Villanova University Law School celebrated a $5 million donated by ex-super agent Jeffrey Moorad by hosting Billy Beane to discuss Moneyball with ex-Governor Ed Rendell and Omar Minaya. The Phillies Bill Giles was one of the 1700 interested baseball fans in the audience.
by BallparkBob
A's STUDENT: Billy Beane goes back to college at Villanova.
Moneyball came to Villanova University on Thursday when Billy Beane came to the Philadelphia Main Line to honor Jeff Moorad, CEO of the San Diego Padres. Moorad, a 1981 Villanova Law School graduate and the CEO of the San Diego Padres, was in town to be honored for his $5 million donation to help establish the Jeffrey Moorad Center for Sports Law at his alma mater. Villanova now joins Duke, Marquette, and Tulane as one of the few universities that offer a degree program in Sports Law.
The event has attended by 1700 university students, professors, businesspersons, and friends of Villanova in the aging Pavilion–a facility better s...
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Jason Giambi,
Yadier Molina,
David Eckstein,
Yorvit Torrealba,
Mark Kotsay,
Albert Pujols,
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TEAMS: Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Eagles, Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels, Tampa Bay Rays
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