Gabe Feldman is an internationally recognized leader in the field of sports law. He is the Sher Garner Professor Sports Law and Paul, the first endowed sports law professorship in the country, the Abram B. Barron Professor of Law at Tulane Law School, the Director of the Tulane Sports Law Program, the Co-Director of the Tulane Center for Sport, and the Associate Provost for NCAA Compliance at Tulane University.
Prior to joining the Tulane Law School faculty, Professor Feldman was a litigator at Williams & Connolly in Washington DC, where he practiced in a variety of areas, including antitrust law, labor law, and intellectual property. His extensive experience in sports law includes representing a variety of sports entities while he was in private practice, and he continues to act as a consultant for a number of clients in the sports industry.
Professor Feldman has spent his entire academic career studying, teaching, and researching sports law and sports business. He widely published on legal issues in professional and college sports. He authored a White Paper in 2016 commissioned by the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics proposing a model to provide college athletes with compensation for the use of their name, image, and likeness (and continues to serve as a consultant for the Knight Commission), wrote a White Paper in 2022 commissioned by Arnold Ventures that proposing a new model for college athletics, served as the Reporter for the Uniform Law Commission NIL Committee and drafted the College Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Act. He has testified before the United States Congress and state legislatures regarding the rights of professional and college athletes.
Professor Feldman is an arbitrator for the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the United States Olympics and Paralympic Committee and a labor arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. He served on the NCAA Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports Committee for several years and currently serves on the NCAA Drug Testing Appeals Subcommittee. He is on the Board of Directors of the Sports Lawyers Association and has served as their Director of Publications for several years. He is the faculty editor of The Sports Lawyers Journal, The Sports Law Monthly, and the Sports Law Weekly. Professor Feldman also serves on the Board of Directors and Educational Committee of Athletes for Hope, a non-profit organization designed to increase and enhance athlete philanthropy, and he is the Director of Special Olympics in New Orleans.
Gabe Feldman is an internationally recognized leader in the field of sports law. He is the Sher Garner Professor Sports Law and Paul, the first endowed sports law professorship in the country, the Abram B. Barron Professor of Law at Tulane Law School, the Director of the Tulane Sports Law Program, the Co-Director of the Tulane Center for Sport, and the Associate Provost for NCAA Compliance at Tulane University.
Prior to joining the Tulane Law School faculty, Professor Feldman was a litigator at Williams & Connolly in Washington DC, where he practiced in a variety of areas, including antitrust law, labor law, and intellectual property. His extensive experience in sports law includes representing a variety of sports entities while he was in private practice, and he continues to act as a consultant for a number of clients in the sports industry.
Professor Feldman has spent his entire academic career studying, teaching, and researching sports law and sports business. He widely published on legal issues in professional and college sports. He authored a White Paper in 2016 commissioned by the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics proposing a model to provide college athletes with compensation for the use of their name, image, and likeness (and continues to serve as a consultant for the Knight Commission), wrote a White Paper in 2022 commissioned by Arnold Ventures that proposing a new model for college athletics, served as the Reporter for the Uniform Law Commission NIL Committee and drafted the College Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Act. He has testified before the United States Congress and state legislatures regarding the rights of professional and college athletes.
Professor Feldman is an arbitrator for the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the United States Olympics and Paralympic Committee and a labor arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. He served on the NCAA Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports Committee for several years and currently serves on the NCAA Drug Testing Appeals Subcommittee. He is on the Board of Directors of the Sports Lawyers Association and has served as their Director of Publications for several years. He is the faculty editor of The Sports Lawyers Journal, The Sports Law Monthly, and the Sports Law Weekly. Professor Feldman also serves on the Board of Directors and Educational Committee of Athletes for Hope, a non-profit organization designed to increase and enhance athlete philanthropy, and he is the Director of Special Olympics in New Orleans.
Additionally, Professor Feldman has been the on-air legal analyst for the NFL Network, was the sports law contributor for the now-defunct Grantland.com, and is regularly quoted in the NY Times, Washington Post, and other national outlets on a wide range of sports issues. He is the creator and host of Sports Wise: A Podcast about Sports and the Law. In 2022, Professor Feldman was awarded the American Association of Law Schools Award for Excellent in Sports Law. In 2013, he was awarded President’s Award for Graduation and Professional Teaching.