Chairman, Axcess Sports & Entertainment, LLC Commissioner, United Football League, LLC, Defensive Coordinator, Cornell University's sprint football team
Spouse
Kimberly Huyghue
Children
3
Parent(s)
Bruce and Joan Huyghue
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Michael Huyghue
Michael L. Huyghue (born September 21, 1961; pronounced "hewg")[1] is a sports lawyer and businessman and former commissioner of the United Football League, having served in that capacity since the league's founding in 2007.[2][3] He was previously a member of the legal department of the NFL Players Association before joining the NFL Management Council.[1][4] Uniquely positioned from having thus worked on both sides of the player/management relationship, he called for the 2011 NFL labor standoff to be settled by keeping the lawyers for both sides out of the negotiating process.[5]
After the formulation of the World League of American Football, the predecessor of NFL Europa, Huyghue joined the Birmingham Fire as general manager.[1][6] After the league's demise in 1992, he moved to the Detroit Lions of the National Football League as vice-president,[1] a role he also fulfilled for the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars from 1994 until 2001.[1][4] Huyghue was also previously a sports agent, managing NFL players such as Adam "Pacman" Jones.[3][7]
Huyghue is originally from suburban Hartford, Connecticut, a situation that was a factor in his placing a UFL franchise, the Hartford Colonials, in the area. His family is from St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. Huyghue was a three-year football and baseball player while at Cornell University,[8] and received a law degree from the University of Michigan.[1] He now is the defensive coordinator for the Sprint Football Team at Cornell University, where is also a visiting professor at the law school. His expertise is in Sports Law.[9]
^ abcdefGeorge, Thomas (1995-06-02). "Long, winding road to Jacksonville". Sports. New York, N.Y.: The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^Klayman, Ben (2009-02-09). "New U.S. football league to begin play in October". Sports. New York, N.Y.: Reuters. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ abAP Staff (2008-02-13). "Suspended cornerback "Pacman" Jones' lawyers now his agents". NFL. McLean, Va.: USA Today. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^ abStuart, Devan (2001-11-12). "Michael Huyghue leaves Jaguars to form new company". Jacksonville Business Journal. Jacksonville, Fla. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^Huyghue, Michael (2011-05-25). "NFL Labor Dispute: First Thing We Do Is Get Rid of All the Lawyers". Huffington Post.
^King, Peter (1991-03-04). "Out of this world". Sports Illustrated. New York, N.Y. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^Ritter, Ken (2007-06-15). "Pacman Jones' lawyer demands evidence". NFL. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^Danielewicz, Brian (2001-12-14). "Sports Business Journal tabs three leaguers". Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League Sports. Archived from the original on April 27, 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
^"Michael L. Huyghue". Cornell Law School. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
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