The LEAD1 Association (“LEAD1”), which represents the athletics directors of the 130-member schools of the Football Bowl Subdivision (“FBS”), and Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, released today a new publication to help athletics departments better navigate college sports name, image, and likeness (NIL) rule changes. The “LEAD1 NIL Institutional Report” will be…
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A law firm that claims “a long track record of supporting and sustaining the rights of college-athletes says a recently proposed bill brought by Sen. Roger Wicker to Sen. Maria Cantwell has the potential to rob hundreds of thousands of college-athletes of their just rights to compensation for their name, image and likeness.” Hagens Berman…
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Last week, the Division I Council members discussed the name, image and likeness proposals currently in the system, including the effective date and potential plan for adoption. Provided it is feasible to do so, the Council is expected to act on legislative proposals regarding name, image and likeness during its June 22-23 meeting. Having the legislation in place by July 1 would provide greater consistency…
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Spry, the only company in the collegiate sports industry with a complete and market-ready Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) technology solution, will be the presenting sponsor at the LEAD1 Association’s Semi-Annual Meeting on April 14. LEAD1 represents the athletic directors of the 130-member schools of the Football Bowl Subdivision and is an influential resource for its…
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Hackney Publications announced today the launch of “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About,” a portal that serves as a resource for those in need of experienced and capable legal counsel in the sports law arena. The firms are listed alphabetically, an ode to the difficulty in actually ranking such…
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Arent Fox has announced “the expansion of its Sports and Corporate & Securities practices” with the addition of Bill Ordower, a former Major League Soccer (MLS) Executive Vice President and General Counsel. A strategic advisor with more than 20 years of experience at MLS, Ordower is joining the firm’s New York office as a Partner…
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Don Garber, Commissioner of Major League Soccer, sent the following letter to “MLS Fans” this morning, highlighting three-quarters of the way down the fact that owners made “a fair proposal to a very difficult situation.” The letter: “On behalf of everyone at Major League Soccer and our clubs, I hope that despite the challenges we…
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This week on After the Buzzer, host Bob Wallace of Thompson Coburn is joined by Kurt Hunzeker, former Team President of the St. Louis BattleHawks. Kurt, who has spent 20 years in the sports industry, walks Bob through the experience of building the XFL brand in St. Louis, a city that experienced the loss of…
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The Association of Corporate Counsel (Southern California) and Jackson Lewis P.C. will host a complimentary webinar on November 12, from 10 to 11 a.m. PST, that will address how California’s employment laws impact sports industry. Headlining the panel are Gregg E. Clifton and Adam Y. Siegel, of firm Jackson Lewis P.C. Clifton bases in Phoenix…
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The Drake Group issued a position statement applauding The Student Athlete Level Playing Field Act , introduced on September 14, 2020 by a bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives: Anthony Gonzalez (OH), Emanuel Cleaver (MO), Marcia Fudge (OH), Steve Stivers (OH), Rodney Davis (IL), Jeffrey Duncan (SC), Josh Gottheimer (NJ) and Colin Allred (TX). The Act, if…
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