College 11/15

Legal Analysis

Dec 31, 20213 min read

Mike Leach’s Legal Battle with Texas Tech

On November 1st, 2008, Texas Tech fans, administrators, and student athletes probably felt like Mike Leach was the perfect coach to lead...

Swimmer Lia Thomas has Sparked National Discussion on Transgender Sports Rules

Adrian Hannah

Dec 31, 20215 min read

Swimmer Lia Thomas has Sparked National Discussion on Transgender Sports Rules

The passionately debated topic of transgender athletes and their rights to participate in athletics has intensified across media sites...

Brendan Bell

Dec 23, 20213 min read

Turning Back the Clock on Forfeit Policies in College Basketball

Coming into the college basketball season, things were a lot different than they are at this moment in time. Fall sports were going as...

Brendan Bell

Dec 10, 20215 min read

Endowed NIL Deals: The Future of College Athletics?

The last month in the world of college athletics has generated a lot of conversation. Every year around this time, coaches are hired and...

Anthony Studnicka

Dec 1, 20214 min read

Could The Brian Kelly Coaching Change Lead To A Rule Change?

The NCAA football coaching carousel has begun and has already shown to shake things up a bit. News broke on Sunday that Lincoln Riley was...

Brendan Bell

Nov 29, 20214 min read

Recency Bias is Controlling Athletic Departments… And It’s Not Good for Coaches

The date was December 11th, 2020. Fresh off back-to-back 10 win seasons and New Year’s Six Bowl victories, Dan Mullen’s tenure at Florida...

Emily Costanzo

Nov 18, 20213 min read

Expansion of Women’s Collegiate Tournaments in Wake of Gender Equity Reports

As we reported on our site back in October, the NCAA made the long overdue decision to commission an outside firm—Kaplan Hecker & Fink...

Grant Williamson

Nov 17, 20213 min read

Where Western Michigan University’s Vaccine Mandate Case Stands

The case brought by student-athletes in opposition to Western Michigan University’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all student-athletes has...

Brendan Bell

Nov 8, 20215 min read

Hey NCAA & CAA, Let the Kids Play!

Over the past few months, there has been so much progress for student athlete rights. While we haven’t crossed over the monumental line...

Jeremy Pruitt's Attorney Makes Rookie Mistake in Threatening Letter to Tennessee

Grant Williamson

Oct 22, 20213 min read

Jeremy Pruitt's Attorney Makes Rookie Mistake in Threatening Letter to Tennessee

October 29th is fast approaching. While this date should be meaningless, the attorney for Jeremy Pruitt, the former Nick Saban assistant...

Conference Realignment Landscape: C-USA & AAC

Brendan Bell

Oct 18, 20213 min read

Conference Realignment Landscape: C-USA & AAC

When the news came in that Texas and Oklahoma were leaving the Big 12 for the SEC, we knew a major trickle-down effect was on the horizon...

John Rigby

Oct 15, 20213 min read

“Whoa, Tellie!”: Analyzing College Football’s Big 2021 TV Ratings

In 1984, when the U.S. Supreme Court decided its seminal case dealing with college athletics, National Collegiate Athletic Association v....

Chris D'Avanzo

Oct 11, 20214 min read

Gonzaga HQ: Too Weak a Punishment for a Few Too Many?

On September 6th Gonzaga Men’s Basketball Coach, Mark Few was given a DUI citation while coming home from his vacation in Idaho....

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Oct 5, 20214 min read

Is a Patchwork of State NIL Laws Unconstitutional?

BY: MICHAEL FASCIALE Can the NCAA successfully argue that the fractured state-by-state approach to name, image, and likeness (NIL)...

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