Student Athletes or Employees? The Constantly Changing State of Play
Maximizing Revenue: The Future of College Sports Media Rights in a Post-House World — Highway to NIL Podcast
Executive Order Breakdown: President Trump's Vision for College Sports and NIL Reform — Highway to NIL Podcast
CSC Guidance Unveiled: NIL Enforcement and Implications for Collectives — Highway to NIL Podcast
The NCAA's Recent Q&A Document: Clues on What NIL Enforcement Will Look Like Post-House — Highway to NIL Podcast
NIL Enforcement in a Post-House World – What Institutions Can Expect — Highway to NIL Podcast
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - NCAA Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) Update – Effects of House Settlement
Two Key Considerations in NIL Deals
Dinsmore: A trusted partner in NIL deals
House Final Settlement Hearing: Key Insights and Future Implications for NIL — Highway to NIL Podcast
What is the House v. NCAA settlement and how does this ruling affect college sports?
Rescission of DOE Guidance — Highway to NIL Podcast
The Labor Law Insider: Student Athletes as Employees – Changes and Updates on the Dartmouth Case, NIL Litigation
Ley Mbappé
DOE Guidance and DOJ Statement of Interest — Highway to NIL Podcast
NIL News: End of Year Roundup — Highway to NIL Podcast
House Settlement Approval — Highway to NIL Podcast
What's the Tea in L&E? Getting Sued for Using Photos of Employees
TortsCenter Podcast | Episode 6 | Fielding the Future: Title IX and NIL
NCAA Settlement Update — Highway to NIL Podcast
The legal and compliance landscape for name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights in college sports has changed dramatically over the last two years....more
College and university athletics have never been more commercially visible or more legally complex. From nationally televised games and conference realignment to the rise of name, image and likeness (NIL) opportunities,...more
Late last week, federal authorities announced charges against 26 individuals, including more than 15 former NCAA Division I men’s basketball student‑athletes, for participating in what prosecutors describe as an...more
The US Department of Education recently launched a series of Title IX investigations of 18 different colleges and universities, state departments of education, and local public school systems that have policies allowing...more
The College Sports Commission (CSC) was established to oversee compliance with and enforcement of collegiate Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rules following the House settlement....more
Join Bricker Graydon Wyatt’s K–12 Athletics Team for an Athletics Symposium! Spend more than two hours with leading school law and athletics experts—including special guest Ron Sayers from OHSAA—as we take a deep dive into...more
Last week, the College Sports Commission (CSC) issued two key announcements, one regarding the impact of new scholarships on the institutional cap and the other reiterating rules and approach to third-party NIL in light of...more
Key Takeaways: President Trump made higher education a focus of his second term, and his administration has targeted colleges and universities in various spaces, including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Title VI, Title...more
The impact of the elimination of scholarship equivalencies on Title IX compliance is an infrequently discussed aspect of the House settlement. We analyzed the practical application of that rule change in an article published...more
With most of the country’s focus on who was snubbed by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee, college athletics reached another inflection point on Monday with the release of Athletes.org’s first-ever draft...more
Ohio has stepped into an unprecedented new chapter of high school athletics. Following months of pressure due to ongoing litigation, along a rapidly changing national landscape for student-athletes, member schools of the Ohio...more
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has abruptly reversed a recently approved rule change that would have permitted college athletes and athletic department staff to bet on professional sports. Under a rarely...more
The College Sports Commission (CSC) has circulated a 10-page University Participation Agreement that would dramatically reshape NIL and direct-payment enforcement. The biggest shift: schools would waive their right to...more
The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) has approved an emergency bylaw referendum allowing high school student-athletes to participate in Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) activities....more
The name, image and likeness (NIL) era in college sports continues to expand at the high school level. A high-profile lawsuit brought in the Court of Common Pleas, Franklin County, Ohio, by the mother of a five-star wide...more
In the wake of the In re: College Athlete Compensation Antitrust Litigation settlement (House settlement), the Power 4 conferences (Big Ten, ACC, Big 12 and SEC) created an independent regulatory body called the College...more
On November 13, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken, who oversees the House v. NCAA settlement, overruled objections to the Injunctive Relief Settlement (IRS) filed by seven student-athletes. Judge Wilken held a fairness...more
Does Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prevent states from designating separate girls’ and boys’ sports teams based on biological sex determined at birth?...more
From financial aid to athlete compensation and early decision, colleges and universities are increasingly facing antitrust litigation under the Sherman Antitrust Act. The legal landscape is shifting fast, and institutions...more
The Supreme Court kicked off a new term on October 6 and is set to decide several key cases in the coming year that could have big effects on employers for years to come. Here’s a preview of the top cases on the Court’s...more
TOLEDO, OH — Shumaker is proud to announce that Toledo high school football athlete Kayden Zoeller has won a rare appeal before the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA), allowing him to continue playing this season...more
A group of Senate Democrats recently introduced legislation designed to bring federal oversight to college athletics’ increasingly chaotic NIL landscape. The September 29 bill, known as the Student Athlete Fairness and...more
As students return to campus this Fall, university leaders are stepping into a new semester following two notable Title IX developments this year. In January, a federal court overturned the Biden administration’s updated...more
Key Takeaways - A federal court ruled that the NCAA’s Five-Year Rule may violate antitrust law in the NIL era....more
Welcome to our sixth issue of The Academic Advisor for 2025. In this edition, we cover the following topics of interest for schools, institutions of higher education, and other education-focused organizations: - How the...more