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Another Brick in the Wall: NCAA Enjoined from Enforcing NIL Rules Prohibiting Student-Athletes from Negotiating with Third Parties

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U.S. District Judge Clifton Corker issued an injunctive order prohibiting the NCAA from enforcing its name, image or likeness (NIL) rules to the extent those rules prohibit prospective or existing student-athletes from...more

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U.S. Senators Reintroduce Bipartisan NCAA Accountability Act

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Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn (R) and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker (D) have reintroduced the “NCAA Accountability Act.” This follows multiple hearings held over the past few years on NCAA operations, including how the...more

Kaufman & Canoles

NCAA Levies Sanctions Against Florida State University’s Football Program Over NIL-related Violations

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Last week, the NCAA announced its most significant Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) enforcement action to date, imposing various penalties against Florida State University and an assistant football coach for impermissible...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

College Football's Latest Controversy: NCAA IP-Like "Sign Stealing" Rules Not Ready for Big Data or AI

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Aside from the actual games on the field, the college football press has been fixated on one story over the past several weeks: the Michigan "sign stealing" controversy. Michigan head coach (and former Chicago Bears...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Update on College Name, Image, and Likeness: Florida Amends NIL Law and NCAA Issues First NIL Infractions Ruling

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On February 16, 2023, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 7B, which makes several amendments to Florida’s name, image, and likeness (NIL) law, adding Florida to the growing list of states loosening prior state NIL...more

Troutman Pepper

New NCAA Basketball Rules Create Compliance Challenges for Division I Universities

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On August 8, the NCAA announced a number of significant changes to its Division I college basketball bylaws. These changes — which come in response to the 2017 federal criminal investigation alleging fraud in college...more

Jackson Walker

Paul Watler Speaks: Old-School Investigative Sports Reporting: Still Relevant After All These Years

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As a young lawyer in 1985, a case came my way that combined several passions: college football, newspaper journalism and the First Amendment. I was the associate attorney assigned to help apply legal muscle in support of our...more

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NCAA Gives Deference To The U – How Sanctions Against Miami May Affect Future Investigations

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In a Twitter world of brief news updates, the NCAA’s tweet at 6:55 AM on October 22nd was blunt, but not unexpected – “Miami failed to monitor activities of a major booster, resulting in a decade of violations.” While the...more

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Independent Investigations Have Proved Valuable For College Athletics

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As recently noted by ESPN senior college basketball writer Andy Katz, the various crises facing intercollegiate athletic programs across the country could benefit from a fresh set of eyes. Increasingly, university...more

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