The Chicago White Sox have announced CHISOX Athlete, an NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) program created to help empower student-athletes, their voices and careers both on and off the field. CHISOX Athlete marks the organization’s first venture into the NIL agreement...
By Philip H. Devoe (summer associate), Michaela Cappucci (summer associate), Joseph C. Rametta (summer associate), Michelle A. Gomez-Reichman (associate), and Lia M. Higgins (associate), with Michael J. Schmidtberger, of Sidley Austin Since the United States Supreme...
By Gary Chester, Senior Writer When last seen in court, the United States Football League was licking its wounds over a meritorious 1986 antitrust case against the NFL that netted it a whopping $1 in damages, trebled to $3, plus $5.5 million in attorney’s fees and...
Jared P. Vasiliauskas or Michael V. Viverito, of Power & Cronin, Ltd. Disclaimer: This Article is intended to provide an overview of Trademark considerations within NIL Agreements and is not intended to be legal advice or to create an attorney-client relationship...
The Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) has announced a partnership with Eccker Sports, an information company for high school athletics, to provide educational services and resources to help high school coaches, administrators, student-athletes, and their...
Bricker & Eckler and the Southern Illinois University School of Law will present a free webinar on June 8, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, discussing Name, Image & Likeness (NIL) and how it is being applied in collegiate athletics in Illinois. The webinar is...
LEAD1 recently hosted a webinar where immigration attorneys at Akin Gump discussed current immigration law, implications on NIL, how the law applies to NIL, workaround opportunities, and possible federal solutions to address the issue. When the NCAA implemented its...
By Steve McKelvey, J.D. and Anita Moorman, J.D. There has been an avalanche of endorsement deals for college athletes since NCAA bylaws restricting promotional activities were relaxed in June 2021. Almost 30 states now have enacted specific legislation preventing...
By Robert J. Romano, JD, LLM, St. John’s University In October 2018, the NCAA’s Division I Council enacted a ‘notification-of-transfer’ rule which has come to be known as the ‘transfer portal’. This ‘transfer portal’ allows student-athletes, without the permission of...
By Erin E. Butcher and Kasey Nielsen, of Bricker & Eckler (Editor’s Note: The following in NIL Institutional Report, a periodical co-published by Hackney Publications.) Almost a full year after the NCAA was essentially forced to permit college student-athletes to...
By Andrew Bondarowicz, Esq. (Editor’s Note: The following in NIL Institutional Report, a periodical co-published by Hackney Publications.) On February 3, 2022, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed Alabama House Bill 76, into law. The new law repealed Alabama’s law...
The Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) has voted to approve a positioning statement for its bylaws that allows high school student-athletes to receive Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) benefits, while also approving a state-wide partnership with Eccker...
