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Hackney Publications Creates Client Referral Program for Sports Lawyers

February 6, 2025

Hackney Publications announced today a client referral program, leveraging 25 years of editing and publishing experience in the sports law field to pair potential legal clients with sports lawyers. Those “friends of Hackney Publications,” defined as subscribers and sponsors, will receive notification when a potential legal client reaches out through Sportslawexpert.com (https://sportslawexpert.com/seeking-a-sports-lawyer/) as well as…
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SRLA Announces Keynote Speaker for Annual Conference, As Well As Registration and Hotel Link

January 28, 2025

The Sports and Recreation Law Association (SRLA) has announced that Chance Miller, the Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics and University Recreation at Coastal Carolina University, will be its keynote speaker for the 38th annual SRLA Conference, being held February 26 to March 1 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The association also announced that it has…
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University of Mississippi Law Students Gain Practical Experience in Sports Law

January 27, 2025

Photo by Srijita Chattopadhyay/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services Nine University of Mississippi law students braved the cold and snow this month to immerse themselves into the evolving world of collegiate sports law. Through the Wintersession Sports Law Practicum course, the students gained firsthand practical skills and knowledge. The class included a trip to the NCAA…
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Explaining Proposed House Settlement and Impacts: Knight Commission Brief Released

January 23, 2025

The Knight Commission has produced a resource explaining the proposed House v. NCAA settlement. The settlement is both complex and not well understood, yet the implementation of that settlement will have profound impacts on all Division I athletics programs and universities, and more broadly will drive a new operational model for Division I college sports. The Commission…
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The Rise of Online Abuse in Collegiate Sports: Lessons from the NCAA Threat Matrix Pilot Study

January 13, 2025

(Editor’s Note: Interesting article from Segal McCambridge’s Sports Recreation and Entertainment Practice Group and the lead attorney of the practice group Carla Varriale-Barker (she/her).) Online abuse in sports has reached alarming levels, targeting athletes, coaches, and officials, especially during high-profile events. Recognizing the growing threat, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) partnered with Signify Group…
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Hackney Publications Provides More Ways Use Sports Litigation Alert in the Classroom

December 25, 2024

Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, announced today the continued refinement of teaching tools, which can be used with Sports Litigation Alert (Alert), a periodical that has been integrated in sports law classrooms for more than 15 years. “There’s a challenge in sports law classes in that the legal developments highlighted…
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Texas AG Sues NCAA ‘To Protect Women’s Sports and Prevent Biological Men from Deceptively Competing in Sex-Specific Competitions’

December 24, 2024

Texas’ Socially Conservative Attorney General, Ken Paxton, has sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) “for engaging in false, deceptive, and misleading practices by marketing sporting events as ‘women’s’ competitions only to then provide consumers with mixed sex competitions where biological males compete against biological females.” In a press release, Paxton’s office claims that “only…
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Judge Issues Critical Ruling in the University of Kentucky Title IX Athletics Case

December 17, 2024

(Editor’s note: The following excerpt was authored by Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Professor, Sports Media, Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College. Ellen is also a senior writer for Hackney Publications and Editor-in-Chief of Title IX Alert. The article will appear in its complete form in Title IX Alert, which can be subscribed to…
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Conference Achieves Knight Commission C.A.R.E. Champion Distinction; What It Means

December 11, 2024

The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics has announced the Big Sky Conference as an inaugural C.A.R.E. Champion following the league’s adoption and implementation of all requirements to receive the distinction. A C.A.R.E. Champion Connects Athletics Revenues with the Educational mission of college sports “by prioritizing college athletes’ education, health, safety, well-being, equity, and opportunity in…
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Porn Website CamSoda Tries to Capitalize on Miami Mascot-Reporter Controversy

December 4, 2024

The New York Post reported this week about the controversy that occurred between the University of Miami Mascot, Sebastian, and a reporter on the sideline in a game between the Hurricanes and Syracuse last weekend. The Post Reported: “A Syracuse football reporter is claiming the football game wasn’t the only one the Miami mascot was…
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