Pro-NCAA Athletes Petitioning SCOTUS Struggle to Stay on Message
A "friend-of-the-court" brief filed last month in a potentially landmark U.S. Supreme Court case on NCAA amateurism purported to show that at least some former athletes…
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Outcast Athlete Insurer Addresses Industry Exit, Pans Critics
Chris Larcheveque says he is happy to no longer be selling disability insurance to athletes, describing the business as "dirty." In a series of stories published last…
Lost LOV (Part 3): A Search for Honest Brokers in the Conflicted Biz of College Athlete Insurance
The massive contraction in the loss-of-value insurance market for college athletes has created a thriving economy for assigning blame. As Sportico has reported this…
Lost LOV (Part 2): An Insurer Takes Flak Over the College Athlete Coverage Bubble
On Dec. 31, Exceptional Risk Advisers, a New Jersey-based wholesale insurance broker, announced it had acquired the assets of a former competitor, International…
NIL Prep Continues Undeterred With Focus on Florida Despite NCAA Delay
The NCAA delayed its vote on proposed name, image and likeness rules changes indefinitely this week after a letter from the Department of Justice warned of possible…
Lacrosse Star Pat Spencer Eyes Hoop Dreams and NBA’s Long-Term Earning Potential
As the 2020-21 NBA season gets underway, its minor league counterpart—the G League—is still figuring out what this season will look like. Unable to finish last season…
Cameo Comes to College Athletics with Teamworks/INFLCR NIL Deal
With the NCAA poised to change its rules in January to allow athletes to earn money from their names, images and likenesses, two companies jumping into the NIL…
NCAA Mulls End of Transfer Waiting Period While Reviewing N.I.L. Measures
The NCAA's Division I Council was busy this week, reviewing both long-awaited name, image and likeness legislation and a more recently introduced one-time transfer…
Colleges Facing Postseason Ban Drove Mississippi Flag Change
When Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed a bill on June 30 to retire his state's flag, it signified a moment of social change: The last remaining state flag to…
Colleges Consider Impact of a COVID-19 Death in Athletics
As universities wrestle with the decision to play sports during the pandemic, a grim question lingers: Could a college athlete or coach die from COVID-19? It's a…
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