Harvard Law Today recently interviewed sports law professor Peter Carfagna about the state of collegiate athletics. Among the questions was this one, and his answer: “Beyond NCAA enforcement action, it’s hard not to notice a considerable amount of open court cases regarding these rules and rights. Can you walk me through some of the ongoing…
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Hackney Publications announced today that it has published the fourth annual “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About,” a portal that serves as a resource for those in the sports industry who need experienced and capable legal counsel. The law firms are listed alphabetically, a testament to the difficulty in…
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The NYU Sports Law Association will be hosting its 13th Annual Sports Law Colloquium on Friday April 5th. The event will run from 9:30 AM to 1:15 PM EST on Zoom and will feature three panels and a keynote address, with each panel populated by experts discussing prominent legal issues in the world of sports.…
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Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP will host a webinar on March 6, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST, that addresses “Navigating the Future of Intercollegiate Athletics: Implications of the Dartmouth College Student-Athlete Labor Decision.” Among the featured speakers are Constangy attorneys Chris Deubert, who is also a senior writer for Hackney Publications, and Dean Kpere-Daibo. The…
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On Feb. 29 at noon CST, Husch Blackwell will host “Athletics on an Axis – An Overview of Recent and Anticipated Regulatory Changes in the World of College Athletics” College athletics regulations are in continual flux, and it’s easy for institutions to miss changes in the NCAA regulatory structure. Join Husch Blackwell Higher Education attorneys for an informative…
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By Jared Medrano of Jackson Lewis The U.S. Department of Justice, alongside the District of Columbia and states of Mississippi, Virginia, Minnesota, joined seven other states in their antitrust challenge against the NCAA’s transfer eligibility rule. The rule blocks some student-athletes from immediately competing after transferring between colleges and has been a recent source of contention in the world…
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From the Drake Group: On December 5, 2023, NCAA President Baker proposed a new Division I tier in which schools would be required to pay at least 50 percent of their male and female athletes a minimum of $30,000 annually and have no limits on how much schools could pay individual athletes for use of…
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By Jared Medrano of Jackson Lewis A federal court ruling has forced the NCAA to suspend its transfer eligibility rule, bringing temporary relief to college athletes seeking to transfer schools without sitting out a year of competition. The rule, which requires certain Division I athletes who transfer schools to defer a year of competitive eligibility, was challenged in…
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By Christina Stylianou & Gregg E. Clifton Following a three-year spell of changes in college sports and increased pressure to adapt its policies under the weight of aggressive state legislation and mounting litigation, the NCAA has now issued a proposal that acknowledges the cracks in the NCAA’s longstanding amateurism model. In a multi-page letter to his Division I…
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(Editor’s Note: Below is an excerpt from an article from the most recent Sports Litigation Alert. The author, Ed Edmonds, is a Professor Emeritus of Law at the Notre Dame Law School. His scholarly interests include labor and antitrust issues in baseball.) By Ed Edmonds Seventeen veteran baseball scouts[1] filed an Age Discrimination in Employment Act…
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