A former Canadian Junior Football League player has sued the club he played for in Ontario Superior Court of Justice, alleging the club and several individual defendants were negligent when they failed to provide an acceptable duty of care. Larry Blocker, Jr., a...
Last month, LEAD1’s Tom McMillen was joined by Michael McCann and Gregg Clifton for a comprehensive discussion of the College Athletes Bill of Rights. In late December 2020, U.S. Senators Booker and Blumenthal (and several other Senators as cosponsors) introduced the...
By Alex Sinatra According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), it is a member-led organization dedicated to the well-being and lifelong success of college athletes[1] . It was founded in 1906 as the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United...
The LEAD1 Association (LEAD1), which represents the athletics directors of the 130-member schools of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), has released a white paper (download PDF version HERE) titled “Actionable Recommendations to Create More Diverse Senior Leadership...
By Daniel A. Etna, Partner, Irwin A. Kishner, Partner, and Stephen DiMaria, Associate, Herrick Feinstein LLP In the wake of safety concerns and budget impacts surrounding COVID-19, college athletic departments have regrettably resorted to eliminating certain sport...
By Christine M. Colwell, of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. For years, the NCAA has prohibited student-athletes from profiting from their name, image, and likeness (“NIL”). Examples of such prohibited activities include, but are not limited to, signing...
By Richard T. Karcher, J.D., Associate Professor in the Sport Management Program at Eastern Michigan University Imagine yourself in the following situation. While pursuing your bachelor’s degree, you decided you want to be a lawyer and you did everything necessary to...
By Geoffrey A. Leskie and Adrienne M. Arlan, of Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Athleticism in our country represents may things to many people. For some, it provides an opportunity to socialize, and for others, it represents a large part of their identity and...
By Jonathan Wynne Each college basketball season ushers a new crop of prospects to the long and arduous road connecting junior college to the NBA. Guarantees are few and the odds are long. Players know that for every Tiny Archibald, Latrell Sprewell, and Jimmy...
By Jordan Kobritz Unless you’ve been quarantined without access to the news for the past eight months you know 2020 has been the year of change. Nothing exemplifies that more than the about face taken by the NCAA regarding playing sports when students aren’t on...
By Robert J. Romano, JD, LLM, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, St. John’s University Without question, COVID-19 has had a major impact on college and university campuses throughout the United States. Most institutions have transitioned from in-person,...
A federal judge from the Northern District of Illinois has denied the NCAA’s motion to dismiss a concussion lawsuit brought by a former football player at Weber State University (WSU) and other similarly situated student-athletes at WSU. However, it did grant the Big...