Sports & Entertainment

Even the quickest glance at the headlines, online and off, confirms the unprecedented reputational and business challenges that now confront the sports and entertainment industries.

For athletes and entertainers, careers can be torpedoed by scandals, drug use, lawsuits, and Congressional investigations, among other reputational threats lurking just a cellphone camera away. So often these celebrities turn to their friends, families, and long-time advisors to sustain them during public crises. While comforting, it is often the worst thing a celebrity can do. What happens next often determines a career.  

At the same time, the businesses and institutions that drive the sports and entertainment industries – from team owners and sports leagues to television companies and music industry trade associations – are besieged by contract negotiations, labor actions, player safety litigation, intellectual property disputes, and sundry other controversies. Few industries face a more aggressive, inquiring public. Few industries have more to lose when business crises are handled ineffectively. 

Sports and entertainment businesses and high-profile individuals must have trusted advisors able to prepare them before a scandal erupts and ready to guide them through the crucible of public trials, Congressional hearings, and insatiable media interest.