NCAA to let athletes negotiate NIL deals before enrollment
The NCAA has agreed to permanently drop its rule prohibiting athletes from negotiating the terms of name, image and likeness payments until after they enroll in school. Tap below to…
NIL contracts have employment and pay-for-play all over them, experts say
School lawyers are constructing NIL contracts to exert control over athletes without making them official college employees. But experts who reviewed a sampling of more than a dozen NIL contracts…
From burn the ships to bend the knee: Florida State, Clemson stuck with ACC – like it or not
After all the hyperbole and histrionics, all the wasted millions in legal fees, we now see the crux of the situation. Florida State brought a knife to a gun fight. Wait,…
Ex-juco baseball player Alberto Osuna fights to play for Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Former junior college baseball player Alberto Osuna is going to federal court as he attempts to become eligible to play for defending national champion Tennessee this season.…
Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia suing NCAA over eligibility rules
Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia sued the NCAA in federal court Friday, alleging the organization's bylaws that reduce the number of seasons junior college players can compete at Division I schools are unlawful and…
SEC, Big Ten meet, show united front against private equity
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Following an "unprecedented" meeting between the SEC and Big Ten on Thursday, the commissioners of both conferences addressed multiple weighty issues facing college athletics and strongly pushed…
House v. NCAA settlement on hold as judge urges revisions
A federal judge ordered the attorneys negotiating a major settlement that could reshape the business model of college sports to "go back to the drawing board" to resolve concerns she…
NCAA focused on employment status of athletes at Senate hearing
At a Senate hearing Tuesday, NCAA president Charlie Baker shifted the focus of college sports' needs toward the possibility of athletes being deemed employees of their schools and away from…
ESPN ended negotiations with Pac-12 in 2022 after demand for $50 million per school
According to John Canzano, ESPN offered a TV rights deal of $30 million per school last fall, which is a better offer than what Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff brought to the…
Pat Fitzgerald defendant in lawsuit filed by ex-Northwestern player
Former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald, university president Michael Schill and athletic director Derrick Gragg are listed as defendants in a lawsuit filed Tuesday morning by a former Wildcats player…