Beyond The Arc

Beyond the Arc: Women's National Basketball Negotiation (WNBN) Summit is the first sports law competition focused on women’s sports in Canada. Kang and Matharoo came up with the idea after trying to find existing sports law competitions, however, the only one available was strictly focused on salary arbitration for hockey players. The two friends thought they could create a Canadian branch of an existing competition south of the border, but they found U.S. competitions to be too narrowly focused as well. Kang approached Sheetal Nanda, who teaches Sports and Entertainment Law at the law school, and she said, “Well, why don't we build something here?”

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Choosing to centre the competition around Toronto’s first Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) team, Kang and Matharoo met weekly with Nanda, as well as Landon Shein, former Manager of Mooting, Advocacy Skills and Student Learning at Lincoln Alexander Law, for about six months. The student co-founders spoke daily about the competition to refine the rules and perfect the instructions for teams. They also test-drove their approach with students who weren’t part of the competition.