We had the privilege of talking with a leader in her community named Tawanya Herbert. After playing four years of college basketball at Iowa State in the 1990s, Tawanya spent the past couple decades advocating for the needs of others within the healthcare and wellness space, eventually leading her to volunteer in progressive politics in her home state of South Carolina. Want to help us grow Suits and Sidelines? Please share our podcast with three of your most interesting friends or connections. Already done that? Then please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or sharing our links on your social media accounts. Still want to help us grow our podcast even more?! You must be a real fan. Hey, let me ask you a question. . . . would you pay $3 a month for access to bonus content and premium episodes of Suits and Sidelines? Please let us know. Follow us on Twitter and IG. -> @thatjoemags -> @ithotta_AT 

We were grateful to be in conversation with Jaime M. Miettinen — or you may recognize better by her social media alias "SportsLawBlonde" — as we discuss a large, bleak, and systemic issue: the Youth Sports Industrial Complex. Many economists believe this complex web of private interests is a marketplace already worth about $20 billion and growing in the wake of a pandemic that has been catastrophic to the public infrastructure. Want to help us grow Suits and Sidelines? Please share our podcast with three of your most interesting friends or connections. Already done that? Then please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or sharing our links on your social media accounts. Still want to help us grow our podcast even more?! You must be a real fan. Hey, let me ask you a question. . . . would you pay $3 a month for access to bonus content and premium episodes of Suits and Sidelines? Please let us know. Follow us on Twitter and IG. -> @thatjoemags -> @ithotta_AT

Despite being knee deep in preparations for the 2021 Tulane Pro Basketball Negotiation Competition, we were thrilled to be joined by Basketball Hall of Famer forward Rick Barry. Our wide-ranging and lively discussion includes analysis of the greatest players of all-time, how the game is different than it used to be, and why players have so much more leverage in negotiations today than in the 1960s and 70s. Want to help us grow Suits and Sidelines? Please share our podcast with three of your most interesting friends or connections. Already done that? Then please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or sharing our links on your social media accounts. Still want to help us grow our podcast even more?! You must be a real fan. Hey, let me ask you a question. . . . would you pay $3 a month for access to bonus content and premium episodes of Suits and Sidelines? Please let us know. Follow us on Twitter and IG. -> @thatjoemags -> @ithotta_AT 

Seeing as we were joined by prolific sports and political journalist Patrick Hruby, we decided to dive into several significant topics. After spending about the first half hour forecasting what 2021 might look like for NCAA athletics — including what a conservative 6-3 edge Supreme Court implies could happen in the "amateurism" cases — we move to discussing Hruby's research on negative outcomes for black coaches in the NFL. We recorded this conversation weeks before the EA Sports relaunch announcement in early February. Interestingly, however, we steer the conversation toward the Ed O'Bannon case and the video game company's decision to settle with the players for $40 million almost a decade ago. Look for that part of the conversation around 33:00. Want to help us grow Suits and Sidelines? Please share our podcast with three of your most interesting friends or connections. Already done that? Then please consider leaving us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or sharing our links on your social media accounts. Still want to help us grow our podcast even more?! You must be a real fan. Hey, let me ask you a question. . . . would you pay $3 a month for access to bonus content and premium episodes of Suits and Sidelines? Please us know. Follow us on Twitter and IG. -> @thatjoemags -> @ithotta_AT

In this week's conversation, we talk to entertainment lawyer, music industry professor, and entrepreneur Karl Fowlkes, Esq. Still in his late 20s, Karl launched The Fowlkes Firm soon after graduating from Villanova Law, and within a few years he has already built a reputable practice in Entertainment. Always growing, Karl is slated to take the NBA agent exam in 2021. We compare and contrast different aspects of working in sports and entertainment, including how regulations and customs impact negotiations, business practices, and industry trends.  Please smash that subscribe button and leave us a 5-star review! Follow us on Twitter and IG. -> @thatjoemags -> @ithotta_AT

For our second podcast of the week, we are happy to be joined by producer, activist, and actor Behzad Dabu (How To Get Away With Murder on ABC; The Chi on Showtime) to discuss navigating the entertainment industry as a person of color. Topics include improving pathways for diverse talent to play interesting, flawed characters; what it's like to prepare for a scene with the enduring Viola Davis; and the pressure on black and brown people to be perfect and accept whatever they're given in business.  Please smash that subscribe button and consider leaving us a 5-star review! And follow us on Twitter and IG. -> @thatjoemags -> @ithotta_AT

In honor of the one-year anniversary of his tragic death, we talk at length about Kobe Bryant's accomplishments and legacy with professional actor and lifelong Kobe fan Behzad Dabu. Please hook some brothas up — rate, review, subscribe, and share the pod on social media. Hit that subscribe button and follow us on Twitter and IG. -> @thatjoemags -> @ithotta_AT

This week on Suits and Sidelines we're joined by fellow Villanova Sports Law classmate and NFL cap wiz Stephen Dranoff to discuss the Philadelphia Eagles' dumpster fire salary cap situation. We talk at length about the Eagles' tenures of Carson Wentz, Howie Roseman, and Doug Pederson, plus all of the teams' recent bad draft picks, contract restructures, and free agent signings. Please hook some brothas up — rate, review, subscribe, and share the pod on social media. Hit that subscribe button and follow us on Twitter and IG. -> @thatjoemags -> @ithotta_AT

We are thrilled to publish our recent conversation with sport historian, professor, former collegiate swimmer, and "End of Sport" podcast host Dr. Johanna Mellis. This is a wide-ranging conversation spanning topics such as the Cold War, the infamous "Blood in the Water" match during the 1956 Olympics, and both athlete defections from Soviet Hungary as well as examples of cooperation between the socialist state and its athletes in order to preserve ideal conditions for national sports programs. Please hook some brothas up — rate, review, subscribe, and share the pod on social media. Hit that subscribe button and follow us on Twitter and IG. -> @thatjoemags -> @ithotta_AT

We're back and starting 2021 off with a spirited discussion about the future of collegiate sports in America. Dozens of athletic departments around the country are cutting Olympic Sports and other so-called "non-revenue" sports from their programs to save money. However, the NCAA and its member schools are refusing to point to the hundreds of millions of dollars sunk into coaching salaries, weight rooms, and football stadiums in recent years as a pretext for smaller sports now getting the chopping block. Also, we discuss the ramifications of universities treating their finances totally separate from their athletic department budget, including hoarding billions of dollars in endowment funds but still deciding to cut sports which only cost thousands per year. Please hook some brothas up — rate, review, subscribe, and share the pod on social media. Hit that subscribe button and follow us on Twitter and IG. -> @thatjoemags -> @ithotta_AT