Sectors
Foley & Lardner LLP partners Trey McDonald III and James Carlos McFall were featured in the Law360’s article, “Young Athletes Are Wising Up, But Attys Say They’re Still Kids,” discussing the challenges facing college student-athletes in the evolving name, image, and likeness landscape.
On the role of parents in navigating business decisions, McDonald noted, “if a parent oversteps, the players are not reluctant to call us on the side and say, ‘Hey, maybe I don’t think that’s best.’”
McFall observed that today’s athletes must make high-stakes decisions under public scrutiny. He stated, “I think what you are seeing are, in my opinion, some of the most impressive people [who] have ever existed and [who are] doing it with more eyes on them than anybody in world history has ever had, [while] having to navigate a legal landscape that is evolving rapidly.”
McDonald noted that young athletes may encounter business opportunities that are not always in their best interests, emphasizing the importance of legal counsel.
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