Since the creation of the College Football Playoff, there has always been some controversy surrounding who gets the chance to play for a national title. But this year, tensions surrounding the playoff bracket have boiled over. The format for this year bracket was as follows: The top 5 ranked conference champions receive automatic qualifiers, with... Continue Reading →

Since the approval of the House v. NCAA settlement, conferences and schools have been trying to figure out how the rules for college sports’ new era will actually be enforced. The College Sports Commission (“CSC”) has been tasked with the challenge of enforcing new rules and the revenue-share cap that schools must adhere to[1]. In... Continue Reading →

 Since the dissolution of the only women’s professional baseball league in 1954, women have not had the opportunity to play baseball at a professional level. But now, with the creation of the Women’s Professional Baseball League (“WPBL”), players will finally have a league of their own again. Back in 2024, the WPBL announced plans to... Continue Reading →

Former LSU football head coach, Brian Kelly, has filed a lawsuit against the school’s board of supervisors, seeking a declaratory judgment that LSU fired Kelly without cause and he is owed the full remaining value of his contract[1]. Kelly’s attorneys have asserted LSU has taken the position that Kelly has not been formally terminated and... Continue Reading →

This college football season has been filled with constant changes. Recently, the topic of conversation has been college football’s “buyout bonanza.” There has been a record-setting rate of college coaching buyouts this season, with the severance pay for FBS coaches at public universities is nearing $1 billion for the last 12 years[1]. Just this season,... Continue Reading →

Last year, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia was given an extra year of eligibility after a federal judge in Tennessee granted him an injunction that went against the long standing NCAA eligibility rules for junior college transfers[1]. This year, Pavia wants to change the eligibility rules once and for all. Pavia and his lawyers are preparing... Continue Reading →

On October 20th, an Ohio judge granted a temporary restraining order allowing  Ohio high school athletes to profit from name, image, and likeness deals. The TRO comes out of a lawsuit filed by Jasmine Brown on behalf of her son, Jamier Brown[1]. Brown is the country’s top wide receiver for the class of 2027 and has... Continue Reading →

In an effort to try and bring some order to college athletics, a bill was introduced to the House of Representatives late last month called the Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsement Act, otherwise known as the SCORE Act. The bill was produced by House Republicans and was set to be voted on... Continue Reading →

The NCAA Administrative Committee has recently voted to approve a proposal that would completely eliminate the spring transfer portal for college football[1]. This change comes as the number of student-athletes entering the transfer portal has hit an all-time high, with the number of FBS scholarship transfers surpassing 3,200 in the 2024-25 season[2]. Prior to this... Continue Reading →

In the wake of the House v. NCAA Settlement, the College Sports Commission (“CSC”) was created by the power conferences to oversee the implementation and enforcement of new rules surrounding revenue sharing and NIL[1]. The CSC is responsible for enforcing the revenue-sharing cap and regulating any outside NIL deals to ensure these deals reflect fair... Continue Reading →