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Landis Barber
Feb 24, 20223 min read
Marshall University Files Lawsuit Against Conference USA
On Tuesday, February 22, 2022, Marshall University filed a lawsuit against Conference USA in Cabell County Circuit Court in the hopes of...
Stephon Burton
Feb 18, 20224 min read
Businesses within Smaller Economies Should Look to Enter NIL Deals with Local Student Athletes
In July 2021, the US Supreme Court unanimously held that student athletes can profit off the use of their name, image, and likeness...
Rachel Emendorfer
Feb 16, 20222 min read
March Madness and the Absence of Title IX Regulations
It has been almost one year since the NCAA was put in the spotlight for equity disparities in their men’s and women’s basketball...
Jason Morrin
Feb 11, 20223 min read
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed by Golf Coach Gary Grandison Against Alabama State University
For over 10 years, Gary Grandison was the head women's golf coach at Alabama State University. There, he made an immense impact on the...
Landis Barber
Feb 10, 20222 min read
NCPA Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against NCAA
Originally Published on offthecourtdocket.com. The National College Players Association (NCPA) has filed charges with the National Labor...
Brendan Bell
Jan 31, 20223 min read
UConn's Handling of Kevin Ollie a Critical Warning to Athletic Departments
In the Spring of 2018, UConn fired head basketball coach, Kevin Ollie, after the school self-reported numerous NCAA violations that...
Brendan Bell
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...


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...
Matthew Netti
Dec 3, 20216 min read
The Expanding Pathways to the NBA
Michael Jordan and North Carolina. Patrick Ewing and Georgetown. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (known as Lew Alcindor at the time) and UCLA. All...
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...
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