MILWAUKEE (AP) A professor at the Marquette University Law School has been named the next president of the Sports Lawyers Association.
Matt Mitten begins his two-year term in 2015 at the helm of the 1,700-member organization for those who practice and teach sports law.
Sports lawyers are different from sports agents in that they might serve as general counsel for a team or a personal lawyer for professional athletes.
Others get involved with high-profile cases, such as the Donald Sterling saga or the efforts of Northwestern University football players to unionize.
They might also be a part of a growing area of litigation - youth sports. Mitten says a handful of parents have sued after teenage athletes overexerted themselves in youth leagues and suffered injuries that might cost them college scholarships.
