Michael Huyghue
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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]
Michael L. Huyghue | |
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Born | (1961-09-21) September 21, 1961 (age 62) |
Alma mater | Cornell University University of Michigan |
Occupation(s) | 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 |
Website | Michael Huyghue |
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]