Outside pressures forced the NCAA to adopt long-overdue NIL legislation, ushering in a new era of athletes' rights and proving the NCAA no longer has autonomy to govern collegiate athletics. As the clock was about to strike midnight the NCAA finally caved and voted to allow all college athletes to earn compensation from their Name,... Continue Reading →
March Madness 2021 has empowered the group with the most power to impact immediate and lasting change to the NCAA's amateurism model--the athletes. If the start of this year's men's and women's basketball championships is indicative of what's to come in 2021 for the NCAA, it should be scared. While the NCAA has faced legitimate... Continue Reading →
The NCAA's obligation to winter and spring sport athletes whose careers were cut short due to COVID-19 is just beginning, as institutions, conferences, and the NCAA must take proactive steps to those support athletes who must navigate an unprecedented transition away from college athletics. On Monday, members of NCAA Division I voted to extend spring... Continue Reading →
While Division I spring sport athletes have been offered an additional year of eligibility, the question remains as to whether these schools will choose to bear their financial burden. Today, NCAA Division I member institutions voted to extend an extra year of eligibility to spring sport athletes. This vote echoes the decision NCAA Division II made... Continue Reading →
Make no mistake, the NCAA's statement that student-athletes will be able to benefit from their name, image, and likeness instituted no change. It should be viewed for what it is -- a PR stunt to stop momentum generated by legislation that will mandate student-athlete compensation. Amidst the rising tide of state and national legislation that will... Continue Reading →
The beginning of mandated pay to play is yet another threat to NCAA "amateurism" Earlier this month, California lawmakers passed the Fair Pay to Play Act, which will permit student-athletes to be compensated for the use of their name, image, and likeness ("NIL") starting in 2023. The teeth of the act, however, is not the... Continue Reading →
Where Selection Sunday signals the official beginning of March Madness, two years' worth of FBI investigations and indictments for bribery, fraud, and money laundering show that the NCAA's madness is (and has always been) year round. As college basketball fans across the country will be glued to their TVs and smartphones this evening waiting to... Continue Reading →
"Operation Varsity Blues" once again proves that the FBI is the best enforcement staff the NCAA never asked for. "We are here today to announce charges in the largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice. We've charged fifty people nationwide with participating in conspiracy that involved--first--cheating on college entrance exams, including... Continue Reading →
March Madness 2019 could be the last of its kind, as student-athletes inch closer to victory in their class action antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA . . . and it's about time. March Madness 2018 was characterized by scandal and redemption. Last year at this time, the shortcomings of NCAA Division I men's basketball were fully... Continue Reading →
A recent antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice aims to put more money into the pockets of college athletics departments across the country. Now, as college athletics sits on the brink of major change, it's up to the schools to spend this new money wisely. It is no secret that the advent of "big-time"... Continue Reading →