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Drake Group Decries NCAA Infractions Decision concerning UMass Women’s Tennis and Former Athlete, Brittany Collen

November 24, 2020

(What follows is news from the Drake Group today.) The Drake Group, decries an October 16, 2020 NCAA Committee on Infractions decision penalizing college athletes rather than the athletic program administrators who botched the computation of their scholarship checks. Over a three-year period, UMass athletic department administrators failed to properly compute payments when 12 athletes…
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Spry Payment Systems Announces Oral Roberts University Athletics Will Test Its NIL Platform

November 19, 2020

Spry Payment Systems, Inc. (Spry), a technology company that creates a way for colleges and student athletes to embrace the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) movement, has announced that Oral Roberts University Athletics (ORU) will test its NIL platform. What separates Spry from other companies in the space is that its platform was built from…
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Ever-growing Student Sports Law Network Hosting Inaugural Virtual Symposium November 10-12

November 7, 2020

The Student Sports Law Network will host its inaugural virtual symposium from Nov. 10 through Nov. 12. The three nights of events will bring together some of the sharpest legal minds from around the country. Each night, in front of registered guests, these accomplished individuals will discuss some of the most-important topics in sports law.…
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Leading Sports Lawyer Bob Wallace Interviews Kurt Hunzeker on the XFL BattleHawks

November 6, 2020

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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Jackson Lewis Attorneys to Address How California’s Employment Laws Impact Sports Industry on November 12

November 3, 2020

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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Drake Group Says College Athletes Should Give U.S. House NIL Bill a C+ Grade

October 30, 2020

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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Horizon League Tabs Attorney as Commissioner

October 26, 2020

The Horizon League Board of Directors announced last week the selection of Julie Roe Lach as Commissioner effective January 1, 2021. Roe Lach has served as the Deputy Commissioner for the Horizon League since 2014 overseeing strategic and financial planning, League governance and television and sponsorship management. Her responsibilities also included men’s basketball oversight, including…
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Hackney Publications Announces the Hire of Senior Editor Peter Dawson

October 9, 2020

Dawson Brings an MBA in Journalism as well as Experience Working at Daily and Weekly Newspapers to the Nation’s Leading Publisher of Sports Law Periodicals Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, has announced today the hire of Peter Dawson, a sports business journalist, to help the company expand its presence in…
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National Sports Law Institute Fall Conference Set for Friday, October 16

October 8, 2020

The National Sports Law Institute’s Annual Fall conference will take place online on Microsoft Teams on Friday, October 16, 2020. This year’s conference will focus on Perspectives from a Sports Law Faculty, and feature our own Sports Law Program faculty members, many who are members of this association, along with a few other alums, discussing…
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Texas Tech Releases Internal Review of Softball Program After Controversial Resignation

October 1, 2020

Texas Tech University today (Sept. 30) released an internal review of its softball program that led to the resignation of former head coach Adrian Gregory on Sept. 22. During the spring of 2020, Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt requested an overall review of the softball program at Texas Tech. This review followed concerns brought forward…
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