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Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
As The NCAA Formulates Options, More States Opt To Use Legislation As The Solution For Name, Image and Likeness Rights
While NCAA President Mark Emmert addressed the attendees at the NCAA Convention in Anaheim, California, he acknowledged the issues currently facing the NCAA with regard to name, image and likeness…
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NCAA’s Consideration of Training Expenses for Olympic Athletes and Name, Image and Likeness Debate to Take Center Stage at Annual NCAA Convention
Last week, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) proposed a new rule allowing elite Olympic and Paralympic athletes to have “additional training expenses” paid without jeopardizing their NCAA eligibility. Athletes…
Organizational Integrity Group Blog
Managing a Crisis of Integrity: The University of North Carolina Academic Fraud Scandal
Synopsis The academic scandal that rocked the University of North Carolina from 2011 to 2014 epitomizes the need for decisive action to respond to circumstances that threaten an organization’s integrity.…
Simple Justice
The “Predator Pipeline” Fallacy
Come up with a cute name and people will believe anything. It usually involves a phrase that either rhymes or is alliterative, and that’s more than sufficient to get the…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
Federal Legislators Form Working Group To Address Student-Athlete Name, Image and Likeness Rights
In a long awaited, but highly anticipated step, a group of United States Senators has announced the formation of a bipartisan working group to assist with ongoing discussions regarding compensation…
ILN IP Insider
California Clears the Way for College Athletes to Get Their “Fair” Share of Licensing Pie
By James L. Johnston of Davis+Gilbert LLP
Sending shockwaves across the collegiate landscape, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 206, the Fair Pay to Play Act (the Act) on September 30, 2019. The Act takes aim squarely…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
Former College Athlete Sues NCAA, Member Schools for Student-Athlete Pay
By Doriyon C. Glass, Gregg E. Clifton
Following the NCAA’s recent policy announcement to allow current student-athletes to benefit from the use of their name, likeness and image, a former college athlete has filed a class and…
Close-Ups
Questions Remain After NCAA Vote Allows Student Athletes to Cash In
The NCAA has traditionally restricted college athletes from accepting any endorsements or compensation related to their participation in college sports. But less than a month after California enacted the Fair…
Sports Law Blonde Blog
Jaime Wrote a Limerick
A limerick on the NCAA's name, image, & likeness press release from October 29thThe NC-double-A played its game,Said some words on pics, likeness, and name.Its words are benign,On its last…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
NCAA Board of Governors Approves Policy Permitting College Athletes to Benefit From Use of Name, Image, and Likeness
By Gregg E. Clifton, Nicholas A. Plinio
The NCAA Board of Governors has unanimously approved a policy which will “permit students participating in athletics the opportunity to benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness in a…