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Rebekah Ansbro
Aug 19, 20213 min read
We’ll Take Separate Checks: NCAA to Split the Bill with Conferences
There has been a long-standing precedent in the American legal system that parties pay their own legal fees. Despite that, 21 Division I...
Jordan Inver
Aug 16, 20212 min read
J.R. Smith’s NIL Adventure And How It Affects LeBron
Sometimes, there is a story that comes from a story. Last week, it was announced that former NBA player J.R. Smith, who enrolled at North...
Brendan Bell
Aug 16, 20213 min read
The NCAA’s Ruling in the Baylor Sexual Assault Case Proves Once Again That Major Reform is Needed
More than five years after the scandal first came to light, the NCAA concluded their investigation into the Baylor football program....
Patrick Sutton
Aug 14, 20213 min read
From the Hardwood to the Links: JR Smith Takes Swing At College Golf
Two-time NBA Champion J.R. Smith is finally headed to college – but as a golfer for the North Carolina A&T Aggies (Often referred to as...
Jason Morrin
Aug 10, 20213 min read
Seton Hall Responds to Lawsuit Filed by Former Star Myles Powell
In a lawsuit filed on July 14, Myles Powell, a former Seton Hall star basketball player, alleged that the university, its head basketball...
Brendan Duggan
Aug 10, 20212 min read
Think NIL Is Solely Benefitting Top Stars? Think Again
Exactly one month into the NIL era of college athletics, On3—a college sports and recruiting website—published an article that examined...
Stephanie Weissenburger
Aug 10, 20215 min read
Barstool's Next Move: A Mandatory Fyre-Esque Social Campaign
We all remember Fyre Festival, AKA the Greatest Party That Never Happened (as Netflix described it). Although Fyre is now infamously...
Rob Williams
Aug 10, 20213 min read
Service Academy Recruitment: Plebe Year or BBQ with Lamborghinis?
Service Academy Recruiting Prepares to Take an NIL Hit (Photo Credit: FanDuel) In comparison to their Division I (D-1) counterparts,...
Andrew Bondarowicz
Aug 6, 20216 min read
The Best Move for the Big 12 in the Latest Round of Realignment
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) fired the opening salvo in what should be another transformative shift in college sports, at least in...
Brendan Bell
Aug 6, 20214 min read
The SEC’s New Market Power and Heightened TV Leverage
Even before the news came down that the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma were leaving the Big 12 to head to the SEC,...
Francis Carlota
Aug 5, 20213 min read
NIL’s Effects on College and HS Stars Jalen Duren and Emoni Bates
On July 28, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver made a historic announcement: “With the 2nd pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, the Houston Rockets...
John Sigety
Aug 5, 20214 min read
Bringing Down The House: The Antitrust Lawsuit That Could End The NCAA
NCAA sports have been on summer break, but that has not stopped collegiate athletics from making headlines. On June 21, 2021, the Supreme...
Alex Castro
Aug 4, 20213 min read
NIL for All... Except High School Student Athletes
As many of us know, many student athletes across the nation have been profiting from the commercial use of their name, image, and...
Jake Rubinstein
Aug 3, 20214 min read
Quinn Ewers and Mikey Williams: NIL Trailblazers
The Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) era has arrived, and the consequences for collegiate athletics have been far-ranging. Within only one...
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