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Alexander C. Krueger-Wyman (Virginia): Collective Bargaining and the Best Interests of Basketball. Howard M. Wasserman (FIU): The Economics of the Infield Fly Rule. Ross E. Davies (George Mason): Baseball Players, Owners, Unions, and Trusts: The Roots and Rise of the Major League Baseball Players Association. On February 7, 2013, the National Museum of the American Indian hosted a day-long symposium on Racist Stereotypes and Cultural Appropriation in American Sports. America could rule rugby, if only it tried; for proof, like no further than Carlin Isles, the sport's fastest man. Which sport is most immune to Moneyball? Even the experts at the MIT Sloan conference couldn't agree. Nicholas Burkhart and Dylan Welsh on the legalization of sports gambling: An irreparable harm or the beginning of unprecedented growth?