The NCAA just made the following announcement: NCAA college athletes will have the opportunity to benefit from their name, image and likeness beginning Thursday. Governance bodies in all three divisions today adopted a uniform interim policy suspending NCAA name, image and likeness rules for all incoming and current student-athletes in all sports. “This is an…
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By Ken Paulson, Director of @FreeSpeechMTSU When it comes to the free speech rights of students, it’s still 1969 in the U.S. Supreme Court. Today the court ruled 8-1 in favor of a disgruntled high school cheerleader who profanely posted her thoughts about the cheerleading program on Snapchat. That led to a one-year suspension from…
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Sports lawyer Robert Fountain has been named corporate counsel of the Texas Rangers Baseball Club. Fountain, a Stetson University College of Law graduate, leaves behind a position as associate general counsel for the United Soccer League, where he spent the previous ten months. From 2014 to the summer of 2020, Fountain was an attorney for…
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The New York Rangers have announced a marketing partnership with Esports Entertainment Group Inc. (EEG), naming the esports company their Official esports tournament provider, beginning on July 1. As part of this relationship, EEG will operate three Rangers-themed esports tournaments utilizing its Esports Gaming League brand and platform. EEG will work with the Rangers organization…
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The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision this week in NCAA v. Alston advanced the interests of college athletes and sent a clear message to the NCAA: enactment by the NCAA of any governance rule that has an economic impact will likely precipitate antitrust scrutiny from the federal courts, according to the Drake Group and Donna Lopiano, President…
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Xavier Director of Compliance Leslie Fields has announced the addition of Grace Falkenbach as the department’s assistant director for compliance. “Grace is a rising star in athletics compliance and we’re fortunate to have her joining our team,” said Fields. “She has outstanding practical experience in compliance; but what really sets Grace apart are her abilities…
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Hagens Berman, a national law firm “supporting the rights of college athletes” has issued five guiding principles to members of the Senate Commerce Committee as the committee considers a recently proposed bill proposed by Sen. Roger Wicker, which has “the potential to rob hundreds of thousands of college athletes of the rights to compensation” for…
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Foley & Lardner LLP recently represented Orlando Health in the renewal of its long-term presenting sponsorship agreement with Major League Soccer’s Orlando City Soccer Club. Under the terms of the new agreement announced on June 14, 2021, Orlando Health will hold naming rights for the Club’s two training facilities, introducing the Orlando Health Training Ground…
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Sports law profess Robert J. Romano of St. Johns University will speak at the 12th International Conference on Sport and Society – ‘Sport and society in Crisis’, a virtual conference on Wednesday. The topic is In Support of the Socially Conscious Athlete: What the Sport Hierarchy Can Learn from Outspoken Athletes. The abstract follows below:…
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The Florida House approved a 30-year deal granting the Seminole Indian Tribe exclusive rights to operate sports betting in Florida on May 19, 2021. However, even though the Tribal Gaming Compact received bipartisan support in the legislature, it will likely face legal challenges by gambling opponents on both federal and state levels. With a sweeping…
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