Conference Realignment Harms Legal Case for NCAA Amateurism
The chaos of conference realignment is still playing out. The Power Five might become the Power Four. Top college football programs could form two super conferences, much like the NFC and AFC in the...
View ArticleAffirmative Action’s End Will Underline Jim Crow Divide in College Sports
Today’s guest columnist is Victoria Jackson, a sports historian and clinical associate professor at Arizona State. Half a century ago, the federal government mandated that colleges across the United...
View ArticleMinor League Teams Take MLB Antitrust Exemption to Supreme Court
It’s been 101 years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that professional baseball is exempt from antitrust scrutiny. Now, two minor league baseball teams that lost their MLB affiliations during the...
View ArticleState AGs Urge Supreme Court to Review MLB Antitrust Exemption
The U.S. Supreme Court only agrees to review between 1% and 2% of petitions, but advocacy by prominent figures can sometimes increase the odds. Enter the attorneys general of 17 states and the District...
View ArticleBiden’s AI Executive Order May Shape Team-Employee Status
President Biden recently issued an executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) that attempts to govern AI in the workplace and soften the impact of AI displacing workers. How employers incorporate...
View ArticleCountry Club Wins Judgment in Golf Cart-ADA Dispute Over Access
The U.S. Supreme Court famously ruled in PGA Tour v. Casey Martin (2001) that use of a cart is a reasonable accommodation for pro golfers with a qualified disability. A new ruling from the Court of...
View ArticleNew Antitrust Lawsuit Directly Attacks NCAA Amateurism
Jeffrey Kessler, Steve Berman, Benjamin Siegel and other attorneys representing college athletes filed a new federal antitrust law on Thursday that seeks to drive a stake through the heart of...
View ArticleCollege Athletes as Employees: Answering 25 Key Questions
The rights of college athletes to earn money have undergone massive changes in the 2020s. In 2021, the NCAA permitted athletes to use a right they already had, the right of publicity, to sign...
View ArticleFormer Five-Star Recruit Seeks SCOTUS Review for Case vs. Adidas
Former McDonald’s All-American and five-star recruit Brian Bowen II petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court this week to hear a case centering on the business interests of athletes to play college sports and...
View ArticleHow to Resurrect the NCAA as Amateurism Lays Dying
March 20 will mark the 40-year anniversary of the oral argument in NCAA v. Board of Regents, the U.S. Supreme Court decision where the late Justice John Paul Stevens famously wrote: “The NCAA plays a...
View ArticleEd O’Bannon Stands Tall Over NCAA Antitrust Settlement
The NCAA’s historic antitrust settlement will—if finalized, approved and triumphant over potential legal challenge—radically change college sports and end amateurism. Colleges and conferences will be...
View ArticleNBA, NFL Pros Back Dartmouth Labor Push as AFL-CIO Files for SEIU
The biggest U.S. pro sports unions are backing a push to classify college athletes as employees, according to an amicus brief filed Friday with the National Labor Relations Board. The sports council...
View ArticleNCAA Athlete Pay Plan Challenged by Small D1 School
The NCAA’s controversial decision to tentatively settle the House, Carter and Hubbard antitrust litigations faces many hurdles. Just ask Houston Christian University. The D1 school formerly known as...
View ArticleSCOTUS Chevron Rejection Could Upend NCAA, College Athlete Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday overruled a 40-year precedent that had provided federal agencies with substantial deference in interpreting federal law. The Court’s ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v....
View ArticleNFL Criticizes Sunday Ticket Class Action Ruling, Demands Reversal
The NFL may have lost the Sunday Ticket class action jury trial last month, but the league will play the long game to see it overturned. Step one: Try to convince the presiding judge to throw out the...
View ArticleNCAA Could Roll Dice on Winning House Case at SCOTUS
In the wake of Thursday’s contentious hearing before U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken—who objected to key features of a multibillion-dollar settlement to resolve the House, Carter and Hubbard...
View ArticleDartmouth Challenges NLRB Complaint in Men’s Basketball Case
In a sign that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a case that has nothing to do with sports could greatly impact the future of college athletics, Dartmouth College on Tuesday answered a complaint...
View ArticleIvy League Beats Antitrust ‘No Scholarships’ Lawsuit
The Ivy League and its eight member schools scored a victory in court on Thursday when a federal judge in Connecticut dismissed a lawsuit accusing their agreement to not provide athletic scholarships...
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