Lou Schiff Part 2, Baseball and Law class

Minor League settlements, Flying Hot Dogs, Bat Boys & The
Law
The Honorable Lou Schiff,  Judge in Broward County Florida.
A Marlins fan who is also a professor who teaches a course on
Baseball and the Law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Part 1 of the Lou Schiff interview can be found here



Lou has a variety of special professional guests for his
class

Bob Whitsitt – GM & President of several teams
including Trail Blazers & Seattle Seahawks

Melissa Ludtke, Sports Journalist – won lawsuit be
allowed in MLB locker rooms. @MelissaLudtke

Adam Hanson, Attorney & former Twins Bat Boy for for
11 years @adam_hanson1 

Stew Thornley – Official Scorer for Twins & helps
write the explanation of the rules for MLB and on appeals
committee for scoring decisions @stewthornley


St. Paul Saints – most wonderful hosts




Minor Leagues

Treatment of Minor Leaguers & 185 million dollar
settlement

Manfred believes Minor Leaguers are not mistreated

Minor Leaguers are asking for more. 

Not an internship. This is a job.

They are asking for more than just PBJ sandwiches &
400 mile bus rides

Tom Whaley attorney for Twins, CHS on building a
community ball park with state & private funds. 




 St Paul Saints, Twins Affilate, are drawing 8,000
attendance @StPaulSaints

 Minnesota NICE

Derek Jeter, The Captain & ESPN – will they cover his
time with the Marlins? 


Freddie Freeman’s agent defamation suit – Can agent be
considered a public official or a private person. 

The Baseball Rule – assumption of risk when you buy a
ticket. 

 Flying hot dog liability? 



Special Thanks to Lou Schiff for sharing his knowledge, stories
and experience with the @TheBaseballBiz audience.


You can find Lou daily on Twitter @BaseballandLaw


Part 1 of the Lou Schiff interview is here 


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