Lawyer Jeff Kessler to Reportedly Create Firm Representing College Athletes

Jeffrey Kessler, a high-profile antitrust lawyer best known for bringing free agency to the NFL, is on the precipice of embarking on an endeavor that may bring similarly sweeping changes to college athletics. Winston & Strawn LLP, a New York law firm where Kessler serves as a partner and member of the executive committee, is on the verge of starting a law firm to help those within college athletics recoup money the NCAA makes from television contracts, according to Scott Soshnick of Bloomberg....