearly allowing for arbitration of reserve system grievances,
~ Quizlet, Sports Law 1-3, Alvin Moore & Atlanta Braves (1977),
~ Judd’s Sports Law Outline, SPORTS LAW OUTLINE, Chapter, Best Interests of the Sport: The Role of the Commissioner and Other Governing Authorities,
~ NetSuite Inc, Alvin Moore & Atlanta Braves, Arbitration as an Exclusive Remedy, § 301 Preemption, ABDUL-JALIL, Sports and Entertainment Law Cases in All Major College’s Juris Doctorate Law (JD) and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) Programs, MBA Programs,
~ Harvard University Business School- MBA,
~ Yale University Business School- MBA,
~ Washington University Business School- MBA,
~ Stanford University Graduate School of Business Management- MBA,
~ University of Virginia Graduate School of Business- MBA,
LECTURER AND PRESENTER IN THE FIELDS OF:
~ Music in Islam, University of California, Berkeley, CA 2003
~ National Islamic Convention, Seacaucus., NJ 1997,
~ Host/Honoree: Evening of Elegance, National Arabic Conference, Oakland, CA. 1997,
~ National Islamic Convention, N.Y.C, N.Y. 1996,
~ International Islamic Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 1996,
~ Oaktown Music Conference, Oakland, CA 1996,
~ National Society of Black Engineers Conference-Region 6, San Luis Obispo, CA. 1992,
~ CAREER FEST, Oakland, CA. 1986,
~ California State University, Hayward, CA. 1985,
~ United States Coast Guard, Oakland, CA. 1982,
~ National BALSA Law Conference, Houston, TX 1981,
~ National BALSA Law Conference, Philadelphia, PA. 1982,
~ National BALSA Law Conference, Oakland, CA. 1979,
~ National BALSA Law Conference, N.Y.C., N.Y. 1980,
~ Mountain Regional Law Convention, Oklahoma City, OK. 1980,
~ College of Alameda, Alameda, CA. 1981,
~ Eastern Regional Law Conference, Washington D.C. 1980,
~ National Black Media Convention, Oakland, CA. 1972,
~ National BALSA Law Conference, Washington D.C. 1976,
~ Pacific Coast Law Conference, San Francisco, CA. 1976,
~ Stanford Law Society, Palo Alto, CA. 1976,
~ National Black History Week Awards, San Francisco, CA, 1974,
~ Hip-Hop/Raps influence on Societal America, The Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, CA 2010
MASTERS CLASSES IN THE FIELDS OF:~ SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW*~ THE ART OF REPRESENTING PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES AND ENTERTAINERS*~ REPRESENTING THE PRODUCER*~ REPRESENTING THE DIRECTOR*~ REPRESENTING THE SUPERSTAR*~ GETTING MONEY FOR YOUR MOVIE*~ LICENSING MOTION PICTURES*~ DIGITAL MOVIEMAKING*~ THE BUSINESS OF SPORTS*~ THE BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT*~ SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING*~ ADVERTISING, MARKETING, PROMOTION, SPONSORSHIPS, BRANDING AND HIP HOP CULTURE~ HIP HOP AND THE SPREAD OF ISLAM*~ ISLAM AND MUSIC*

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Mar

Julia Foxx
In today’s digital age, the power of personal branding has never been more apparent. For student athletes, entertainers, celebrities, and influencers, the ability to monetize their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) has become a game-changer. Thanks to the NCAA’s recent policy change allowing college student athletes to profit from their NIL, a world of opportunities has opened up. Leading the way in this transformative landscape is the Congress of Athletes Entertainers and Celebrities Creating Alternatives for Youths (CAECAY). With over 50 years of experience and a commitment to empowering individuals, CAECAY, in collaboration with esteemed organizations and personalities like the Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation, AMWF, Abdul-Jalil al-Hakim, Superstar Management, Ex-why AdVentures, and Nowtruth, is poised to revolutionize the world of NIL monetization.

Client Campaign: “Unlock Your Potential with CAECAY’s NIL Monetization Program”

Campaign Objective:

To raise awareness among student athletes, entertainers, celebrities, and influencers about the Congress of Athletes Entertainers and Celebrities Creating Alternatives for Youths (CAECAY), partnership with Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation, AMWF, Abdul-Jalil al-Hakim, Superstar Management, Ex-why AdVentures, and Nowtruth and its NIL Monetization Program. The campaign aims to showcase the opportunities available through monetizing Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) and encourage individuals to leverage their personal brand for financial success.

Monetizing Your Personal Brand: CAECAY Empowering Student Athletes, Entertainers, Celebrities, and Influencers with NIL Expertise

“Embrace Your Power. Monetize Your Influence. Join CAECAY’s NIL Revolution!”

Target Audience:

Student Athletes, Entertainers, Celebrities, and Influencers seeking to monetize their NIL and earn income from their personal brand.
Athletes, Entertainers, Celebrities, and Influencers looking to expand their revenue streams and maximize their reach.
Coaches, mentors, and industry professionals who support and guide athletes, entertainers, celebrities, and influencers.

Campaign Elements:

Motion Picture, Television, Video, Radio, Audio, Print Commercial/Ads, Social Media, Podcast, Blog/Vlog, Web Ads:

Create visually captivating and inspiring commercial ads that highlight the success stories of athletes, entertainers, and influencers who have benefited from CAECAY’s NIL Monetization Program. Showcase the various avenues of income generation, such as autograph signings, coaching lessons/clinics, social media endorsements, and appearances at restaurants or events.

Digital Advertisements:

Develop engaging digital ads for social media platforms, websites, and mobile apps. These ads will:

Feature compelling visuals and persuasive messaging to capture attention and generate interest.
Highlight the financial opportunities available through NIL monetization and CAECAY, Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation, AMWF, Abdul-Jalil al-Hakim, Superstar Management, Ex-why AdVentures, and Nowtruth’s expertise in the field.
Direct viewers to the CAECAY, Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation, AMWF, Abdul-Jalil al-Hakim, Superstar Management, Ex-why AdVentures, and Nowtruth website or dedicated landing page for more information and enrollment.

Influencer Collaborations:

Partner with influential athletes, entertainers, celebrities, and social media influencers who have successfully monetized their NIL. They will serve as brand ambassadors and share their experiences, insights, and endorsement of CAECAY, Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation, AMWF, Abdul-Jalil al-Hakim, Superstar Management, Ex-why AdVentures, and Nowtruth’s NIL Monetization Program through:
Sponsored social media posts and stories.
Live streams or recorded videos discussing the benefits of NIL monetization and CAECAY, Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation, AMWF, Abdul-Jalil al-Hakim, Superstar Management, Ex-why AdVentures, and Nowtruth’s support.
Collaborative content, such as Q&A sessions or exclusive interviews, showcasing their journey and financial success.

Educational Webinars and Workshops:

Organize informative webinars and workshops led by industry experts and professionals from CAECAY, Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation, AMWF, Abdul-Jalil al-Hakim, Superstar Management, Ex-why AdVentures, and Nowtruth. These sessions will cover topics like:
Understanding the legal aspects and guidelines of NIL monetization.
Building and managing a personal brand for maximum impact.
Social media strategies to enhance engagement and attract sponsorships.
Financial planning and wealth management for long-term success.
Contract negotiations and endorsement opportunities.
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PR and Media Outreach:

Engage with media outlets, sports networks, and entertainment platforms to share the success stories of individuals who have thrived through CAECAY, Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation, AMWF, Abdul-Jalil al-Hakim, Superstar Management, Ex-why AdVentures, and Nowtruth’s NIL Monetization Program. Provide press releases, interviews, and media kits highlighting the transformative experiences and financial gains achieved by program participants.

Campus Activations and Events:

Organize interactive events and activations on college campuses, sports venues, and entertainment hubs. These activities may include:

Panel discussions featuring industry experts, successful athletes, entertainers, and influencers sharing their NIL monetization journey.
Autograph signings, meet-and-greets, or mini-clinics conducted by prominent athletes or entertainers.
Competitions or challenges encouraging students to showcase their talent and entrepreneurial spirit.
Sponsorship of sporting events or concerts, leveraging CAECAY, Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation, AMWF, Abdul-Jalil al-Hakim, Superstar Management, Ex-why AdVentures, and Nowtruth’s presence to connect with the target audience.

Measurement and Evaluation:

Track website traffic, click-through rates, and conversions from digital advertisements.
Monitor social media analytics to assess reach, engagement, and audience sentiment.
Measure the number of enrollments and inquiries received through the campaign period.
Conduct surveys and feedback sessions to gauge awareness, perception, and satisfaction among the target audience.
Monitor media coverage, including press mentions, interviews, and features, to evaluate campaign reach and impact.

CAECAY recognizes that student athletes and entertainers possess unique talents and personal brands that can be harnessed for financial gain. Through their comprehensive program, they equip individuals with the knowledge, tools, and support necessary to leverage their NIL effectively. Whether it’s signing autographs, coaching lessons and clinics, social media endorsements, or appearances at restaurants and events, CAECAY, Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation, AMWF, Abdul-Jalil al-Hakim, Superstar Management, Ex-why AdVentures, and Nowtruth’s program provides the guidance needed to maximize earning potential. Their expertise and proven track record make them an invaluable resource for those seeking to monetize their personal brand.

Empowering Through Education:

One of CAECAY’s core principles is education. They understand the importance of equipping student athletes and entertainers with the skills and knowledge required to navigate the complexities of NIL monetization. Through their partnership with industry experts and professionals, CAECAY offers educational webinars and workshops that cover a wide range of topics. From legal aspects and guidelines surrounding NIL monetization to building and managing a personal brand, participants gain valuable insights and practical strategies for success. CAECAY’s dedication to empowering individuals through education sets them apart as a leader in the field.

A Network of Support:

CAECAY’s network of influential organizations and personalities provides participants with unparalleled opportunities for growth and collaboration. The Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation, AMWF, Abdul-Jalil al-Hakim, Superstar Management, Ex-why AdVentures, and Nowtruth bring their expertise, connections, and resources to the table, ensuring participants receive the support they need to thrive. With their guidance, individuals can navigate the intricacies of contract negotiations, endorsement deals, and wealth management, fostering long-term success in their careers.

Creating Alternatives for Youths:

Beyond the individual benefits, CAECAY’s mission extends to creating alternatives for youths. By empowering student athletes and entertainers to monetize their NIL, CAECAY generates opportunities that not only shape their own futures but also provide inspiration and pathways for aspiring young talents. Through mentorship programs, community engagements, and outreach initiatives, CAECAY strives to make a positive impact on the lives of young individuals, creating a ripple effect that reaches far beyond the realm of sports and entertainment.

As the landscape of collegiate sports and entertainment continues to evolve, CAECAY stands at the forefront, offering a comprehensive program that unlocks the financial potential of student athletes and entertainers through NIL monetization.

Through an integrated advertising campaign encompassing television commercials, digital advertisements, influencer collaborations, educational webinars, PR outreach, and campus activations, CAECAY aims to empower student athletes, entertainers, celebrities, and influencers to monetize their NIL. By showcasing success stories, providing educational resources, and fostering strategic partnerships, the campaign will drive awareness and engagement, positioning CAECAY as a trusted partner in unlocking financial opportunities through NIL monetization.

With their 50 years of experience, partnerships with influential organizations and personalities, and dedication to education and empowerment, CAECAY is paving the way for a new era of financial opportunities. By joining forces with the Aaron & Margaret Wallace Foundation, AMWF, Abdul-Jalil al-Hakim, Superstar Management, Ex-why AdVentures, and Nowtruth, CAECAY creates a formidable alliance that is set to revolutionize the world of NIL. Together, they provide the guidance, resources, and support needed for individuals to maximize their personal brand and create a prosperous future.

To enjoy these benefits, join CAECAY’s “ICONS CHARITY REGISTRAR”, go to“Matching Charitable Philanthropic Organizations with ICONS”: https://caecay.org/matching-charitable-philanthropic-organizations-with-icons/ or “Matching ICONS with Charitable Philanthropic Organizations”: https://caecay.org/matching-icons-with-charitable-philantropic-organizations/

Mar

Exhibits and Booths are available Thursday through Saturday ($25 for agencies and businesses and $15 for artist and non-profit organizations)
Job interviews in Castro Valley Room

BALSA Proudly Presents Our Keynote Speaker
Minister Abdul Farrakhan
Minister Farrakhan has been a follower of the Honorable Elijah Muhammed for the past 23 years since 1955. On the death of Malcolm X, in 1965, Minister Farrakhan became the minister of the Harlem Mosque. In 1967, he became the National Representative and Spokesman for Elijah Muhammed. As a result, the minister has spoken at all major educational and theological institutions and over 100 cities in America. He has lectured in the Carribeans, South America and Africa. He has been invited as a guest of several countries including Jamaica, Barbados, Cuba, Ugunda, Libya, Egypt, Saudia Arabia, and Nigeria.
In 1977, he decided to take up the responsibility of helping restore the work of Elijah in the Nation of Islam.
Minister Farrakhan is married and has 9 children. He is presently residing in Chicago.

MORE BLACK HISTORY!

MARCH 1979- THE HISTORIC BALSA 1979 NATIONAL LAW CONVENTION “The Reconstruction of Black Civilizations”

THE HISTORIC BLACK AMERICAN LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION, 11TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONVENTION, MARCH 28-APRIL 1, 1979, HYATT, OAKLAND, WAS THEMED: “THE RECONSTRUCTION OF BLACK CIVILIZATIONS.” DEDICATED TO- REV. BEN CHAVIS OF THE WILMINGTON TEN, WITH INTRODUCTION- MAYOR LIONEL WILSON, AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER- MIN. LOUIS FARRAKHAN.
THERE ARE WELL KNOWN NAMES IN BLACK HISTORY, AFTER WHOM SCHOOLS AND HOLIDAYS HAVE BEEN NAMED. THEY RANGE FROM TOUSSANT L’ OVERTURE TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING. THEY INCLUDE MALCOLM X, W.E.B. DUBOIS, HARRIET TUBMAN, GEORGE JACKSON, AND MARCUS GARVEY.
ASIDE FROM THE OBVIOUS COMMONALITY AMONG THEM, THAT THEY ALL CONTRIBUTED MIGHTILY TO OUR THREE HUNDRED YEAR STRUGGLE, THERE IS ANOTHER DISTINGUISHING SIMILARITY. THEY ARE ALL DEAD.
BALSA, THROUGH IT’S NATIONAL CONVENTION COMMITTEE, PAYS TRIBUTE TO OUR PAST LEADERSHIP. THIS YEAR, HOWEVER, THE CONVENTION IS TO BE DEDICATED TO A LIVING LEADER; ONE BY WHOSE EXAMPLE THE WHOLE WORLD HAS SEEN NOT ONLY THE STRENGTH, CHARACTER, AND DEDICATION OF WHICH WE ARE ALL CAPABLE, BUT ALSO THE DUPLICITY AND HYPOCRASY OF ALL LEVELS OF OUR GOVERNMENT, UP TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, IN IMPRISONING A PERSON FOR HIS BELIEFS.
THE TERM “POLITICAL PRISONER” IS NOW BEING ECHOED IN THE HALLS OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND IS ROLLING OF THE LETTERS OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, MAKING REFERENCE TO THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE OF THIS MAN.
AT THIS CONVENTION, BALSA INTENDS TO EXCITE THE MINDS OF EACH DELEGATE TO RETURN HOME AND BEGIN A NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN OF EFFECTIVE AGITATION FOR THIS MAN’S RELEASE FROM PRISON.
THIS YEAR, BALSA DEDICATES IT’S CONVENTION TO NONE OTHER THAN THE REVEREND BEN CHAVIS OF THE WILMINGTON TEN.
THE WILMINGTON TEN (BEN CHAVIS SEATED AT LEFT) BEFORE 1976 IMPRISONMENT
“AS WE SEEK TO AWAKEN AND TO RE-EDUCATE, LET US ALSO SEEK TO REUNIFY, LET US FURTHER SEEK TO GIVE CONCRETE ASSISTANCE TO THE PATRIOTIC FRONT AND TO ALL OTHER FREEDOM FIGHTERS. AS WE SURELY STRUGGLE TOGETHER, WE WILL SURELY WIN TOGETHER.”
REVEREND BENJAMIN F. CHAVIS JR. HILLSBOROUGH,
NORTH CAROLINA STATE PRISON NOVEMBER 1978
BALSA PROUDLY PRESENTS OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER
MINISTER ABDUL FARRAKHAN
MINISTER FARRAKHAN HAS BEEN A FOLLOWER OF THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMED FOR THE PAST 23 YEARS SINCE 1955. ON THE DEATH OF MALCOLM X, IN 1965, MINISTER FARRAKHAN BECAME THE MINISTER OF THE HARLEM MOSQUE. IN 1967, HE BECAME THE NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND SPOKESMAN FOR ELIJAH MUHAMMED. AS A RESULT, THE MINISTER HAS SPOKEN AT ALL MAJOR EDUCATIONAL AND THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTIONS AND OVER 100 CITIES IN AMERICA. HE HAS LECTURED IN THE CARRIBEANS, SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA. HE HAS BEEN INVITED AS A GUEST OF SEVERAL COUNTRIES INCLUDING JAMAICA, BARBADOS, CUBA, UGUNDA, LIBYA, EGYPT, SAUDIA ARABIA, AND NIGERIA.
IN 1977, HE DECIDED TO TAKE UP THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HELPING RESTORE THE WORK OF ELIJAH IN THE NATION OF ISLAM.
MINISTER FARRAKHAN IS MARRIED AND HAS 9 CHILDREN. HE IS PRESENTLY RESIDING IN CHICAGO.
THE CONVENTION FEATURED A VERITABLE “WHO’S WHO” OF NATIONS LEADING BLACK LEGAL PRESENTERS: JUNIUS WILLIAMS- PRES. NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION , HON. BEN TRAVIS, ABDUL-JALIL AL-HAKIM, ATTORNEY DON WARDEN (KHALID AL-MANSOUR), ATTORNEY ROGER HOLMES (DR. FAISAL FAHAD AL-TALAL), DAVE WILMONT-GEORGETOWN LAW CENTER; ATTORNEY HOWARD MOORE, ALFRED SLOCUM- RUTGERS SCHOOL OF LAW, ANGELA DAVIS, VICTOR GOODE- EX. DIR. NCBL, HON. JUDITH FORD, HERB REED- HOWARD SCHOOL OF LAW, ASA HILLIARD, NATHAN HARE, RON BAILY- NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, ATTORNEY MICHAEL ASHBURNE, DAVID HALL- FTC, DENICE CARTY BERNIA- NORTH EASTERN UNIVERSITY; KWAME MATHEWS- NCBL, RAY RICHARDSON- SAN FRANCISCO STATE ETHNIC STUDIES DEPT., JACKIE HUBBARD- NEW COLLEGE OF LAW & PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE, SAN FRANCISCO, SHARON MEADOWS- BAY VIEW HUNTER’S POINT COMMUNITY DEFENDERS, SAN FRANCISCO, YVONNE KING- NCBL COLLEGE OF LAW, DAVE WILMONT- GEORGETOWN LAW CENTER, I.P.J. OBEBE- NIGERIAN CONSULATE GENERAL, CARLTON LOWE- ATTORNEY OF THE FTC, PREXY NESBITT- INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES, THEO BEN-GUIRIRAB- SWAPO, MOOT COURT JUDGES: HON. WILEY MANUEL, HON. CLINTON WHITE, HON. DAVID CUNNINGHAM, HON. ALLEN BROUSSARD, ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE- WAJUMBE DANCERS & THE VOCAL WORKSHOP, BRIDGE WITH PAUL SMITH; THE BALSA, NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION, NCBL, CHARLES HOUSTON BAR ASSOCIATION, CABL, NAACP, NLG; WITH “THANKS” TO- ATTORNEY JOHN BURRIS, ATTORNEY PETER COHEN, ATTORNEY CLAUDE AMES, ATTORNEY ROBERT HARRIS, ATTORNEY EVA PATTERSON, AND ATTORNEY GEORGE HOLLAND.
PROGRAM AND ITINERARY FOR THE 11TH CONVENTION
WEDNESDAY MARCH 28TH
8:30AM – 5PM REGISTRATION
9AM – 2PM TOURS AND LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
2PM GREETINGS FROM THE CONVENTION COORDINATOR AND
INTRODUCTION OF THE BOARD, COMMITTEE CHAIRS & TASKFORCE CHAIRS
SPEAKER: THE HONORABLE LIONEL WILSON, MAYOR OF OAKLAND “ALAMEDA ROOM”
2:30PM – 4PM PRESS CONFERENCE “IN THE CASE OF WEBER” WITH REPRESENTATION FROM BALSA, NBA, NCBL, CHARLES HOUSTON, CABL, NAACP & NLG “ALAMEDA ROOM”
4PM – 5:30PM COMMITTEE & TASKFORCE MEETINGS
ELECTIONS- ROSALYN BATES, CHAIR
SAN LEANDRO ROOM
RESOLUTIONS- CLIFTON GRAVES, CHAIR
PETALUMA ROOM
CREDENTIALS- JOSET WRIGHT, CHAIR ATHERTON ROOM*
GREIVANCES- JOE KNIGHT, CHAIR
CASTRO VALLEY ROOM
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION- LAURENCE MAYBERRY, CHAIR
SAN LEANDRO ROOM
CONSTITUTION- CHRISTINE TRIPP, CHAIR
SAN LORENZO ROOM
SOUTHERN AFRICA- JULIALYNNE WALKER, CHAIR
SAN LORENZO ROOM
BLACK HUMAN RIGHTS- KWAME MATHEWS, CHAIR
SAN LORENZO ROOM
4PM – 5PM FILM: “LAST GRAVE AT DIMBAZA” *ALAMEDA ROOM*
5PM – 7PM DINNER ON YOUR OWN (HUGO’S BY RESERVATION ONLY)
7PM – 9PM WORKSHOPS
SURVIVAL OF BLACK INSTITUTIONS
KWAME MATHEWS, BOARD MEMBER NCBL COLLEGE OF LAW “THE PRESENT PLIGHT OF BLACK EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS”
(SLIDE PRESENTATION)
RAY RICHARDSON, SAN FRANCISCO STATE ETHNIC STUDIES DEPT.
“STRATEGIES FOR MAINTAINING BLACK INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS”
SAN LEANDRO ROOM
CRIMINAL LAW
JACKIE HUBBARD, NEW COLLEGE OF LAW & PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE, SAN FRANCISCO
“HOW TO BE GOOD PUBLIC DEFENDERS”
HOWARD MOORE, BELL & MOORE, OAKLAND
“STRATEGIES FOR CRIMINAL DEFENSE: THE SKILLS REQUIRED
SHARON MEADOWS, BAY VIEW HUNTER’S POINT COMMUNITY DEFENDERS, SAN FRANCISCO
“POLITICAL USE OF THE LAW: THE CASE OF GERONIMO PRATT” *RICHMOND ROOM*
PRISONS AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY
AFRICAN NATIONAL PRISON ORGANIZATION STAFF
“WHY THERE MUST BE A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE PRISON SYSTEM”
YVONNE KING, STUDENT NCBL COLLEGE OF LAW “PRISON STRUGGLES AND THE LAW STUDENT”
PETALUMA ROOM
EXAM WRITING, BAR PASSAGE & RETENTION
DAVE WILMONT, GEORGETOWN LAW CENTER “RETENTION OF LAW STUDENTS IN THE BAKKE ERA”
VICTOR GOODE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NCBL “BLACKS AND BAR PASSAGE”
ATHERTON ROOM
9PM – 11PM MEET THE CANDIDATES (SPEECHES) CHEESE & WINE RECEPTION *ALAMEDA FOYER”
11PM – 1PM FILMS: “FREE NAMIBIA” “SIX DAYS AT SOWETO”
ALAMEDA ROOM
THURSDAY MARCH 29TH
8:30AM – 5PM REGISTRATION
9AM – 1PM OFFICIAL OPENING AND PLENARY SESSION
ALAMEDA ROOM
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: JUNIUS WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION
1PM – 2PM LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
3PM – 6PM PRELIMINARY MOOT COURT COMPETITION
(HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW)
2PM – 5PM WORKSHOPS
“INTERNATIONAL LAW & FOREIGN POLICY”
I.P.J. OBEBE, NIGERIAN CONSULATE GENERAL
BABS M. WILLIAMS, WESTERN HOUSE, LAGOS, NIGERIA
E. OLU BEREOLA, VICE PRESIDENT
IMPEX INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL
STAFF OF JONES, HOLMES & WARDEN, SAN FRANCISCO
OAKLAND ROOM C
3PM – 5PM WORKSHOPS
SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT LAW
ABDUL HAKIM, PRIVATE PRACTICE,
“BLACK ATHLETES: A CALL FOR MORE BLACK SPORTS LAWYERS”
MICHEAL ASHBURME, PRIVATE PRACTICE ATTORNEY, SAN FRANCISCO
CAROL LAWRENCE, FILM PRODUCER
“ENTERTAINMENT LAW”
OAKLAND ROOM B
CONSUMER FRAUD
JUDY FORD & JUDY JOHNSON, CONSUMER FRAUD
UNIT OF THE D.A.’S OFFICE, SAN FRANCISCO
“CONSUMER FRAUD & THE BLACK COMMUNITY” *OAKLAND ROOM A*
5PM – 5:30PM ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING WITH CHAPTER PRESIDENTS
“OAKLAND ROOM D”
5PM – 7PM DINNER ON YOUR OWN (DINNER MEETINGS WITH COMMITTEES, TASKFORCES, AND CHAPTER PRESIDENTS)
7PM – 8PM REGIONAL CAUCUSES
OAKAND A, B, C, D, & SAN LEANDRO ROOMS
8PM – 10PM FILMS: “MALCOLM X” “LAST GRAVE AT DIMBAZA”
“ALAMEDA ROOM”
FRIDAY MARCH 30TH
8:30AM – 5PM REGISTRATION
9AM – 1PM PLENARY SESSION (RESOLUTIONS)
“ALAMEDA ROOM”
SPEAKER: THE HONORABLE MAYOR A.J. COOPER, PRITCHARD, ALABAMA
1PM – 3PM LUNCH ON YOUR OWN (TRAVEL TO HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACTIVITIES)
3PM – 6PM WORKSHOPS
(NOTE: ALL FRIDAY WORKSHOPS WILL BE VIDEO TAPED & SHOWN ON SATURDAY)
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
HERB REED, HOWARD SCHOOL OF LAW
“AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION”
ALFRED SLOCUM, RUTGERS SCHOOL OF LAW
“STRATEGIES IN ADMISSIONS AFTER BAKKE”
DENICE CARTY BERNIA, PROF. NORTH EASTERN UNIVERSITY, BOSTON, MASS.
CHAIR OF NCBL LEGAL EDUCATION & BAR ADMISSIONS TASKFORCE “FUTURE DIRECTIONS & STRATEGIES IN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION”
SANDRA JONES, STUDENT BOALT HALL & NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOARD MEMBER LSCRRC
“LAW SCHOOL ADMISSIONS PROGRAMS & POLICY SINCE BAKKE”
VICTOR GOODE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NCBL
“EMPLOYMENT IN THE FACE OF PRESENT LITIGATION”
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
ANGELA DAVIS, NEW COLLEGE OF LAW & THE ALLIANCE
“THE FIGHT TO MAINTAIN REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL”
COMMERCIAL LAW
DANA STEPHENS & STAFF, NBA
6PM – 8PM DINNER RECEPTION (HONORING OUR JUDGES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS) *HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW THE COMMONS
KEYNOTE: BRUCE WRIGHT
8PM – 10PM MOOT COURT FINALS
“HASTINGS COLLEGE OF LAW*
11PM – 12PM AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION ON THE CUBAN FESTIVAL
SPEAKERS: TERESA CROPPER, NATIONAL PRESIDENT & CUBAN FESTIVAL DELEGATE AND SANDRA JONES, BOALT HALL STUDENT & CUBAN FESTIVAL DELEGATE
“RICHMOND ROOM”
11PM – 1:30PM DISCO & FASHION SHOW
*HYATT HOUSE, ALAMEDA ROOM*
SATURDAY MARCH 31ST
10AM – 3PM REGISTRATION
10AM – 1PM PLENARY SESSION (ELECTIONS & RESIDUAL RESOLUTIONS)
“ALAMEDA ROOM”
SPEAKER: DENICE CARTY BERNIA, PROFESSOR, NORTH EASTERN UNIVERSITY, BOSTON, MASS.
10AM – 1PM LAW DAY
“HAYWARD ROOM”
3PM – 5PM WORKSHOPS
PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOLOGY, & THE LAW
MICHAEL WRIGHT, PHD CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY & STUDENT AT BOALT HALL
“THE LSAT AND IT’S NON-PREDICTIVENESS”
ASA HILLIARD, SAN FRANCISCO STATE, DEAN OF EDUCATION
“THE SHAM OF EDUCATIONAL STANDARDIXED TEST”
NATHAN HARE, SOCIOLOGIST, HISTORIAN, PSYCHOLOGIST
“THE HISTORY OF JURISPRUDENCE AND THE MENTAL HEALTH OF BLACK PEOPLE”
OAKLAND ROOM D
CONSUMER PROTECTION
DAVID HALL & CARLTON LOWE, ATTORNEY OF THE FTC
“CONSUMERISM IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY”
OAKLAND ROOM C
VIDEO TAPES OAKLAND ROOMS A & B
2PM – 5PM WORKSHOPS
SOUTHERN AFRICA
PREXY NESBITT, INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES- VISITING FELLOWS AFRICA PROJECT, “WAGING A SUCCESSFUL S. A. BANK CAMPAIGN”
RON BAILY, CHICAGO COMMITTEE FOR A FREE AFRICA & PROF. AFRO-STUDIES & POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITY & PEOPLE’S COLLEGE, “FREE ZIMBABWE: SELL S. A. STOCK!; THE CASE OF CHICAGO”
THEO BEN-GUIRIRAB; SWAPO OBSERVER MISSION, “THE PATRIOTIC FRONT: ANALYSIS & PROGRESS”
RUTH GORDON, STUDENT N.Y.U. & SUMMER INTERN FOR NLG S. A. PROJECT, “UNIVERSITY RESPONSE TO DIVESTMENT ACTIVITIES”
6PM – 7PM CASH BAR
“ALAMEDA FOYER”
7PM – 10PM BANQUET
“ALAMEDA ROOM”
KEYNOTE: MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN
ENTERTAINMENT: WAJUMBE DANCERS & THE VOCAL WORKSHOP
11PM- ? ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE
“ALAMEDA ROOM”
FEATURING BRIDGE WITH PAUL SMITH
SUNDAY APRIL 1ST
9AM- ? EXECUTIVE SESSIONS
9AM- 12 PM TOURS
9AM- 12 PM VIDEO TAPES
“SAN LORENZO ROOM”
12 NOON CONVENTION FORMALLY OVER