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New Game Plan: White House and Congress Move to Clarify Student Athlete Unionization Rights

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/29/2025

Last week, both Congress and President Trump took steps that could reshape how labor and employment laws apply to student athletes in higher education. While neither action will have immediate legal effect, together they...more

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - February 2025 #4

Kaufman & Canoles on 2/25/2025

The NFL, MLB, NCAA and NASCAR said they support a bill introduced in Congress on Thursday that would give state and local law enforcement the ability to disable drones during sporting events, which the leagues say have become...more

House Considers Bill Declaring Student Athletes Not Employees

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 6/15/2024

On Thursday, June 13, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives Education and Workforce Committee held a hearing on H.R. 8534, entitled “The Protecting Student Athletes’ Economic Freedom Act” (“Act”). If passed, the Act would...more

Bipartisan Federal Legislation Introduced to Drastically Modify NCAA’s Current Infractions Process

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 11/4/2021

A little more than two years ago, James Wiseman was the University of Memphis’ prize recruit expected to lead that school back to the Final Four. Now, following his very limited college career that was plagued by allegations...more

Not All Fun and Games? College Athletes May Soon Drive a Hard Bargain With Union Support

CDF Labor Law LLP on 6/8/2021

On May 27, 2021, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced the College Athlete Right to Organize Act seeking to provide collective bargaining rights for college athletes. ...more

New Federal Legislation Proposal Authorizes Student-Athletes To Unionize

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/28/2021

A group of Democratic U.S. Senators, led by Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) have introduced the College Athlete Right to Organize Act. The proposed legislation would amend the National Labor...more

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