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The House Settlement: College Athletics Panacea or Pandora’s Box?

Flaster Greenberg PC on 7/17/2025

On June 6, 2025, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken approved a settlement allowing NCAA schools to pay student-athletes in an agreement now simply known as The House Settlement. The House Settlement directly resolved...more

From the Sidelines to Six Figures: Smart Tax Planning for NIL-Earning Student Athletes

Fleurinord Law PLLC on 7/11/2025

Just a few years ago, if you were a student-athlete, you had two options: maintain eligibility or get paid. You couldn’t have both. That all changed on July 1, 2021, thanks to a landmark shift that rocked the college sports...more

Legal Update: NCAA Athletes As Employees Of Their Schools Gains Momentum In Federal Court And The NLRB

Robinson & Cole LLP on 7/25/2024

Introduction - In the past three years, groundbreaking legal and structural changes have shaken collegiate sports. In June 2021, a unanimous Supreme Court held in NCAA v. Alston, 594 U.S. 69 (2021), that the NCAA and some...more

Name, Image, and Likeness Compensation for Student-Athletes: From the Playing Field to the Courthouse, Is the Ball Now in...

Flaster Greenberg PC on 5/31/2024

For decades, student-athletes have asserted that colleges and universities have benefitted from their participation in collegiate athletics, while the student athletes themselves receive nothing in return. A college...more

Student Athletes Secure Victory Over NCAA: Discussing the Future of NIL in Collegiate Athletics

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 3/7/2024

In July 2021, the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston secured student-athletes’ right to monetize their name, image, and likeness (or NIL). Before the landmark decision, the...more

UPDATE: NLRB Continues Its Full-Court Press on Collegiate Athletics – Inside the Dartmouth Unionization Decision

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/22/2024

UPDATE: The men's basketball team at Dartmouth voted Tuesday, March 5, to unionize – a first in college sports history. We wrote about the labor decision that led to Tuesday's union vote, as well as takeaways for private...more

Tennessee and Virginia AGs File Antitrust Suit Against NCAA Over New NIL Policies

Troutman Pepper Locke on 2/19/2024

On January 31, Tennessee Attorney General (AG) Jonathan Skrmetti, joined by Virginia AG Jason Miyares, filed suit against the NCAA in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee for alleged violations of the...more

Mitigating The Risks Of Introducing Name, Image, And Likeness Rights In College Athletics

K2 Integrity on 11/21/2023

In the world of college athletics, the introduction of name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights on 1 July 2021 revolutionized the landscape for student-athletes, presenting new challenges and opportunities for student-athletes....more

The Academic Advisor - Education Law Insights, Issue 6, June 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 7/5/2023

Supreme Court Blocks Use of Race in Harvard, UNC Admissions in Blow to Diversity Efforts - "In one of its most closely watched cases this year, the court ruled along ideological lines that the way the schools approached race...more

The NIL Presumption: Is the Newest NCAA Measure a Boon for Enforcement or the Next Front for Legal Challenge?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/10/2023

The Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”) era of college sports has brought headlines, rumors, and dollar signs, but little in the way of NCAA enforcement. The NCAA’s seeming reluctance to take action against perceived violators...more

One Year of Collegiate Athletics Following NCAA v. Alston

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 7/6/2022

The Supreme Court, on June 21, 2021, issued its landmark decision in National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston, bringing about fundamental change for collegiate athletes seeking benefits and compensation in...more

Let’s Make A NIL Deal Part II: High School Student-Athletes Look to Get into the NIL Game

Rumberger | Kirk on 3/11/2022

Less than six months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s NCAA v Alston decision, which opened the opportunity for college student-athletes to be compensated from their name, image and likeness, (NIL) high school students are now...more

Game Changer: Understanding the NCAA’s New NIL Policy

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 2/23/2022

For over a century, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) barred student-athletes from monetizing their name, image, and likeness (“NIL”). Yet, after facing mounting pressure from student-athletes, state...more

Are Your Academic Institution’s Athletes “Employees” Under NLRA? The NLRB General Counsel Thinks So.

Snell & Wilmer on 11/10/2021

On September 29, 2021, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel, Jennifer A. Abruzzo, released Memorandum GC 21-08 (the “GC Memo”) issuing guidance on her position that certain “Players at Academic...more

A Highlights Reel on NIL Rights for Student Athletes - Kattison Avenue Fall 2021 | Issue 7

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 9/17/2021

In our Spring 2021 issue, we wrote about potential new advertising opportunities concerning the Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rights of student athletes. There were several balls in the air...more

Division I Athletes Can Proceed with Wage Claim

White and Williams LLP on 9/8/2021

The United States Supreme Court recently reshaped the relationship between universities and the athletes who play college sports in National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston et al. In the Alston case, the Court...more

An In-Depth Summary and Analysis of the Important Alston Decision

Winstead PC on 8/18/2021

On June 21, 2021, the United States Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) released its highly anticipated opinion in NCAA v. Alston. SCOTUS unanimously upheld the rulings by the United States District Court for the Northern District of...more

College Sports, Video Games & the Right of Publicity With Guest Michael McCann of Sportico

Saul Ewing LLP on 8/17/2021

In this episode of “Lawyers With Game,” host Darius Gambino of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Video Gaming and Esports Practice, discusses the issues of college athletes being compensated for their name, image and likeness...more

Two Important Antitrust Cases Decided by US Supreme Court

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/12/2021

The United States Supreme Court decided two antitrust cases for October Term 2020. The first case, AMG Capital Management v. Federal Trade Commission, unanimously held that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is not...more

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words—and Maybe a Thousand Bucks Too, According to the NCAA

Bracewell LLP on 8/10/2021

The NCAA has implemented a blockbuster temporary policy allowing college athletes to be paid for the use of their name, image, and likeness (NIL). This reversal of the NCAA’s long-standing ban against compensation to college...more

NCAA v. Alston: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/5/2021

In its unanimous 9-0 decision in NCAA v. Alston, the Supreme Court upheld a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that struck down NCAA caps on student-athlete academic benefits (i.e. reimbursements and...more

Avoiding Landmines in the Collegiate Name Image and Likeness Roll-Out

Snell & Wilmer on 7/29/2021

On the heels of the United States Supreme Court’s decision against the NCAA last month, the NCAA passed an interim name, image and likeness (“NIL”) policy to allow athletes the opportunity to strike deals using their NIL for...more

Navigating the New World of Name-Image-Likeness for Student-Athletes

Poyner Spruill LLP on 7/28/2021

On June 21, 2021, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that NCAA rules prohibiting most types of compensation for student-athletes’ name, image and likeness (NIL) violate federal antitrust laws in the landmark...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Why the risks of holding the Tokyo Summer Olympic Game remain high, and how PGA Tour golfer...

Foster Garvey PC on 7/23/2021

Strange as it may be, with vast majority of the world still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are on the eve of the opening ceremony for the “2020” Tokyo Summer Olympics. Olympic games in “normal” times are logistical...more

Supreme Court's Ruling in NCAA v. Alston May Shake Up the Largely-Untapped Insurance Market Serving College Athletes

Bracewell LLP on 7/21/2021

How much would you pay for Trevor Lawrence’s throwing arm? Anthony Edwards’s dunking prowess? What about the deft touch of the Nebraska women’s bowling team, who recently demolished Arkansas State to earn their sixth national...more

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