Cert Granted in Alston: Revisiting Board of Regents and the Uniqueness of Antitrust Law’s Applicability to Sports in Light of the NCAA’s Cert Petition As Congress debates federal legislation on the subject of publicity rights for student-athletes, the NCAA works to rebound from a COVID-marred year, and the Supreme Court considers the NCAA’s appeal in NCAA v. […]
When the NCAA promised to explore rule changes related to name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) and subsequently released a working group report proposing an outline for legislation on the issue, many praised the passage of California’s Fair Pay to Play Act (“FPP”) as forcing the NCAA’s hand. Backed into a corner by the possibility of
NCAA Slates “NIL” Proposal for Vote October 20, 2020 Time to Read: 3 minutes Practices: Sports To read this article as originally published on the Ropes & Gray website, click here. As part of its continuing effort to address student-athlete compensation issues, the NCAA Division I Council last week approved and introduced into its 2020-21 legislative
College sports are in a state of upheaval. Recent legal outcomes and legislative maneuvers have continued to upset the control of the NCAA as pandemic-induced turmoil has thrown competition schedules completely out of whack. The state of college sports is in flux, and this is the perfect time to check in on the industry as
College sports are in a state of upheaval. Recent legal outcomes and legislative maneuvers have continued to upset the control of the NCAA as pandemic-induced turmoil has thrown competition schedules completely out of whack. The state of college sports is in flux, and this is the perfect time to check in on the industry as
The Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law has published its 2020 Special Issue on Name, Image, and Likeness. Visit the Special Issue – NIL page to read the latest exciting scholarship on group licensing, sports regulatory schema, college athletes as influencers, and more.
Steven Bank is the Vice Dean for Curricular and Academic Affairs and Paul Hastings Professor of Business Law at UCLA School of Law. Professor Bank, who received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from the University of Chicago, is a frequent commentator on sports law issues, particularly in the context of soccer,
Charles Grantham is Director and Faculty Associate Professor, Center for Sport Management, at Seton Hall University’s Stillman School of Business. He has also served as a Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor in New York University’s School of Professional Studies, Tisch Institute for Sports Management, Media and Business. He was the first Executive Vice President of the
Darren Adam Heitner, Esq. is the Founder of Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., which is a law firm with many practice areas, including sports law and contract law. Heitner has represented numerous athletes and sports agents as legal counsel. Heitner serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he teaches
Alicia Jessop, Esq. (Alicia.Jessop@pepperdine.edu) is a tenure-track Associate Professor of Sport Law at Pepperdine University. An attorney licensed to practice in California and Colorado, Alicia is the president-elect of the Sport and Recreation Law Association and serves on the editorial boards for the Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport and Sport Innovation Journal. A regular
Jeffrey L. Kessler and David L. Greenspan Jeffrey L. Kessler is Co-Executive Chairman of Winston & Strawn LLP and Co-Chair of the firm’s sports law practice. One of the world’s leading antitrust, sports law, and trial lawyers, Jeffrey has litigated some of the most famous sports-antitrust cases in history, including McNeil v. NFL, the landmark antitrust
