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Hawking a New Mascot
By Tim Sitzmann
The big mascot news over the past year has been in the NFL, as Washington fights to maintain its registrations for the REDSKINS mark. As that dispute continues, the University…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
Former Player Brings Antitrust Lawsuit against NCAA Transfer Rules and Scholarship Limits
Former Weber State football player Devin Pugh has filed a class action lawsuit in Indianapolis federal court challenging the NCAA transfer rule restrictions and the limit on the number of…
Media Law Prof Blog
The O’Bannon Case and the Rule of Reason
Michael A. Carrier, Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, has published How Not to Apply the Rule of Reason: The O’Bannon Case. Here is the abstract. The case of NCAA…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
Ninth Circuit Holds NCAA Subject To Antitrust Scrutiny, But Vacates Injunction Allowing Up To $5,000 Per Year Deferred Compensation To College Athletes
By Benjamin A. Tulis, Gregg E. Clifton
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed in part and reversed in part District Court Judge Claudia Wilken’s August 2014 decision in the O’Bannon v. NCAA. No. 14-16601…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
NCAA Changes Course, Proposes Rule Allowing Players to Reject NBA and Return to School
The NCAA men’s basketball oversight committee has proposed a significant rule change that would allow undergraduate basketball players to return to school and resume their playing careers after initialing declaring…
The Ethical Investigator
The Ethical Case for Neutral Third Party Investigators
By Philip Segal
How independent should an independent investigator be? The cover story in this month’s American Bar Association Journal called “The Probers” takes a look at some of the highest profile independent…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
NCAA Suspends Boeheim, Penalizes Syracuse
<p>OK; I'll admit it: my heart is breaking as I write this blog. I was Orange before I stepped foot on the SU campus, remained Orange while I was a…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Paterno Estate Proceeds With Lawsuit
Potter County Judge, John B. Leete, has ordered former FBI Director Louis Freeh to start complying with former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno’s heirs’ requests for its raw…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
Big Ten Announces Scholarship Guarantee As Major Conferences Gain Power from NCAA
It didn’t taken long for the Power Five conferences to take advantage of recently granted autonomy to set new rules for member universities, and the pace of change appears to…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
NCAA Division I Announces Landmark Changes To Governance Structure
The NCAA Division I Board of Directors has voted 16-2 to adopt landmark revisions to its governance structure. The Board’s decision will provide limited autonomy for the 65 “Big 5”…