Six former football players from East Mississippi Community College (“EMCC”), made famous from the Netflix show Last Chance U, have filed a lawsuit against the streaming service seeking $30 million for exploiting their name image, and likeness, as well as harming their reputations.[i] The players, John Franklin III, Ronald Ollie, Cary Sidney Reavis II, Deandre... Continue Reading →

As the spring semester gets started across colleges and universities in the United States, both former and current college athletes are pushing back on the settlement agreement from the House v. NCAA case. The landmark case and settlement, one in a laundry list of legal battles challenging amateurism and compensation at the collegiate level, was... Continue Reading →