Interview With Michael McCann

Michael McCann is an Assistant Professor of Law at Mississippi College School of Law, a columnist for Sports Illustrated.com (SI.com), Co-Founder of The Harvard Law School Project on Law and Mind Sciences, Chair-Elect of the Association of American Law Schools' Section on Sports and the Law, and the man behind Sports Law Blog. What does the highly influential, Mr. McCann, not do? He also has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School, and an LLM from Harvard Law. I recently had the privilege of talking to Mr. McCann about some Sports Law related topics. Darren Heitner: What do you think about the NFLPA rule since 2005 which requires NFL representatives to have an undergraduate AND post graduate degree (Masters or Law) from an accredited college/university? Michael McCann: I think the rule is rational since, on average, an NFL agent with a post graduate degree probably possesses superior business, legal, and life...