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Bricker Graydon LLP

What You Missed This Summer in Higher Ed Athletics - The House Settlement and Johnson Ruling  

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This summer brought significant legal and administrative changes to college athletics, reshaping the landscape for the upcoming academic year. Key court rulings, including the landmark House v. NCAA settlement, have mandated...more

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A Brave New World(?) – A Closer Look at the Jaden Rashada NIL Litigation

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As many sports lawyers are aware, there have already been several examples of name, image, and likeliness (“NIL”) litigation throughout the country. In fact, we previously reviewed several groundbreaking cases which stood to...more

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Legal Update: NCAA Athletes As Employees Of Their Schools Gains Momentum In Federal Court And The NLRB

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Introduction - In the past three years, groundbreaking legal and structural changes have shaken collegiate sports. In June 2021, a unanimous Supreme Court held in NCAA v. Alston, 594 U.S. 69 (2021), that the NCAA and some...more

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Appellate Court Rules that NCAA Athletes May Qualify as Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

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On July 11, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (with appellate jurisdiction over federal courts in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania) issued a decision in Johnson v. National Collegiate Athletic...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

South Carolina’s New NIL Law and What it Means for Collegiate Athletes in the State

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On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed bill H. 4957 into law after it was approved unanimously by state lawmakers earlier in the year. Similar NIL (“Name, Image, and Likeness”) bills to H....more

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No Offseason for the NCAA

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As students depart their college campuses for summer break, the NCAA has no such reprieve on the horizon. Over the past few weeks, the NCAA has settled questions pertaining to backpay for Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) use...more

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Tennessee and Virginia v. NCAA: The Wild(er) West of NIL in College Sports

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“The wild west” is by far the most frequent characterization used to describe college sports since NCAA v Alston, 141 S. Ct. 2141, paved the way for college athletes to be compensated for use of their Name, Image, and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

NCAA President's Proposal Resets the Playing Field

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With the College Football Playoff completed, the NCAA has reached an inflection point. After decades of austerity in providing benefits to student-athletes, NCAA President Charlie Baker recently sent a letter to Division I...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Recent Congressional Hearings Signal Major NIL Changes Are Coming

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University administrators, coaches, athletes and sports management agencies should all be aware of the emerging debate in the halls of Congress concerning the status of the name, image, likeness rule (NIL) and how this...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 6, June 2023

Supreme Court Blocks Use of Race in Harvard, UNC Admissions in Blow to Diversity Efforts - "In one of its most closely watched cases this year, the court ruled along ideological lines that the way the schools approached race...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

That Seems Presumptuous: NCAA’s Bylaw Changes Evidentiary Standard for NIL Infractions

Just under two years after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Shawne Alston, et al., which opened the door for college athletes to be compensated for the use of their name,...more

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Sports & Entertainment Client Alert - What to Watch for in 2023

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Following an eventful and evolving sports landscape in 2022, KaufCan Sports is keeping tabs on a number of noteworthy areas in the Sports Law world for 2023. From NCAA and its student-athletes to disruption in world golf to...more

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Let’s Make A NIL Deal Part II: High School Student-Athletes Look to Get into the NIL Game

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Less than six months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s NCAA v Alston decision, which opened the opportunity for college student-athletes to be compensated from their name, image and likeness, (NIL) high school students are now...more

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Let’s Make a NIL Deal Part I: The Type of Deal Depends on the Athlete’s State Law or Institution

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Less than a year ago, the NCAA removed a number of limitations on student-athletes’ ability to earn compensation while in college/university through an interim name, image, and likeness (NIL) policy.  In the short timeframe...more

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Proposed Iowa Bill Continues Efforts to Reclassify Student-Athletes as Employees

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Iowa lawmakers have expanded on federal efforts to make student-athletes employees. They have introduced legislation (H.F. 2055) to classify intercollegiate athletes at Iowa’s state universities as state employees. This...more

Locke Lord LLP

From “Student-Athletes” to “Players”: ‎A Review of the 2021 Legal ‎Developments Shaping a New ‎Reality of College Sports

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The year 2021 marked a watershed in the legal relationship between college athletes, their institutions, and the NCAA. On June 21, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down NCAA rules restricting the amount...more

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NLRB, Labor Laws and the Impact on NCAA Athletes

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Can - and should - college athletes be classified as employees? The answer to that question may be in flux....more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Out with student-athletes, long live Players at Academic Institutions

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It’s difficult to imagine a four month period more impactful for the NCAA, if not for intercollegiate athletics on the whole, than the one we’re currently in. From the Supreme Court’s decision in Alston in June 2021, to the...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

A Highlights Reel on NIL Rights for Student Athletes - Kattison Avenue Fall 2021 | Issue 7

In our Spring 2021 issue, we wrote about potential new advertising opportunities concerning the Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rights of student athletes. There were several balls in the air...more

White and Williams LLP

Division I Athletes Can Proceed with Wage Claim

The United States Supreme Court recently reshaped the relationship between universities and the athletes who play college sports in National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston et al. In the Alston case, the Court...more

Winstead PC

An In-Depth Summary and Analysis of the Important Alston Decision

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On June 21, 2021, the United States Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) released its highly anticipated opinion in NCAA v. Alston. SCOTUS unanimously upheld the rulings by the United States District Court for the Northern District of...more

Saul Ewing LLP

College Sports, Video Games & the Right of Publicity With Guest Michael McCann of Sportico

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In this episode of “Lawyers With Game,” host Darius Gambino of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Video Gaming and Esports Practice, discusses the issues of college athletes being compensated for their name, image and likeness...more

Fisher Phillips

June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: What the Supreme Court Ruling in Alston v. NCAA Means for the Future of College Sports

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“The NCAA is not above the law.” Those seven words capped Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s searing concurring opinion issued in connection with Monday’s (June 21) unanimous (9-0) U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Alston v. National...more

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Game On: College Sports, Video Games & the Right of Publicity With Guest Michael McCann of Sportico

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In this episode of “Lawyers With Game,” host Darius Gambino of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Video Gaming and Esports Practice, discusses the issues of college athletes being compensated for their name, image and likeness...more

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