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Troy Athletics to Streamline Operations and Bolster Athletics Compliance with Spry

Troy Athletics has partnered with Spry to help streamline compliance processes, increase communication efficiencies, and ensure adherence to NCAA regulations for Troy student-athletes, coaches, and administrators, both parties announced Monday.  By incorporating Spry’s platform into the department, Troy Athletics will “significantly improve its day-to-day operations while remaining true to its commitment to ensuring a balance…
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2aDays Teams Up with Hackney Publications to Develop NIL Advisor for High Schools

2aDays, a leading news source for high school and college athletes focusing on NIL and collegiate sports, and Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law publications, are collaborating on a publication dedicated to reporting and providing insights on NIL at the high school level. The magazine, entitled “NIL Advisor for High Schools,” will…
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College Athletics Returns to the NLRB With Notre Dame ULP Charge

By Gregg Clifton, Christina Stylianou, and David Tango The debate over student-athletes’ employment status has once again returned to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), this time drawing the University of Notre Dame into the dispute. Just weeks after the Dartmouth College Men’s Basketball team voted to unionize and be represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in an…
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Sports Lawyer Promoted to Deputy Athletic Director for Legal and Regulatory Affairs at Virginia

The University of Virginia has promoted Jason Baum to the position of deputy athletic director for legal and regulatory affairs. Baum has been a member of the Virginia athletics department since 2014. Most recently, he has overseen the compliance department as the associate athletics director for governance & regulatory affairs. He replaces Jim Booz on…
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Private Aviation Company Strikes NIL Mega Deal with With Texas Longhorns Quarterback Quinn Ewers

Quinn Ewers, the star quarterback of the Texas Longhorns football team, has entered into a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) agreement with NICHOLAS AIR, marking the second private jet NIL deal for a collegiate athlete and the private jet travel company. Under the terms of the agreement, Ewers will collaborate with NICHOLAS AIR on various…
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CCHA’s Sports Law Group Listed as One of Industry’s Best; Attorney Paia LaPalombara Featured on Sports Law Expert Podcast

Hackney Publications has announced today the inclusion of Church Church Hittle + Antrim (CCHA) to its “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About.” In addition, the company announced that Paia LaPalombara, who joined the firm’s Sports Law and Higher Education sections last fall, has also been featured on Sports Law Podcast. The segment can…
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An Interview with Sports Law Expert Peter Carfagna About the State of Collegiate Athletics

Harvard Law Today recently interviewed sports law professor Peter Carfagna about the state of collegiate athletics. Among the questions was this one, and his answer: “Beyond NCAA enforcement action, it’s hard not to notice a considerable amount of open court cases regarding these rules and rights. Can you walk me through some of the ongoing…
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Hackney Publications Publishes Fourth Annual ‘100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About’

Hackney Publications announced today that it has published the fourth annual “100 Law Firms with Sports Law Practices You Need to Know About,” a portal that serves as a resource for those in the sports industry who need experienced and capable legal counsel. The law firms are listed alphabetically, a testament to the difficulty in…
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Hackney Publications Sponsors Sports Lawyers Association’s Annual Conference

Hackney Publications (HP), the nation’s leading publisher of sports law publications, is one of the sponsors of the Sports Lawyers Association’s 49th annual conference, which will be held May 9-11 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, MD. This year’s conference is centered around the theme “Where Sports and Culture Collide.” To see the agenda, visit here: https://www.sportslaw.org/conferences/2024conf/agenda/index.cfm.To…
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Sports Law Attorney Mit Winter Talks Dartmouth

(Editor’s note: Courtesy of 2adays.com and journalist Bella Kevin, shared below is a question and answer from a recent interview the media outlet had with sports law attorney Mid Winter of Kennyhertz Perry. The insightful interview centered primarily on NIL and can be viewed here. However we wanted to share Winter’s thoughts on the developing story at…
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