NCAA Earns Big Easy Win in Dispute Over Final Four Domain Name
The NCAA has suffered several legal stumbles in 2021: the unanimous defeat in the U.S. Supreme Court case NCAA v. Alston; setbacks in House v. NCAA and Johnson v. NCAA…
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Notre Dame, Holtz Beat Oklahoma for ‘Champion’ Slogan Rights
A longstanding feud over the origin of the slogan, “Play like a champion today,” reignited on Wednesday, when Play Like A Champion Today LLC (PLACT) announced a…
College Athletes Claim as Employees Boosted in NCAA Labor Case
While their litigation remains a long way from victory, six current and former athletes from a handful of colleges—Villanova, Fordham, Sacred Heart, Cornell and…
J.R. Smith Still Evading Amateurism’s Clutches With College Golf Clearance
Seventeen years after skipping NCAA amateurism rules to pursue a career in the NBA, 35-year-old J.R. Smith is now a freshman athlete at North Carolina A&T. As reported…
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FTC’s Latest Facebook Fight Implicates NIL, Instagram
As college athletes sign name, image and likeness deals tied to their social media fame, the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday moved to fundamentally alter Instagram…
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Justice Barrett Vaccine Ruling Likely to Apply to College Sports
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s denial of an emergency application to bar Indiana University from requiring faculty, staff and students be vaccinated from…
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Alston Ruling Hits McDonald’s Hiring as Legal Impact Spreads
On June 21, the U.S. Supreme Court permanently disrupted the college sports industry in a way that badly backfired on the NCAA, which had pushed for SCOTUS review, and…
The Next NCAA Rights Fight Should Be for Para-Sport Athletes
Today’s guest columnist is Professor Rick Burton of Syracuse University. If American intercollegiate athletics and the NCAA are headed for a major overhaul due to the…
NCAA Athletes’ Suit for Back Pay Gains Steam After Alston, NIL
The NCAA’s interim NIL policy, as well as surprising remarks from NCAA president Mark Emmert and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 9-0 ruling against the NCAA in Alston, are now…
Alston Case Turns Spotlight Onto NCAA’s Student Assistance Fund
In his 2018 expert witness testimony on behalf of Shawne Alston and the other former college athletes suing the NCAA over its cap on “educational-related benefits,” Dan…
Emmert Pivots on NCAA Role as Breyer SCOTUS Retirement Watch Looms
Amid the continuing fallout from new NIL laws and the Supreme Court’s NCAA v. Alston decision, two significant and interrelated college-sports legal developments…
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A Scouting Report on the Fast-Moving and Chaotic Change of NIL
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in NCAA v. Alston and the rise of name, image and likeness combined to make June one of the most transformative months ever for college…
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