College Football Super-Division, Penn State and O’Bannon

I wanted to provide some brief thoughts on several hot topics in college sports today, so here we go: College Football...

Division 1 Athletic Directors to Stand United Against Pay-for-Play

A source within college athletics sent BusinessofCollegeSports.com a draft of a press release expected to be released today which contains a...

Can Miami’s Dyron Dye Sue the NCAA for Extortion?

Guest author: Benjamin Haynes, Esq. University of Miami’s football player Dyron Dye was disciplined back in 2011 by the NCAA when...

The Impact Of A $3.1 Million Verdict Against Riddell On Future Football Concussion Litigation

Jurors in a small southern town in Colorado found that Riddell Helmets contributorily negligent in the head injuries a former Trinidad...

Preparing for a post-O’Bannon world

Stewart Mandel has a piece out today on SI.com describing the range of urgency athletics administrators are feeling regarding the O’Bannon v....

Future of the NCAA (Part III)

(In Part I we looked at Enforcement, and in Part II the BCS schools separating from the NCAA and conference realignment....

Will Texas and Texas A&M be Required by Law to Play Football?

Guest author: Christian Dennie, Esq. Following Texas A&M University’s (“A&M”) departure to the SEC, sports fans all across Texas missed out...

Pac-12 Network Runs Into Union Strike

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, a union who represents freelance technical crew members, has established a strike against the...

A Deeper Look Into The Potential Damages In The O’Bannon Case

The O’Bannon case has recently been in the news again. This time the focus has been on the release of the...

Student-Athlete Name & Likeness Litigation: Will it Lead to a Stronger College Athletes Union?

Documents that were recently released in connection with the filing of a motion in the NCAA student-athlete name and likeness litigation...