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Legal Analysis
Michael Millstein
Oct 29, 20214 min read
NIL: Preventing The Golden Generation From Glory?
By ruling against the NCAA in Nat’l. Collegiate Athletic Assoc. v. Alston et al., The Supreme Court effectively opened the flood gates to...
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....
condetrimental
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)...
John Sigety
Oct 1, 20214 min read
Bringing Down the House: The NCAA and the Power 5 Conferences Response in NIL Litigation
On Wednesday, September 22, 2021, the NCAA and each of the Power 5 Conferences filed an answer in In Re College Athlete NIL Litigation...
condetrimental
Sep 30, 20214 min read
NIL – New Intraconference Lucrativeness
BY: MICHAEL MILLSTEIN While many of us anticipated that 2020 had cemented its legacy as the craziest year of the current decade, those in...
Grant Williamson
Sep 29, 20214 min read
NLRB General Counsel: College Athletes ARE Employees
Amidst several ongoing lawsuits where college athletes are asserting that they are employees of the universities they play at under the...
John Nucci
Sep 29, 20213 min read
“College Athletes are Employees”, says NLRB, Potentially Clearing the Path for Unionization
In yet another win for college athletes, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has issued a memo that...
Kate Rosenberg
Sep 7, 20213 min read
Can Forfeiting Games Result in Athletes Forfeiting Funds?
This week marked the beginning of the Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”) era of collegiate football. As the 2021 season began, the Power...
Grant Williamson
Sep 1, 20214 min read
Western Michigan University Soccer Players Strike Back at School’s Vaccine Mandate
In an effort to protect its students as the Delta variant of COVID-19 puts more and more Americans at risk, Western Michigan University...
Addison Standlee
Sep 1, 20213 min read
NIL Sand Trap: How Qualification Sports Pose Unique Pay for Play Danger
It’s no secret that athletic departments, student-athletes, and brands alike are facing a plethora of complications due to the “wild...
Alex Burridge
Aug 31, 20213 min read
Contract Basics for Every Student-Athlete NIL Deal
NCAA Student-Athletes (“SAs”) and companies around the country should recognize the extraordinary potential that exists in the market now...
Grant Williamson
Aug 27, 20213 min read
The Impact of Alston on Athletes as Employees
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania may have just given some insight into the impact of the Supreme...
Francis Carlota
Aug 27, 20213 min read
NIL Allure: Elite Recruits Emoni Bates and Jalen Duren Are College Bound
Precedent. What is the language of origin? Middle English and comes from the Latin word, praecēdent. What is the definition? Precedent is...
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