There’s a Common Misperception About the Supreme Court and NIL
One of the great sports law misunderstandings in college sports is that the U.S. Supreme Court made NIL possible through its ruling in NCAA v. Alston (2021). The…
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NCAA Leaps to Block Mario Chalmers NIL Lawsuit
The NCAA, conferences and Turner Sports contend an antitrust lawsuit brought by Mario Chalmers and 15 other former college basketball players over the use of their NIL…
NCAA Could Roll Dice on Winning House Case at SCOTUS
In the wake of Thursday’s contentious hearing before U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken—who objected to key features of a multibillion-dollar settlement to resolve…
NCAA House Settlement Faces Its Day of Reckoning in Court
It’s not an overstatement to say the future of Division I college sports rests in the hands of a 75-year-old judge in Oakland, Calif., or that a hearing before this…
NCAA House Settlement Handed to Judge as Reviews, Challenges Loom
Attorneys for the NCAA, power conferences and athletes represented by the House, Carter and Hubbard antitrust litigations filed a motion Friday for preliminary approval…
Conference Realignment Harms Legal Case for NCAA Amateurism
The chaos of conference realignment is still playing out. The Power Five might become the Power Four. Top college football programs could form two super…
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…
Alston Lawyer Seeks to Claw Back Scholastic Cash for NCAA Athletes
The Supreme Court’s June 2021 ruling in NCAA v. Alston paved the way for colleges to pay their athletes up to $5,980 in academic achievement awards, the same dollar…
NCAA’s Cavinder NIL Sanctions May Presage Litigation Hurricane
Last Friday, the NCAA committee on infractions announced a settlement with the University of Miami regarding recruiting violations by women’s basketball coach Katie…
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…
MLB Antitrust Scrutiny Heats Up as Teams Cap Draftees’ Cash
As MLB teams negotiate with newly drafted players, they’re restrained by MLB’s bonus pool system. The 30 clubs have agreed to cap how much each can spend on new labor…
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