Lisa Pike Masteralexis : Isenberg School of Management : UMass Amherst

Education

JD, Suffolk University Law School, 1990

BS Sport Management, University of Massachusetts, 1987

Professional Experience

Consultant, DiaMMond Management Group, 1993-Present

Certified Agent, Major League Baseball Players Association, 1999-Present

Academic Appointments

Senior Associate Dean, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 7/2018-Present

Associate Dean of Faculty and Administration, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015-2018

Department Head, Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, University of Massachusetts, 1998-2015

Associate Professor of Sport Law, Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, University of Massachusetts, 9/1996-Present

Assistant Professor of Sport Law, Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, University of Massachusetts, 9/1990-8/1996

Recent Honors / Awards

College Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Massachusetts, 2010, 2002, & 1993

University Distinguished Teaching Award nominee, 2010, 2008

Teachnology Teaching Fellowship, Center for Teaching, University of Massachusetts, 2005-06

B.K. Stevens Visiting Scholar in Sport Law, University of Florida, 3/2003

Lilly Teaching Fellowship, Center for Teaching, University of Massachusetts, 1993-1994

Academic Achievement in Sport & Entertainment Award, Sport Entertainment & Venues Tomorrow/University of South Carolina, 2016

Research Interests

Sport Law

Labor Relations in the Sport Industry

Sport Management

Sport Agencies

Teaching Interests

Doctoral

Sport Law

Masters

Sport Law
Labor Relations in Professional Sports

Undergraduate

Sport Law
Sport Agencies
Introduction to Sport Management

General

Negotiations in Sport

Selected Publications

Masteralexis, L.P., Barr, C.A. & Hums, M.A. Principles and Practice of Sport Management, 6th Ed. Boston: Jones & Bartlett (2018)

Masteralexis, L.P. “Corporate Structure and Regulating Structures: Regulating Player Agents,” in Barry, M., Skinner, J., & Engelberg, T. Research Handbook of Employment Relations in Sport. London, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishingpp.5:1–5:31 (2016)

Masteralexis, J.T., Masteralexis, L.P, Snyder, K. “Enough is Enough: The Case for Federal Regulation of Sports Agents,” 20 Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal 69-105 (2013) (formerly Villanova Sport & Ent. Law Journal)

Masteralexis, J.T. & Masteralexis, L.P. “If You’re Hurt, Where is Home?Recently Drafted Minor League Baseball Players Are Compelled to Bring Workers’ Compensation Action in Team’s Home State or in Jurisdiction More Favorable to Employers” 21:2 Marquette Sports Law Journal 574-597 (2011)

Masteralexis, L.P. “American Needle v. National Football League and the Future of Collective Licensing Agreements in Sport,” 19:3 Sport Marketing Quarterly 166-69 (2010)

Lisa Pike Masteralexis

Senior Associate Dean & Professor