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The Drake Group Applauds NCAA Position on Allowing College Athletes to Exploit Their Own Names, Images and Likenesses — But Issues Caution

October 30, 2019

(What follows was recently published by the Drake Group in response to the NCAA’s movement this week toward compensating student athletes in specific circumstances.) On October 29, 2019, the NCAA Board of Governors voted unanimously to permit college athletes to commercialize the use of their names, images and likenesses (NILs) “in a manner consistent with…
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Feldman to Hold Newly-Endowed Sher Garner Professorship in Sports Law, Nation’s First Such Professorship Dedicated to Sports Law

October 28, 2019

Tulane University’s nationally recognized Sports Law Program will now be led by the nation’s first fully endowed professorship dedicated to sports law – Professor Gabe Feldman. Alumni and longtime supporters Leopold and Karen Sher and James and Tracie Garner have endowed the Sher Garner Professorship in Sports Law. The professorship will be held by Professor…
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Texas A&M Introduces Hand-Held Metal Detectors Today

October 26, 2019

Guests today at the Texas A&M Football game vs. Mississippi State may encounter a new security measure – walk through and hand-held metal detectors – when they enter the stadium. In preparation for Southeastern Conference-mandated enhanced security measures in the fall of 2020, Texas A&M will begin implementing walk through and hand-held metal detectors at…
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Barnes & Thornburg Launches University and Professional Athletics Group

October 22, 2019

Barnes & Thornburg has joined forces with sports industry veterans, E.T. “Skip” Prince and Steve Pederson, to launch a new University and Professional Athletics practice. Joining the firm’s experienced athletics industry attorneys, Prince and Pederson bring decades of experience overseeing, managing, and providing consultation to collegiate athletic departments and conferences, professional teams and leagues, and…
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Sports Facilities and the Law Enters Third Year with Editor in Chief Gil Fried at the Helm

October 20, 2019

Sports Facilities and the Law (SFL), a periodical that reports on legal and risk management developments involving sports facilities, is well into its third year of publication. Leading the effort is Gil Fried, a sport management professor at the University of New Haven, as well as an illustrious advisory board of attorneys and facility management…
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Hofstra Law’s Sports and Entertainment Law Society to Host Sports Law Roundtable on November 13

October 16, 2019

Hofstra Law’s Sports and Entertainment Law Society (SELS) will host the “Sports Law Roundtable, a conversation on current Professional and NCAA sports law issues, and why the game may never be the same” on Wednesday, November 13 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Room 308 of the law school. The event, which is free, is being…
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Professor: California Decision May Force NCAA to Amend Rules on Income

October 5, 2019

Patrick Rishe is director of the sports business program at Olin Business School at Washington University, recently offered some insights on California governor Gavin Newsom’s decision to sign a bill that will allow California athletes to earn money from the use of their names, images and likenesses. The California passage of this bill will eventually…
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Montgomery McCracken Attorneys Set To Speak on Sports Law Issues at Villanova Law Event on Oct. 2

September 27, 2019

On Wednesday, October 2, four attorneys from Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, Steven Pachman, Dylan Henry, Kimberly Sachs, and Kacie Kergides, will be presenting before Villanova Law’s Sports Law Society. Beginning at noon in room 102, the attorneys will discuss recent legal issues affecting sports and the law, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), second impact…
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Sports Lawyers Scott Tompsett and Bill Sullivan Represent KU Basketball Coach Bill Self in High-Profile Case

September 24, 2019

The University of Kansas men’s basketball program is facing unprecedented scrutiny after the NCAA presented its Notice of Allegations this week to KU, alleging widespread violations of NCAA rules. Further examination of the Notice suggests that one of the most glaring individual targets in the investigation will be Hall of Fame Head Basketball Coach Bill…
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Yale Reports that Internal Investigation by WilmerHale Shows Recruiting Scandal Was Isolated

September 19, 2019

An investigation by outside legal counsel has found no evidence that any Yale coach other than former women’s soccer coach Rudy Meredith accepted bribes to provide fraudulent athletic endorsements or that anyone other than two previously identified applicants received such endorsements. The four-month investigation, conducted by the law firm WilmerHale at the request of Yale,…
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