When we founded this blog in 2018, Professor Nellie Drew and I had no idea what would come from it. All we knew was that in the ever-evolving world of "sports law," the traditional law review article was too arcane a medium to rely on in order to comment on important issues in the sports... Continue Reading →
UB's 12-point win means a lot more than 11-0. Go ahead and add the Syracuse Orange to the list of powerhouses taken down by Nate Oats' UB Bulls. First it was 4th-seeded Arizona Wildcats in the NCAA Tournament, then the thirteenth-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers, and now, I-90 neighbor Syracuse. Where the Orange did not hold... Continue Reading →
Sister Jean only comes around once in a blue moon, NCAA, it’s time to do your job. Last night, Duke outclassed Kentucky. Coach K’s #4 Blue Devils beat John Calipari’s Wildcats by 34. A few weeks ago, Coach K was quoted as saying he felt college basketball was “actually pretty clean” and he was more... Continue Reading →
Wire fraud is wrong, but that doesn't make the first NCAA corruption trial verdict right. Today, a jury convicted three men on seven counts of wire fraud in the first of a series of trials stemming from the FBI's probe into corruption in NCAA College Basketball. The New York jury found Adidas executive Jim Gatto,... Continue Reading →
Bills can argue Davis breached employment contract by walking out on team mid-game. At halftime of today's 31-20 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, Bills cornerback Vontae Davis "pulled himself out of the game [and told coaches] he was done." Per multiple reports, Davis then changed into street clothes and left New Era Field. When asked... Continue Reading →
Urban Meyer had a little over two minutes to convince the nation that he was sorry. He failed. Instead the three-time national championship-winning coach recited the words given to him on a prepared statement that he might not have read before stepping to the podium--or at least that's what his demeanor showed. Meyer's monotone, unconvincing... Continue Reading →
I'm going to guess you've never heard of Peter Deppe before. He was a preferred walk-on punter at Northern Illinois who would have been promoted to a scholarship player until his special teams coach--the guy who promised him the scholarship--left NIU. Deppe's new special teams coach refused to honor his previous coach's offer, and Deppe... Continue Reading →
Repeal of Permission to Contact is the first of many steps the NCAA needs to take to do right by Division I transfers. Last Wednesday afternoon, the NCAA altered one major pillar of its current transfer regime. Starting October 15, where a student-athlete who previously sought to change schools needed to secure a release from... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court held that "Congress can regulate sports gambling directly, but if it elects not to do so, each State is free to act on its own." This holding effectively opened the door for each state to determine whether it will legalize sports gambling--unless (of course) Congress steps in with legislation... Continue Reading →
. . . and the next good legal challenge will strip it of its power. As the battle over student-athlete compensation is more present in the national conversation than ever before, it is important to understand why the NCAA and its member institutions can refuse to pay college athletes. The simple answer is that the Supreme Court... Continue Reading →