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Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
NCAA President Responds to Criticism of Enforcement Process
Responding to recent criticism of the effectiveness of the NCAA enforcement process, the Association’s President, Mark Emmert has defended the enforcement staff and its work. Emmert’s response came in a…
Employment & Labor
Debate on Paying College Athletes Deepens as NCAA Settles Out of Video Game Lawsuit
Just as the NCAA heads to federal court, they settled their way out of one case involving student athletes and their likenesses. [caption id="attachment_541888" align="alignright" width="380"] Credit: Flickr user Dinur[/caption]…
Antitrust Alert
Court Won’t Reconsider Prior Ruling in NCAA Class Action
On May 12, 2014, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) lost its motion for leave to file a motion for reconsideration of a prior ruling, which barred the NCAA from…
Re:Marks on Trademark and Copyright
California Federal Court Finds that the First Amendment Does Not Preclude Sporting Event Participants from Asserting Right-of-Publicity Claims Against Broadcasters
Reposted from DLA Piper's Sports, Media and Entertainment Blog By Matt Ganas On April 11, 2014, a California federal court issued a First Amendment ruling that has potentially significant implications…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Top 10 in Law Blogs: NCAA, More on Telecommuting, BizDev Guidance
There is no better way to finish the week than wrapping up work and then heading down to the ballpark. But before I do, our last Top 10 of the…
InsureReinsure
Webinar: Sports Concussion Litigation- Latest NCAA and High School Research, Developments and Findings
Edwards Wildman's Robert W. DiUbaldo will participate on a panel hosted by Perrin Webinar entitled: Sports Concussion Litigation- Latest NCAA and High School Research, Developments and Findings
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
Recommendations for Ensuring Academic Integrity in Athletic Programs
That academic misconduct often does not result in punitive action from the NCAA has always been a complicated matter for the NCAA enforcement staff and Committee on Infractions (COI). This…
Employer Labor Relations
Will the NLRB Tackle the NCAA?
By: Bradford L. Livingston, Esq. In previous posts about possible unionization by Northwestern University’s scholarship football players, I likened the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) to referees who had committed…
Collegiate & Professional Sports Law Blog
NCAA Initiates Formal Changes to Student-Athlete Well-Being Rules
By Alyson J. Guyan, Gregg E. Clifton
The NCAA Legislative Council has approved proposals for “student-athlete well-being rules.” One proposed rule change would provide Division I student-athletes (both scholarship athletes and walk-ons) with unlimited meals and snacks…
Antitrust, Competition and Trade
Five-year-old antitrust suit against NCAA moves to trial
College athletes are slowly inching towards their right to get paid after a California district judge ruled against the NCAA's attempt to end an antitrust lawsuit over licensing. Judge Claudia…