By Gregg E. Clifton, of Jackson Lewis The NCAA must defend claims that they are a joint employer from student-athletes seeking to be paid for the time they spend participating in collegiate athletic activities. Despite U.S. District Court Judge John Padova’s dismissal...
By Robert J. Romano, JD LLM, Professor of Sport Management at St. John’s University When Mark Emmert, President of the NCAA, was interviewed by Frontline in February 2011, reporter Lowell Bergman didn’t pull any punches when he presented, quite frankly, the new head...
A federal judge from the Southern District of Indiana has handed a victory to a group of Black student-athletes at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), who are seeking to change NCAA rules that they claim intentionally discriminate against and punish...
Entering his 15th year in the Utah State Athletic Department, Jake Garlock exemplifies the term “sustained excellence.” That successful journey was culminated in December of 2019 when he was promoted to Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Services...
By Matthew Savare, Bryan Sterba, and Zachary Bocian, of Lowenstein Sandler Many years ago, the state of the law regarding name, image, and likeness issues (“NIL” or right of publicity) was once described as a “haystack in a hurricane.” Such a description...
Dr. Jim Riordan, the founder in 2000 of the MBA Sport Management program at Florida Atlantic University, has always had a keen interest in trends and developments that shape collegiate athletics. In 2003, he served as a special consultant to the chair of the FAU...
By Hannah Dewey While the NCAA has stated that high school students may engage in the same types of NIL opportunities available to current student-athletes under its interim policy without impacting their NCAA eligibility, the same might not be true for high school...
By Michael A. Ross, MS With the recent passing of legislation and increased support of collegiate athletes winning the rights to profit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL), there are many controversial issues warranting careful attention. One such area is the...
By Cameron D. Turner and Nathan J. Law, of Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. On June 29, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 2338 into law as Public Act 102-0042, the “Student-Athlete Endorsement Act” (the...
By Loren Galloway A suit against Garden City Community College alleging Title IX and civil rights violations survived the defendants’ motion to dismiss in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. The case arises, ultimately, from a violation of the...
By J’Naia L. Boyd, of RivkinRadler Businesses have been champing at the bit for a chance to collaborate more with college athletes for years. Until recently, however, those collaborations were not possible because college athletes were prohibited from profiting...
Attorneys representing college athletes against the NCAA and Power Five Conferences in a class-action lawsuit regarding compensation rights for their names, images and likeness (NIL) have filed an amended lawsuit broadening damages sought and adding new information...
