Kenneth Shropshire
Emeritus Professor American author, executive advisor, consultant and attorney
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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.
February 27, 1955
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| Born | Kenneth L. Shropshire February 27, 1955 |
| Occupation | Author, attorney, consultant, educator |
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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.[1]
Books
Shropshire is the author of books including:
- Agents of Opportunity: Sports Agents and Corruption in Collegiate Sports (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990)
- The Sports Franchise Game: Cities in Pursuit of Sports Franchises, Events (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995)[2]
- In Black and White: Race and Sports in America (New York University Press, 1996)[3]
- Being Sugar Ray: The Life of Sugar Ray Robinson, America's Greatest Boxer and the First Celebrity Athlete (Basic Books, 2009)
- Sport Matters: Leadership, Power, and the Quest for Respect in Sports (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015)
- The Business of Sports Agents (with Timothy Davis and N. Jeremi Duru, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003, 2nd ed., 2008, 3rd ed., 2016)[4]
- The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports (with Collin D. Williams, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017)[5]
His edited volumes include:
- The Business of Sports (edited with Scott Rosner, 2nd ed., Jones & Bartlett, 2011)
- Basketball Jones: America Above the Rim (edited with Todd Boyd, New York University Press, 2000)
