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The Tax Implications of Major League Baseball

Income taxes are commonplace throughout the United States and are first set at a federal level, where every individual who resides or works in the United States pays a set percentage based on their income and marital status...

MLB

Tory Pineschi

12 hours ago7 min read

Hell Hath No Fury Like Cities Scorned: What Happens After Teams Move Away

Occasionally, owners of professional sports teams request “small” windfalls, often in the form of hundreds of millions to billions of dollars, to fund anything from practice facilities and locker room improvements to entire stadiums from their franchise’s host cities...

NFL

Adam Kimmel

7 days ago4 min read

Texas Investigating USTA: Fallout of GOP’s Anti-Transgender Policies

In November 2025, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a member of the Republican Party, announced a Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) to the United States Tennis Association (“USTA”) Texas League seeking to determine if it had violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practice Act...

Tennis

Noah Lopez

Apr 24 min read

From Broadcast to Broadband: MLB Takes its Streaming Leap

Major League Baseball ("MLB") season is swinging into full gear; but for many fans and viewers, the biggest change isn’t happening on the field...

MLB

Katelyn Fuller

Mar 316 min read

Full Throttle into Antitrust: NASCAR’s Charter Dispute & Settlement

Few professional sports grant as much centralized authority and control to a governing body as the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (“NASCAR”)...

Christopher Costa

Mar 267 min read

The Cost of Being Paid (Part II of II): State Tax Policy and the Recruiting Advantage

When the NCAA approved NIL compensation in 2021, few anticipated that state tax codes would become a new form of competitive advantage in college sports...

Villanova Sports Law Blog

Mar 244 min read

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SLS Pickleball Tournament

April 18, 2026, starting at 10:00 AM

Join SLS for a doubles tournament at Ashbridge Courts on April 18th, starting at 10:00 AM, for a fun study break!

You can sign up as a doubles team, with any gender, or as a free agent. Each person must pay $5 ($10 as a team or $5 as a free agent) to Venmo @Tory-Belval. All proceeds will go to Charity!

Bring your own paddle if you have one!

RECENT NEWS

The Annual Moorad Sports Law Symposium featured an in-depth look at financing and sports investing. The Moorad Sports Law Journal and the Sports Law Concentration worked alongside Professor Brandt to create and host a valuable conversation on the future of sports investing by looking at the current and future landscapes.

Additionally, the 2025 Brandt Report was released, which focused on providing guidance to college athletics stakeholders as they navigate the House v. NCAA Settlement.

To learn more, visit our Symposium, Sports Law Journal, and Sports Law Concentration pages.