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Kenneth L. Shropshire is the David W. Hauck Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Faculty Director of its newly launched Wharton Sports Business Initiative. He served as Chairman of the School's Legal Studies department from 2000 thru 2005. Joining Wharton's faculty in 1986, Shropshire specializes in the subject areas of sports business, negotiations, diversity and general business law. He is also president of the Sports Lawyers Association, the largest organization of its kind in the sports industry.
Earlier, Shropshire was counsel to Van Lierop, Burns & Bassett, LLP, and prior to his teaching at the Wharton School, he was a practicing attorney in Los Angeles, CA. There, he also served as an executive with the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee leading up to the 1984 Olympic Games.
He has been consultant to a wide variety of well-known organizations that include the NCAA, National Football League, Major League Baseball, United States Olympic Committee, IBM, Clorox, and Fannie Mae. Shropshire was also appointed by the Mayor of Philadelphia to chair the city's stadium site selection committee that is currently assessing the city's possible bid for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Authoring several award-winning books, Shropshire has written extensively about the sports industry. He most recently co-authored "The Business of Sports," and is presently working on a book entitled "Sugar Ray: The Birth of the Modern Celebrity Athlete." Widely known for his expertise on a range of sports industry matters, Shropshire has appeared on network television programs and in numerous publications such as Nightline, CNN, The New York Times, USA Today and Sports Illustrated. | 