Billy Gillispie, the coach at Texas Tech, “faced allegations of player mistreatment” in 2011 and 2012.1 In September 2012, he resigned due to health concerns.2 Gillispie resigned about a month after the school began to investigate the claims.3 The claims were from Texas Tech players raising concerns about their treatment by Gillispie.4 During Gillispie’s time... Continue Reading →
For some, March is the best time of the year. It’s not because the weather starts to become a little nicer or because the sun is out a little longer, it is because it is the beginning of March Madness. The NCAA college basketball tournament (the “Tournament”) begins in March and is one of the... Continue Reading →
The underdog story in college sports is a tale as old as time. When your school’s team upsets the national powerhouse, wins a last second buzzer beater, or wins on a Hail Mary is what makes college sports unlike any other. Along with a massive win for the program comes the student section’s favorite, the... Continue Reading →
Over the last few years, we have seen the NCAA loosen its rules on collegiate athletes’ ability to make money. We have seen the NCAA go from making players ineligible for accepting gifts, to now certain collegiate athletes making millions of dollars per year based off of their Name, Image & Likeness (“NIL”). Recently, there... Continue Reading →
This past April, the Texas Senate approved Senate Bill 17 that would restrict how the state’s public universities can promote equitable access to higher education and promote diversity among students, faculty and staff. Senate Bill 17 requires universities to close their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices, ban mandatory diversity training, and ban hiring departments... Continue Reading →
Those at all levels of women’s sports face a constant battle to receive the same treatment and exposure that is afforded to their counterparts in men’s sports. Several recent developments in women’s sports are evidence that the gap between the two is closing, and the arrival of women’s sports to the mainstream may be imminent.... Continue Reading →
Memphis Tigers basketball commit Mikey Williams pleaded not guilty to five charges of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of firing a deadly weapon at an occupied vehicle during an arraignment hearing on Thursday. According to police, Williams fired a gun at a carful of people who had just left his residence near... Continue Reading →
The New Mexico State men’s basketball program was suspended indefinitely amid an investigation into multiple hazing incidents. The allegations surfaced on Friday night as the Aggies were preparing for a game against Cal Baptist University in Riverside, California.[1] Saturday’s scheduled contest was officially canceled as the team returned to Las Cruces, NM. New Mexico State... Continue Reading →
Previously, I wrote about the difficulty that international student-athletes have had with the new NIL policies that have been enacted in the United States. International athletes are not allowed to profit off of their name, image, and likeness while in the United States because of their F-1 student visa status. Their visa does not... Continue Reading →
College athletes across the country are rejoicing about the new NIL regulations finally put into place recently that allow them to profit off their own name, image, and likeness. While this change was long overdue for college athletes, not all athletes have been lucky enough to reap the benefits of NIL. International athletes have not... Continue Reading →