Panini and OneTeam Bring Group Licensing to College Card Deals
The world’s largest collectibles and trading card company is getting into college sports. Panini America, the exclusive trading card manufacturer of the NFL, NBA, MLBPA…
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Sporticast: GOATs Jordan, Gretzky Back Sports Media Startup Buzzer
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams speak with Bo Han, CEO of Buzzer, a sports media startup looking to change the way fans…
NIL Deals Open New Campus Doors for Multimedia Rights Holders
As name, image and likeness rights open doors for college athletes across the country, college multimedia rights holders are also finding ways to take advantage of the…
College Sports Needs New Leadership That Puts Athletes First
Today’s guest columnist is Amy Privette Perko, CEO of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. College sports was changed forever this summer. In June…
NCAA’s Nobel Prize-Winning Expert Witness Sounds Off on Alston, NIL
As American public opinion and jurisprudence has, over the last decade, swayed in favor of college athletes earning money—and away from the NCAA’s “collegiate…
NCAA Athlete Pay Confounds Financial Aid Forms and Pell Grant Awards
Starting at midnight on July 1, when name, image and likeness rights officially went into effect, college athletes across the country began announcing a flurry of…
NIL Deals Arrive Quickly as NCAA Athletes Flex New Financial Freedom
At the stroke of midnight marking July 1, NCAA athletes across the country entered a new era of financial freedom. For the first time, they’re now allowed to sign…
As NIL Grabs Headlines, NCAA Athletes Urge More Mental Health Aid
Today’s guest columnist is Bill Squadron, assistant professor of Sport Management at Elon University and senior adviser to the AI-driven sports technology company…
NCAA Permits July 1 NIL Deals Across the U.S.
Hundreds of thousands of college athletes around the country will be free to exercise their new marketing rights starting tomorrow, following an NCAA rule change…
How D-III Colby College Built a $200 Million Athletics Center During a Pandemic
On Oct. 19, as much of the college sports world was dealing with COVID-related budget cuts, the Colby College women’s basketball team was practicing in its brand new…
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OneTeam, Opendorse Deal to Bring Group Licensing to College Athletes
With the NCAA stepping back and allowing most decisions on college-athlete name, image and likeness compensation to be regulated by state laws and individual schools…
Slow to the NIL Party, Knight Commission Fights for Relevance
Three decades after its founding, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics now sees the college sports world embarking on the “transformational change” it has…