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Pawn or Sacrificial Lamb? Former Tennessee Coach Seeks $100 Million in Lawsuit Against NCAA

Pawn or Sacrificial Lamb? Former Tennessee Coach Seeks $100 Million in Lawsuit Against NCAA

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

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

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

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...

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

Counting Factors, Not Fumbles: Why the Johnson “Economic Realities” Test Will Become the New Benchmark for Assessing Student-Athlete Employment Protection Claims

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),...

Mar 310 min read

Wemby We Turnt : NIL Concerns Over Group Licensing in a Potential Post-House Era

Wemby We Turnt : NIL Concerns Over Group Licensing in a Potential Post-House Era

Wemby We Turnt : NIL Concerns Over Group Licensing in a Potential Post-House Era

With the House settlement being granted preliminary approval [i] earlier this month, many have begun to speculate about what name,...

Nov 4, 20245 min read

Are "U" Famous Enough? Trademark Dilution at the University of Miami?

Are "U" Famous Enough? Trademark Dilution at the University of Miami?

Are "U" Famous Enough? Trademark Dilution at the University of Miami?

If you're anything like me, sports logos are burned into your brain. You see certain colors, a design, or even a single letter, and you...

Oct 30, 20246 min read

Breakdown of the House v. NCAA Settlement as Judge Grants Preliminary Approval

Breakdown of the House v. NCAA Settlement as Judge Grants Preliminary Approval

Breakdown of the House v. NCAA Settlement as Judge Grants Preliminary Approval

On October 7, Judge Claudia Wilken granted preliminary approval to the proposed $2.7 billion settlement in House v. NCAA. This is not...

Oct 21, 20244 min read

EA Sports - It's in the Courts: Examining the NCAA’s Strategy and Its Role in Creating Today's NIL Marketplace

EA Sports - It's in the Courts: Examining the NCAA’s Strategy and Its Role in Creating Today's NIL Marketplace

EA Sports - It's in the Courts: Examining the NCAA’s Strategy and Its Role in Creating Today's NIL Marketplace

Justice Kavanugh’s concurrence in Alston v. NCAA arguably summarizes the rationale in creating the NIL market: “Nowhere else in America...

Jul 29, 20246 min read

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