COMMISSIONERS’ ROUNDTABLE

SPORTS COMMISSIONERS HUDDLE TO DISCUSS CURRENT STATE
OF THEIR RESPECTIVE LEAGUES

WHEN: Tuesday, April 19, 2005, at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: House of the Association, 42 West 44th Street (bet. 5th & 6th Ave.)

Attention sports fans! The Commissioners of the National Hockey League, National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball will meet at the Association for a rare discussion together on the current state of their respective sports. The NBA and their players’ association are currently negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement, and addressing such hot-button issues as salary caps and minimum-age requirements. Major League Baseball recently implemented a new anti-steroid policy and is wrestling with concerns over whether small-market teams can be competitive, given baseball’s economic structure. The NHL, meanwhile, became the first North American professional sports league to cancel a full season. This promises to be a lively evening – a hard-hitting combination of sports anecdotes and news – with an audience question-and-answer session afterwards.

The media is invited and asked to register with Matt Kovary; telephone (212) 382-6713.
Due to overwhelming response, the public will be seated on a first come, first served, basis.

Moderator
HOWARD L. GANZ, Partner, Proskauer Rose, LLP

Commissioners’ Panel
GARY BETTMAN, Commissioner, National Hockey League
ALLAN H. “BUD” SELIG, Commissioner, Major League Baseball
DAVID STERN, Commissioner, National Basketball Association

About the Association
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (www.nycbar.org) was founded in 1870, and since then has been dedicated to maintaining the high ethical standards of the profession, promoting reform of the law, and providing service to the profession and the public.