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Dr. Gil Fried

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Gil Fried is a tenured Full Professor at the University of West Florida (UWF).  

Professor Fried is a specialist in sport law, finance, and facility management. He regularly teaches courses such as sport law, sport facility management, sport analytics, and various other sport management courses.  He received his master’s in sport management and his law degree from The Ohio State University. He has written over 19 books on sport risk management, sport facility management, sport analytics, esports, and sport finance.  His textbooks are used in over 140 universities in the United States and have been translated into various languages. He lectures nationally on financial risk management, facility risk management, crowd management/venue safety, and sport safety. His books and lecturing are supplemented by writing close to 1,000 industry articles.  Besides writing for others, he is also the Editor of both the Sports Facilities & the Law and Legal Issues in Sport Betting newsletters. 

Professor Fried coordinates the Patron Management Institute and developed their Certificate in Patron Management Program (CPM).  He has a regular YouTube-based training program called the Crowd Management Doctor.  He also has a podcast called Venue Visionaries with Matthew Kastel, General Manager of Orioles Park at Camden Yards for the Maryland Stadium Authority.  His consulting company, Gil Fried & Associates, LLC has handled many sport/music industry liability cases (over 300) and he has worked as an expert witness in various cases from stadium stampedes to foul ball cases.  Some of his most famous include Camp Randall (Univ. of Wisconsin) crowd surge cases, Brian Stow assault case (Dodger’s Stadium), Aurora Theater shooting cases, Astroworld cases, and EA Madden tournament shooting cases.  He regularly appears on the news talking about facility/venue safety.