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Knight Commission Releases Report Seeking to Bridge Finances in Collegiate Athletics with Educational Mission

The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics released last week a major proposal to require the NCAA, the College Football Playoff (CFP), and Division I conferences to “more closely connect the distribution and spending of billions in shared athletics revenue distributions with the broad educational mission of NCAA Division I college athletics programs.” Its perspective continues…
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Dr. Ellen Staurowsky Publishes in Multiple Journals and a Sport Management Text

During the month of September, Dr. Ellen Staurowsky, a sports law professor at Ithaca, joined scholars from around the world in contributing to the Olympic and Paralympic Analysis 2020:  Mega Events, Media, and the Politics of Sport.  Her piece on Pay Equity and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics can be found here. Dr. Staurowsky, a Senior Writer with Hackney…
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Sports Law Professor Joshua Gordon Appointed as Faculty Athletics Representative

Joshua Gordon, Woodard Family Foundation Fellow and senior instructor of sports business and law at the University of Oregon, has been named the school’s next faculty athletics representative (FAR). In this role, Gordon will work with the president and the faculty to ensure the academic integrity of the intercollegiate program, promote the well-being of student-athletes,…
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JSEL Publishes Latest Issue, with a Special Focus on Alston

The most recent issue of JSEL is now available online. This iteration examines the Supreme Court’s recent decision in NCAA v. Alston  as well as features short essays from Professors Jodi Balsam (Brooklyn Law), Richard Friedman (Michigan Law), Matthew Mitten (Marquette Law), George Priest (Yale Law), and Andrew Zimbalist (Smith College). It also includes a…
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Sport Law Professor Gil Fried Joins University of West Florida Faculty

The University of West Florida (UWF, Pensacola, FL) has announced that Gil Fried has joined the faculty in the College of Education and Professional Studies (CEPS), starting in the fall 2021 semester.  Professor Fried will not just teach sport management courses, but will also Chair the Administration & Law Department, which includes sport management, construction…
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Sports Law Professor Named Dean of Niagara University College of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Bridget Niland has been named dean of Niagara University’s College of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Niland comes to NU from the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo/Project Play WNY, where she served as the director of Project Play Western New York, a collaborative effort with the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Youth Sports Initiative to provide children…
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More than 100 Sports Law Professors Now Use Sports Litigation Alert in the Classroom

Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, announced last month that new tools have been  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. Shortly thereafter, several…
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Alicia Jessop Named Pepperdine University’s Faculty Athletics Representative to the NCAA

Alicia Jessop, associate professor of sport administration at Seaver College, has been named faculty athletics representative at Pepperdine University. Appointed by president Jim Gash (JD ’93), Jessop began serving in this role on August 1, 2021. As the faculty athletics representative, Jessop will serve as a liaison between University leadership, faculty, Pepperdine University Athletics, and…
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Sports Lawyers Association Hosts First In Person Event Since Pandemic

The Sports Lawyers Association “is excited to be back in person for the first time since February 2020. We will be kicking off the first of our in-person outreach events live from Chicago on August 13 at 6:30 pm. Join Karen Leetzow, US Soccer, Chief Legal Officer, Cliff Stein, Chicago Bears, General Counsel, SLA President,…
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High School Football Players Tossed from Summer Camp, Then from Court

(The following is an excerpt from Sports Litigation Alert, a subscription-based newsletter that publishes 24 times a year and features a searchable archive of more than 3,000 articles and case summaries, the vast majority of which are original content). To subscribe, visit here.) By Jeff Birren, Senior Writer In 2016, high school football players attended…
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