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D1 Approved and Central Michigan University Partner to Strengthen NIL Compliance and Grow Athlete Revenues

October 7, 2026

D1 Approved, an Austin-based technology company focused on compliance and market intelligence surrounding student-athletes’ name, image and likeness (NIL) activity, has entered into a partnership with Central Michigan University. CMU joins D1 Approved (https://d1approved.com/) as a founding partner and will use the platform across its athletic department to strengthen NIL compliance and identify new revenue…
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USC Athletics Appoints Sports Lawyer Aitken-Smith as Executive Senior Associate AD, Administration & Risk

October 5, 2026

USC Athletics has announced the hiring of Merlene Aitken-Smith, J.D., as Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director for Administration & Risk. A nationally respected collegiate athletics administrator with more than 20 years of leadership experience, Aitken-Smith joins USC from the University of Nevada, where she has served as Deputy Athletic Director since 2022. In her new…
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Hanover College Accused of Violating Title IX After Cutting Women’s Swim Team

September 30, 2026

(From the pages of Sports Litigation Alert.) By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Writer, Professor, Sports Media (Retired), Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca College, staurows@ithaca.edu In late March of 2026, administrators at Hanover College (Indiana) announced that the men’s and women’s swim teams were being eliminated at the end of the spring semester.…
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Governing from the Sidelines Is No Longer Enough

September 28, 2026

By Jackie Gardina Opinions expressed in AGB blogs are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the institutions that employ them or of AGB. Intercollegiate athletics is changing at a breathtaking pace. Recent profiles of Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti, in the New York Times and the Sports Business Journal, offer a useful illustration. At the…
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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Name Sports Lawyer Katreshia Louis-Verrett as Athletics Director

August 24, 2026

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has named Katreshia Louis-Verrett, J.D., its director of intercollegiate athletics, the university announced. Louis-Verrett, currently deputy athletic director at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will begin her new role Sept. 1. She will oversee 17 intercollegiate athletics teams involving more than 300 student-athletes and nearly 50 coaches…
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Sports Lawyer Lynda Tealer Returns to Texas, Joining Del Conte’s Executive Team

August 17, 2026

A highly respected veteran administrator with extensive Southeastern Conference experience and a law degree from The University of Texas, Lynda Tealer is joining Chris Del Conte’s Texas Athletics executive leadership team as Deputy Athletics Director for Strategic Initiatives and Administration. A former collegiate student-athlete, Tealer comes to Texas after serving the past two years as…
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NBA Beats Video Privacy Suit Twice On a Rule Even the Judge Applying It Doesn’t Believe In

July 14, 2026

By Katelyn Kohler, Esq. A federal appeals panel signaled this month that it will likely hand the National Basketball Association (NBA) its second consecutive win in a long-running privacy lawsuit over fan-tracking advertising technology, but not without one sitting judge publicly disagreeing with the legal standard compelling that result. On June 16, 2026, the U.S.…
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Study Questions NFL Draft’s Ability to Predict Player Success

June 28, 2026

A new study has found little evidence that the NFL’s draft order accurately predicts player performance, raising questions about how teams value draft picks and evaluate talent. Researchers analyzed data from 2,544 players selected in the NFL Draft between 2011 and 2020 and found that players chosen earlier in the draft generally did not outperform…
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Herrick Sports Lawyer Receives Rising Leader Award

June 9, 2026

With one of the nation’s leading sports law practices, Herrick announced this spring that Jermaine A. Brookshire, Jr., associate in Herrick’s Corporate Department and Sports Law Group, was selected as the 2026 Recipient for the Rising Leader Award by the George W. Crawford Black Bar Association. The Rising Leader Award “recognizes a distinguished member of the legal community…
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Beyond the Finish Line: Athlete Safety and the Expanding Scope of Concussion Liability in Olympic Sports

June 4, 2026

(Editor’s note: Reprinted from the pages and Sports Litigation Alert, the nation’s leading sports law periodical, providing subscribers with access to searchable archive of more than 6,000 articles and case summaries.) By Anna Giambelluca, Esq. When we think of concussion litigation, we picture professional football and other major contact sports. Cases involving the NFL, NHL,…
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