It’s hard to believe that one year ago, I was tearing open my Fulbright acceptance letter. Then I blinked and it was May 2010! Five weeks from today I will be on a plane back to Orlando, with soo many things on my plate to finish up before then. Between academics and a visit to the Italian-speaking region this weekend AND welcoming my family in three weeks….AAAHHHH. Also still need to check off at least a couple of the “32 Best Hikes in Switzerland” that I just found on this rad interactive site, myswitzerland.com. Resolved: I will not leave Switzerland without seeing the Matterhorn. Here’s my end-of-year checklist:
1. Complete my research on international transfers of under-18 soccer players. Lead a 90-minute presentation and discussion in French on this topic for my colleagues at CIES. Fingers crossed, the 10,000-word article I have written on the subject will be accepted for publication in the Fall 2010 Entertainment and Sports Law Journal. On July 1, I’ll be a panelist at the Sport & EU Conference in Ghent, Belgium to present this work.
2. Guided visit to the Lausanne Anti-Doping Laboratory.
3. Group presentation on the economics and financing of the Super Bowl.
4. Group presentation on recruitment strategies of five French Ligue 1 soccer teams for a class called Globalization and Sport.
5.. Three exams in Sociology of Sport, Doping and the Law, Economic and Sports Law.
