On Tuesday, about 50 MTA students from the Sports Management club participated in a special YU lecture from former NBA Commissioner David Stern. Stern was brought to campus by the president of the Yeshiva College Sports Management club, MTA Alumnus Max Stern ('09). Before the presentation, Mr. Stern joined a private lunch with students leaders, including the co-presidents of the MTA Sports Management club, Zev Markowitz ('15) and Ilan Steinmetz ('15), as well as YU alumni working in the sports industry such as Miami Marlins Vice-Chairman Joel Mael and our (and MSG's) very own Shuey Jacoby ('02)! Mr. Stern then headed to the appropriately (though coincidentally) named Max Stern Athletic Center to address the larger gathering of high school and college students. After a short video highlighting his NBA career, Mr. Stern, who grew up in Teaneck, NJ and served as the league commissioner for 30 years, spoke to the students about the globalization of basketball and how sports has the power to both bring out both the best in people and the worst in people. He then fielded questions from the audience, which ranged from the rationale behind his 2011 veto of the Chris Paul trade (he explained that it was an NBA owned team and he therefore essentially served as an owner; it was thus not so much a veto, but a decision to not go forward with trade put together by his renegade general manager), details of the Seattle Supersonics move to Oklahoma City, and the recent inclusion of a sponsorship deal with daily fantasy game website FanDuel. After his talk, Mr. Stern was presented with a Yeshiva jersey with his name and the number 30, in honor of his years as the commissioner. The students greatly enjoyed participating in this unique event.