EA College Video Game Returns as Labor Push Picks Up Speed
EA’s confirmation last week that its college football video game will return in 2024, 11 years after the last release of NCAA Football, marks a new era for sports video…
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EA Paying College Players Should Have Happened Years Ago
Today’s guest columnist is former basketball star and athlete-rights pioneer Ed O’Bannon. When I heard EA is bringing back its college football video game, and…
NCAA Tries to Block Class Certification in Lawsuit Over NIL, TV Money
Last Friday, attorneys for the NCAA and the Power Five conferences filed a 50-page brief opposing a motion for class certification in In Re College Athlete NIL…
NCAA Faces Long Odds in Convincing Congress to Bail Out Amateurism
If the NCAA has its way, Congress will pass legislation to nationalize NIL rules, declare that college athletes aren’t employees and insulate amateurism from antitrust…
NCAA Athletes Seek Class Status for Lost NIL Pay in Lawsuit
The case poised to follow Ed O’Bannon’s and Shawne Alston’s lawsuits in rocking NCAA restraints on athlete compensation escalated on Friday. Attorneys for Arizona…
Opinion
NCAA Athletes Can Finally Make Money, but They’re Still Shortchanged
Today’s guest columnist is journalist Brad Wolverton, host of the Sports Scholarship Stories podcast. As a reporter covering the O’Bannon v. NCAA trial in 2014—a…
Alston Lawyer Kessler Welcomes NCAA NIL Police Into House
Jeffrey Kessler, a lead attorney for athletes in House v. NCAA and arguably the nation’s top sports litigator, says he is “happily monitoring” the situation surrounding…
Opinion
Mark Emmert Wouldn’t Change, but NCAA Must With New Leader
Today’s guest columnist is Ed O’Bannon. I wish Mark Emmert well on his retirement, but his term as head of the NCAA will leave a lot to be desired. I’m very familiar…
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…
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The Professional Collegiate League: An Amateur Case Study
Ricky Volante wanted to pay college athletes, and he had a damn good plan to do it. He just needed money, which is why he was standing outside the Roman Colosseum, with…
NCAA to Face More Collusion Claims in Wake of Alston NIL Defeats
Last week was perhaps the most transformative week in college sports law in decades, if not ever. You might not be aware of one reason why. Last Thursday, U.S…
NCAA Files Rebuttal Brief Ahead of Supreme Court Hearing on Athlete Pay
Twelve days before the U.S. Supreme Court hears the oral argument for NCAA v. Alston, the Indianapolis-based nonprofit on Friday submitted a 28-page reply brief. The…
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