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DuetsBlog
MARCH MADNESS…or Bust
-Martha Engel, Attorney I'm counting down the minutes to leaving my office later today to begin my favorite weekend of the year - the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament!…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
NCAA Head Coaches Beware: You are ‘Presumptively’ Responsible for Acts of Assistant Coaches, Administrators
By Gregg E. Clifton, John G. Long
A recent news report detailed alleged large-scale corruption throughout men’s college basketball. In the report, dozens of student-athletes allegedly received impermissible payments for their commitments to enroll at various Division…
The Right Coast
NCAA denies Louisville’s appeal, rules Cardinals must vacate 2013 national title
The Louisville men's basketball program will have to vacate its 2013 national championship and 2012 Final Four appearance after the NCAA denied its appeal of what the school described as…
The Right Coast
NCAA denies Louisville’s appeal, rules Cardinals must vacate 2013 national title
The Louisville men's basketball program will have to vacate its 2013 national championship and 2012 Final Four appearance after the NCAA denied its appeal of what the school described as…
Game Counsel
eSports on the Rise as Collegiate Sport
By Mark Patrick
Across the country, colleges and universities are turning to eSports as a new addition to their athletic programs. Earlier this year, the University of Utah became the first school from…
Employment Class and Collective Action Update
Class Action Filed Against NCAA and 20 Universities Alleging Student-Athletes with Scholarships Are Employees
In the latest effort to argue that student athletes qualify as employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), a class action lawsuit was filed last week in a federal…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
Eight United States Senators Implore NCAA to Adopt ‘Uniform Policy’ on Sexual Assault
On the heels of the NCAA’s Board of Governor’s recent policy announcement requiring college coaches, athletics administrators and student-athletes to be educated in sexual violence prevention, eight United States Senators…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
New Sexual Violence Prevention Education Policy Adopted by National Collegiate Athletic Association
By Gregg E. Clifton, Susan D. Friedfel, John G. Long, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Coaches, athletics administrators, and student-athletes must be educated in sexual violence prevention under a policy adopted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Board of Governors on August 8, 2017.…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
NCAA’s Statement on Student-Athlete Side Hustle Raises Questions
University of Central Florida Kicker Donald De La Haye has been deemed ineligible because of compensation he earned from his YouTube videos. UCF submitted a waiver on behalf of De…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
Pacific Pro League To Provide Amateur Football Alternative, Glimpse Of Value Of College Athletes
By John G. Long, Gregg E. Clifton
NFL agent Don Yee, longtime representative of Tom Brady, and a list of football notables including ESPN's Adam Schefter and two-time Super Bowl winning coach Mike Shanahan intend to form the…