About The Author

Don M. Jackson is an internationally prominent sports attorney. He is a former collegiate pitcher and the author of Fourth Down and Twenty-five Years to Go: The African American Athlete and The Justice System. Since his graduation from the University of Virginia School of Law, he has represented hundreds of amateur and professional athletes, coaches and stakeholders in sport from around the world. He is widely regarded as an expert in sports regulatory matters, having represented amateur and professional players, coaches, clubs, corporations and institutions in legal and arbitral matters for over three decades. He is called upon quite frequently by the sports media and has appeared as a commentator on sports law issues on ESPN, ESPN Radio, and MSNBC, among others. He is frequently consulted by the print media on similar issues and has been quoted extensively in The New York Times, ESPN Magazine, the New York Post, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Louisville Courier-Journal, Huffington Post, National Public Radio, TIME and the Los Angeles Times, among others. Jackson has been an Adjunct Associate Professor of Sports Law at the Samford University, Cumberland School of Law since 2012. He is a native of the Gibsontown Community of Coosada, Alabama.