NCAA, Pac-12, USC Resist NLRB Defining College Athletes as Employees
Last Thursday, the NCAA, Pac-12 and University of Southern California dismissed labor officials’ contention that scholarship athletes are employees, saying it is…
NCAA legal issues
WSU Coach Advances Vaccine Firing Suit as Governor, AD Spared
A federal judge on Tuesday advanced claims brought by former Washington State head football coach Nick Rolovich against the university over his firing in 2021 for…
Congressional Push for NCAA NIL and Employment Faces Long Road
In what’s become an annual ritual, members of Congress are proposing new legislation that would alter the NIL marketplace, adjust how antitrust law governs the NCAA and…
NCAA Mints Millionaires as Revenue Rises and Workforce Shrinks
The NCAA’s former chief operating officer and president combined to make over $6.8 million in the 2022 fiscal year, according to an association tax filing released on…
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…
Opinion
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…
‘Go to Duke,’ Ivy League Argues in Athletic Scholarship Lawsuit
In a new court filing, the Ivy League argues that an antitrust lawsuit brought by a former Brown University men’s basketball player and current member of the college’s…
Varsity Blues DOJ Prosecutor to Resign Amid Ethics Investigation
The U.S. Attorney in charge of prosecuting the Operation Varsity Blues scandal is now in a scandal of her own, with an all-expense paid trip to CAA’s Amplify Summit in…
Harvard, USC Dads Cleared in Varsity Blues DOJ Rebuke
It’s hard to defeat the government in court; the odds are almost always in the government’s favor. But occasionally private citizens—including dads—show the government…
WVU Docks Huggins $1 Million for Slurs in Radio Rant
West Virginia University on Wednesday suspended men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins for the first three games the 2023-24 season, reduced his reportedly $4.15 million…
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…
Biden’s Transgender Title IX Tweak to Test States and NCAA
The Department of Education’s draft policy on eligibility for transgender students raises crucial questions about federal rights versus state rights and about who ought…
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