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Legal Analysis


Pawn or Sacrificial Lamb? Former Tennessee Coach Seeks $100 Million in Lawsuit Against NCAA
On Thursday, March 27, 2025 , former University of Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, claiming he was...
Katherine Vescio
Apr 63 min read


Beyond the Court: NIL, Student Managers, and the Expanding Definition of Marketability in College Sports
When the NCAA made the groundbreaking decision to allow student-athletes to profit from their Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”), it...
Andrew Majka-Sunde
Apr 44 min read


NIL: Nightmare In Louisiana – Former LSU Team Captain Greg Brooks Jr. Sues LSU for Actions in Connection with his Delayed Brain Tumor Diagnosis
Like other lawsuits filed by former college athletes, Greg Brooks Jr. alleges LSU improperly used his name, image, and likeness. But the...
Keeton Cross
Mar 316 min read


The Pending House Settlement’s Impact on International Athletes
In October of last year, Judge Claudia Wilken of the Northern District of California granted preliminary approval of a settlement in...
Michael Moore
Mar 253 min read


Maddening March: Amid Record Big Dance Financials and NIL Rollbacks, Amateurism Sings Its Last Song
It’s no secret that March is the most lucrative time of the year for the NCAA, which reported just over $1.38 billion in earnings for...
Oliver Canning
Mar 235 min read


Athletes Are Not a Dime a Dozen – The Johnson Court’s Failure to Distinguish Between Revenue-Generating, and Non-Revenue-Generating Athletes Leaves its Economic Realities Test Insufficient
Introduction The Third Circuit’s departure under Johnson’s economic realities test provides a more workable standard than Glatt’s test...
Vince Reilly
Mar 38 min read


Counting Factors, Not Fumbles: Why the Johnson “Economic Realities” Test Will Become the New Benchmark for Assessing Student-Athlete Employment Protection Claims
In Johnson v. NCAA , the Third Circuit allowed student-athletes to bring claims for relief under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA),...
Oliver Canning
Mar 310 min read


Title IX in the NIL Era: Oregon Lawsuit Could Reshape College Sports
Lawsuits around Title IX and the evolving Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) era are not new. However, the combination of these two issues...
Katherine Vescio
Feb 164 min read


All Work and No Play Makes College Athletes…Employees? Analyzing the Third Circuit’s Johnson Test for College Athletes under the FLSA
Introduction For some, the line between work and play is firmly etched into the fabric of time itself, typically around 5:00 PM (or...
Caleb Clifford
Feb 912 min read


Four Factors and the Truth? Though Johnson v. NCAA Result Pleases Crowd, Test Fails to Strike a Chord With Realignment, NIL Realities
Introduction As aptly described in the title of John Talty and Armen Keteyian’s 2024 book, college athletics has entered an “era of...
Jonathan Safron & Olivia LaPorta
Feb 29 min read


A Whole New Ballgame: The Promise of the Johnson Framework
Introduction On July 11, 2024, in Johnson v. NCAA , the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit waded into the complex and shifting...
Nat Sherrick
Feb 210 min read


FSU Men’s Basketball Lawsuit: How Broken Promises Have Become a Constant in the Field of NIL
On December 30, 2024, six Florida State University basketball players filed a lawsuit against their former head coach, Leonard Hamilton,...
Keeton Cross
Jan 215 min read


Banning TikTok: The Potential Fallout on College Athletics in the Era of NIL
After almost a year since whispers of TikTok being “banned” first emerged, the thrilling legal and political saga that has followed is...
Liam Sitz
Jan 124 min read


Key Legal Disputes Likely to Emerge from the House Settlement
The proposed settlement in House v. NCAA represents a transformative shift in collegiate athletics, introducing sweeping changes to...
Alec McNiff
Jan 75 min read
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