Michael A. Ross, the Department Chair, an Assistant Professor of Sport Management at Shorter University, and a PhD student at Troy University, has been named a Senior Writer for the Journal of NCAA Compliance (JONC). Ross, who specializes in research related to youth sport studies, leadership, sport law, social media policies and procedures within interscholastic…
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LEAD1 Association (“LEAD1”), which represents the athletics directors of the 131-member schools of the Football Bowl Subdivision (“FBS”), has released an FBS Football governance proposal that outlines the position of LEAD1 athletics directors (“FBS ADs”). The proposal, which was recently sent to the NCAA Division I Board of Directors and the Transformation Committee, was developed…
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The Ohio Athletics has announced the addition of Michael Gray as Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance. Gray comes to Ohio with seven years of NCAA Division I compliance experience. Gray, who earned his Juris Doctorate from Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky in 2015, spent four years at Northern Kentucky, most recently…
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hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, has announced new tools are being added to Sports Litigation Alert (Alert), a periodical that has been used in sports law classrooms for more than 15 years, which will make it even more useful for professors and their college students. “There’s a challenge in sports law classes…
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University of Florida Executive Associate Athletics Director Lynda Tealer is now chair of the NCAA Division I Council. The Division I Council is a high-level group responsible for the day-to-day decision-making for Division I. The Council includes athletics directors, athletics administrators, Senior Woman Administrators, faculty athletics representatives and student-athletes. Almost all standing committees in Division…
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The University of Iowa Sports Law Professor Dan Matheson, J.D. has announced the launch of the University of Iowa College Athletics Infractions Hearing Competition, which is co-hosted by the University of Iowa College of Law and the the school’s Sport and Recreation Management program, The competition closely simulates NCAA Committee on Infractions hearings and will…
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(Editor’s Note: The following is shared from the Journal of NCAA Compliance, a publication produced by Hackney Publications) When Ike Ukaegbu entered the athletic department offices at Washington State University for the first time on June 13 it represented his exit from a fast-rising compliance career to one of athletic department leadership. Ukaegbu spent the…
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Lamar University has announced the selection of Jeff O’Malley, a lawyer, as the university’s new Director of Athletics. O’Malley joins Lamar after a highly successful 20-year tenure at Marshall University serving as the Associate Director of Athletics/Chief of Staff and liaison to the university’s General Counsel. O’Malley, who will take the reins of Lamar University…
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Lewis Brisbois has announced that accomplished sports attorney John Long has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Houston office. Long joins the firm along with Phoenix Partner Gregg E. Clifton from Jackson Lewis, to form “a powerhouse team of sports law practitioners” at Lewis Brisbois. Long has extensive experience and success in higher education…
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University of Missouri Director of Athletics Desireé Reed-Francois has named Will Kava as the Tigers Senior Associate Athletic Director for Compliance and Governance. Kava, who joins Mizzou from Ole Miss, will serve on Reed-Francois’ senior leadership team and lead the department’s compliance and governance efforts, including overseeing Mizzou’s Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) program, currently…
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