NCAA
Courting Fair Play: The Future of the NCAA’s Role in College Sports Governance
Feb. 27, 2024—By Dominic Keilty In the wake of recent judicial rulings against the NCAA, its role in the future governance of college sports is murkier than ever. With no current legislative exemptions for the NCAA, the emerging recognition of a college athlete labor market casts part the organization’s traditional role in doubt. The NCAA’s 2021 decision...
Name, Image, and Likeness: How the NIL Has Rapidly Encroached Upon High School Sports
Nov. 22, 2023—In this new post by Matthew Lybeck ('25), read about how recent changes to the National Collegiate Athletic Association's name, image, and likeliness profitability rules have allowed opportunities to quickly spread from college athletics to high school athletics in many states, and the impact new rules and laws may have on high school athletics.
A Legal Battle Looms Over the Michigan Football Sign-Stealing Saga
Nov. 20, 2023—The University of Michigan, a top-10 D1 football program in the United States, is awaiting word from the Big Ten Conference on whether they will face disciplinary action for an alleged sign-stealing scheme, in which a member of its staff coordinated an operation to record the play call signals of future opponents. Read more about the issue's potential impact on Michigan's football program the the Big Ten Conference as a whole in this new post by Leo Hainline ('25).
Through the Looking Glass with Alice: The Current Application and Future of Title IX in Athletics
Jun. 28, 2023—Josephine (Jo) R. Potuto | 25 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 373 (2023). This Article is a snapshot of the past pervasive discriminatory treatment of women in athletics and where women athletes and women’s athletics currently stand. It discusses some of the new challenges for Title IX enforcement—female transgender athletes and treatment of name,...
Title IX vs. NCAA: A Gameplan for Championship Equity
Jun. 28, 2023—Leigh Ernst Friestedt | 25 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 307 (2023). In 1972, Congress enacted Title IX of the Education Amendments Act (Title IX) to prohibit sex-based discrimination in “any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” While the original legislation did not stipulate “athletics,” Title IX has had a profound impact...