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Kenneth Shropshire

Kenneth L. Shropshire (born February 27, 1955) is an emeritus professor, American author, attorney, consultant, educator, former CEO of the Global Sport Institute and Adidas Distinguished Professor of Global Sport at Arizona State University (2017-2022). Served as Senior Advisor to the Dean, Professor Emeritus and Director of the Wharton Coalition for Equity & Opportunity (Wharton CEO) at the Wharton School(2022-2024). He is now an Emeritus Professor there.

In his first stint at Wharton he was the David W. Hauck Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Director of the Wharton Sports Business Initiative. He also served, for five years, as chair of the department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics. He left Wharton in 2017 to launch the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University as its founding CEO. He returned to Wharton in 2022.

He is a past president of the Sports Lawyers Association.

He is the lead director at Moelis & Company.

Shropshire joined the Wharton faculty in 1986 and specializes in sports business and law, sports and social impact, and negotiations. At Wharton among other things, he is researching antitrust issues, contracts, negotiation and dispute resolution, sports law, and the sports industry. His current research focuses on sport and social impact. He is particularly interested in how sport has been used to impact social conditions in the United States and around the globe. This research has taken him frequently to South Africa, where he focuses on the Royal Bafokeng Nation as well as Brazil and Jamaica.

When the NFL sought to revive its Career Symposium Shropshire assisted them in hosting the event at Wharton. This after leading the Business Management and Entrepreneurial Program for NFL players at Wharton since 2004. Provided by Wikipedia