FTC Crackdown on TikTok Influencers Adds to NIL Pitfalls as Feds Join Fray
At a time when there is much hand-wringing over the NCAA’s passive approach to NIL enforcement and related saber-rattling over state NIL statutes and federal antitrust…
Antitrust
Opinion
Here Are 6 Ways State Legislators Can Update NIL Laws
Last year, I scored the first 25 state NIL laws for their pay restrictions. My study—”Do College Athletes Get NIL?”—is already out of date. That‘s how fast NIL has…
Varsity’s Antitrust Plaintiffs Ramp Up Battles on Cheerleading Stage
The billion-dollar all-star cheerleading industry, long dominated by Varsity Brands, is beginning to see glimmers of a more open market. The cracks of daylight follow a…
Opinion
NCAA’s Mistreatment of Athletes Should Worry Workers Everywhere
Today’s guest columnist is economist and statistician Ted Tatos. “Your liberty to swing your fist ends just where my nose begins.” Most of us have likely heard…
Schools Hear Crickets From NCAA Amid Specter of NIL Pay Lawsuits
Since last summer—when NIL laws came into force, and the Supreme Court struck down NCAA limits on education-related benefits—there’s been no shortage of questions from…
Cheerleading Antitrust Suit Spurs Brawl Over Ex-Exec’s Documents
Varsity Spirit is trying to prevent a former vice president from turning over a trove of company documents to two groups of plaintiffs suing the multi-billion-dollar…
Prime
NCAA Draft Constitution Heeds Alston’s Antitrust Warnings
The NCAA released a draft of a new constitution on Monday. By envisioning conferences and schools as bound by fewer one-size-fits-all rules, the NCAA is acknowledging a…
Prime
College Coaching Buyout Bonanza Survives Pandemic, Reform Era
Never mind the fanfare over what college athletes can now earn on the side, Ed Orgeron serves to remind that the best-paying gig in college sports is not just head…
NCAA ‘Cartel’ Cost Black Athletes $17 Billion Since 2005, Study Says
A recently published article in a prominent antitrust economics journal claims that the NCAA’s prohibitions on college athletes receiving money to play has resulted in…
Accused Cheer Monopolist Varsity Squares Off Against Ex-Employees
Varsity Spirit, the Bain Capital-owned, billion-dollar cheerleading company fighting a trio of federal antitrust lawsuits, is now squaring off against a growing group of…
Soccer Phenom Olivia Moultrie Settles Age-Rule Suit With NWSL
On the heels of U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut issuing an injunction that permitted 15-year-old Olivia Moultrie to sign with the NWSL’s Portland Thorns in…
Teen Soccer Phenom Moultrie Signs With Portland After Court Case
As amateur athletes a few years older than her prepare to sign endorsement and social media influencing contracts once the NCAA’s name, image and likeness rules commence…
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