Dr. Anastasios Kaburakis

1) Current research projects cited in recent Chronicle of Higher Education and ESPN articles. Also recent entry in the Sports Law Blog.

2) Good friend and colleague Dr. Ryan Rodenberg, fellow traveler in professional service and academic contributions, as well as several empirical legal scholarship journeys, and I co-authored “Sports Law Analytics“, published in the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Analytics online journal, May-June 2011. A podcast on it is available as well.

Took a lot of hard work, but definitely worth every second… We proudly announce the commencement of operations for the Saint Louis University (SLU) John Cook School of Business (JCSB) Sports Business program.

Honoring us with their presence and contributions during our kickoff event were several top executives from the sport industry, and we are blessed to have many good friends and supporters joining our Advisory Board team for future directions of the program and our students’ tremendous benefit. Importantly, the work conducted around the days of the symposium in Alliance for Sport Business workshops, in regard to directions of the field and programs in Schools of Business, was simply outstanding and truly promising for the future.

Wholehearted thanks to all who participated and celebrated with us!

… honored, humbled, and tremendously excited for good work ahead on all fronts:
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Several updates on various projects and significant developments for our SLU Program, the Alliance for Sport Business, our collaborative research groups, and a host of promising opportunities we have been blessed with, to ensue over the course of the next couple of months… It will surely be a plenty busy and entertaining spring… We will all keep enjoying the learning process and contribution efforts.

Also overdue, some NCAA amateurism policy and international student-athletes updates, during an extremely hectic fall and academic year. Roundup of amateurism-related proposals, commercial actors and promotional activity, agents and professional sports counseling panels, as well as the usual tidbits of insight from key stakeholders, should follow upon return from the NCAA Convention in San Antonio, over the second week of Jan. Further, the Scholarly Colloquium will allow for important discussions and yield potential directions for gender and inclusion policy, with our panel focusing on transgender and intersex athletes’ matters, following the ISLBC keynote forum.
Stay tuned and if around during the days of the Convention in San Antonio, please feel free to contact so we may visit and brainstorm on issues of interest.

Update: New Call for Abstracts available as of Mon, April 4, 2010. See below and the ISLBC website. Also, peruse our colleagues’ May Istanbul international sports law symposium here.

Dr. Kaburakis is cooperating with several academic and industry constituents, organizing the International Sport Law and Business Conference, to take place in Istanbul, Turkey, September 6-7, 2010. This promises to be an excellent gathering of intellectual capital, with tremendous potential for meaningful contributions to the field through the establishment of partnerships, quality publications, and mutually beneficial initiatives pursued by sport professionals. At times of extremes, intense hardship felt by this and most other industries, as well as the concurrent opportunities that trying times carry, there is no better venue to reach balanced analysis and carefully weighed recommendations than Istanbul, embodying the “bridge between worlds” since its founding. Do consider joining the outstanding group of colleagues that have been contributing research, reviews, and support in September. As you will realize by the Call below and after perusing the conference website, this is definitely a worthwhile venture, with a great deal to offer.

Keep checking the ISLBC website for updates and consider making travel plans well in advance. These will be busy, productive, and thoroughly enjoyable times in Istanbul. As evident from recent past, when Greek and Turkish colleagues put their heads together… miracles tend to happen!

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Dr. Kaburakis was in Greece 9/30-10/6 for the American Community Schools (ACS) of Athens International Coaching Clinic and academic-administrative meetings in Athens and Thessaloniki.

First Session was Thursday, October 1st, 6p, at ACS (new library):
Bridges to Higher Education. Combining Education and Athletics.
Administrators, Academic Advisors, Coaches, Parents, and Prospective Student-Athletes session.
Various key constituents and administrators attended. Pleasant surprise to see approximately 80 attendees there. Everyone in this session contributed in making it a very informative, insightful, and enjoyable evening in view of assisting young student-athletes who wish to pursue both their academic and athletic dreams internationally.

Second and third sessions were held at the new library above the ACS gym on Saturday, October 3rd, 9a:
The Bridge to the World of US College Basketball.
Session I: “How you can help your players…” Scholarship opportunities for Greek and international athletes in US colleges and universities. Amateurism policy and recent developments.
Session II: “How you can help yourself…” Coaches’ opportunities for graduate studies, involvement with NCAA coaches, and NCAA teams.

Coaches and basketball constituents from all parts of Greece and Cyprus attended the event.
Time was well spent, discussing important issues of impact on young people’s academic and athletic pursuits.
Thanks to all the coaches who attended during the national election weekend. Your presence was much appreciated and organizers trust you enjoyed a productive experience. Hopefully this interaction and ensuing opportunities for further cooperation will allow coaches and administrators to offer valuable service to young athletes.

The clinic was an outstanding event, featuring top-level NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s basketball coaches with long records of success in highly competitive settings, NCAA post-season participation, NCAA Final Fours, USA basketball and international coaching experience, as well as Greek coaches with recent unprecedented international competitions’ success in FIBA events. The clinic was accredited by the Greek Basketball Coaches Association and the Greek Basketball Federation.

The clinic’s homepage is found here.

Schedule is found here.

Coaches and presenters bios here.

Links from the Coaches Association here and here.

Images from the clinic:

More images from the clinic can be found here.

Dr. Kaburakis is assisting Annie Constantinides, Director of Athletics at the American Community Schools (ACS) of Athens, Greece, in planning and organizing the 1st ACS International Basketball Clinic, featuring top-level NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s basketball coaches and Greek coaches with recent international competitions’ success in FIBA events. The clinic is accredited by the Greek Basketball Coaches Association and the Greek Basketball Federation.

There has been considerable work invested into the project and it promises to be a top quality event. According to the latest updates from ACS Athens and the Coaches Association, coaches and basketball constituents from all parts of Greece will attend the event.

The clinic’s homepage and registration forms found here.

UPDATE:

Due to the general national elections in Greece October the 4th, the clinic updated schedule is found here.

Coaches and presenters bios here.

Links from the Coaches Association here and here.