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Sports Law Expert Podcast Interviews Attorney TaRonda Randall of Husch Blackwell About Collegiate Athletics

June 5, 2026

Hackney Publications has announced the availability of a recent interview with the TaRonda Randall, a leading sports lawyer with Husch Blackwell (https://www.huschblackwell.com/), on the Sports Law Expert Podcast. The segment, which features a free-flowing and timely discussion about collegiate athletics as well as other topics, can be heard here – https://open.spotify.com/episode/1RINifAw7X3zguPaGLWL25?si=zQ09QhNOQey_JE6oQofDBA. “TaRonda is an emerging…
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Knight Commission Endorses a Solution for Collegiate Sports Woes

June 2, 2026

The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics announced its support of the NCAA’s proposed age-based, five-year eligibility concept, as it aligns with the standard four- or five-year college experience for full-time students. The Knight Commission also supports a change to the current transfer rules to set reasonable limits on athlete transfers to promote academic continuity and…
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Hackney Publications Recognizes the Top Thirty U.S. Sports Law Programs in 2026

June 1, 2026

By Oliver Canning The world of sports law is rapidly transitioning from a niche specialization to an exploding multidisciplinary field. As the sporting industry grows into a global asset class, legal education has pivoted with it, moving beyond teaching traditional contract negotiation into the complicated areas of private equity, AI, and the burgeoning name, image,…
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Hackney Publications Recognizes the Top Thirty U.S. Sports Law Programs in 2026 – 21-25 in Alphabetical Order

May 29, 2026

(Editor’s Note: Here are five schools (21-25) to be so recognized. We will highlight five more a day over the next three business days. The full article appears in Sports Litigation Alert on Thursday night) By Oliver Canning The world of sports law is rapidly transitioning from a niche specialization to an exploding multidisciplinary field.…
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Hackney Publications Recognizes the Top Thirty U.S. Sports Law Programs in 2026 – Second Five in Alphabetical Order

May 27, 2026

(Editor’s Note: Here are the second five schools to be so recognized. We will highlight five more a day over the next four business days. The full article appears in Sports Litigation Alert on Thursday night) By Oliver Canning The world of sports law is rapidly transitioning from a niche specialization to an exploding multidisciplinary…
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Hackney Publications Recognizes the Top Thirty U.S. Sports Law Programs in 2026 – First Five in Alphabetical Order

May 26, 2026

(Editor’s Note: Here are the first five schools to be so recognized. We will highlight five more a day over the next five business days. The full article appears in Sports Litigation Alert on Thursday night) By Oliver Canning The world of sports law is rapidly transitioning from a niche specialization to an exploding multidisciplinary…
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USC Law Introduces a Specialized LLM Degree in Sports Law

May 19, 2026

The University of Southern California Gould School of Law noted this week that it “is building on its commitment to innovation in legal education” with the launch of three new Master of Laws (LLM) degree programs: LLM in Artificial Intelligence and Technology Law, LLM in Sports Law and Negotiation and an Online LLM in Media…
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NIL and International Student-Athletes: Overview and Analysis of the Current Climate

April 30, 2026

(Editor’s Note: The following is reprinted from NIL Institutional Report.) By Mallory Gault Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rights have transformed the world of college athletics and has allowed student-athletes the opportunities to profit off their personal brand, yet those opportunities are not available to all student-athletes. Keith Miller, vice president at Influxer, spoke about…
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Skillman Guides BSK as It Assists Colleges and Universities Through the Turmoil that Is Collegiate Athletics

April 27, 2026

(Editor’s Note: The following is shared from the pages of the April issue of Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics.) Bond Schoeneck & King (BSK) is a preeminent law firm in collegiate athletics, where its reputation quite naturally precedes itself. That reputation was decades in the making, nurtured primarily by two high-profile sports lawyers – Mike…
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Expert Explains Why Teams Should Avoid ‘Trading Up’ During NFL Draft

April 21, 2026

Ahead of the NFL Draft’s arrival in Pittsburgh on April 23, a West Virginia University professor is challenging one of football’s most aggressive strategies and his data suggests teams are getting it wrong. Christian Schaupp, professor of accounting in the WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics, will be watching with other fans to see which teams attempt to…
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