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…
Ed O’Bannon
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…
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. District…
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…
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear NCAA Athlete Pay Limits Case
In what will be a historic case for American sports law and the college sports industry, the United States Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it has granted…
NCAA Asks Supreme Court to Review Scholarship Cash Limits
In an expected but unpromising move, the NCAA and 11 conferences last week petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review of the grant-in-aid class action led by…
Justice Ginsburg’s Supreme Court Replacement to Shape Sports Industry
The person who replaces the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg as associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court will play a crucial role in shaping laws that affect the sports…
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