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Juhi Patel
Jan 75 min read
Changing the Tide: NCAA to Loosen Restriction on Ban Against Junior Hockey Players
The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) has always created special exceptions for hockey, including an entirely separate set...
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Villanova Sports Law Blog
Dec 30, 202410 min read
Modernizing the NLRA: The Board’s Push to Redefine Collegiate Athletes as Employees
The National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) is pushing to redefine collegiate athletes as employees across the nation, essentially going...
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Villanova Sports Law Blog
Dec 26, 20247 min read
The NCAA’s Continuous Battle With Name, Image, and Likeness
In 2015, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the NCAA’s amateurism rules were not exempt from antitrust scrutiny.
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Emma Spisak
Dec 10, 20247 min read
Conference Chaos: How Recent NCAA Realignments are Shaping the Future of Media Rights
The collegiate sports landscape has been upended in the last few years with numerous NCAA conferences undergoing dramatic realignments.
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Villanova Sports Law Blog
Nov 26, 20245 min read
Sign, If You Dare: NCAA Eliminates National Letter of Intent in Favor of More Modern Agreement
National Signing Day at your local high school may look a little different this year. The same pomp and circumstances will encompass the...
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Jacob Goldstein
Nov 4, 20248 min read
UCF Basketball Transfers Look for Fresh Start
The University of Central Florida (“UCF”) basketball program landed several high-caliber transfers heading into its 2024-25 season...
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Zack Slogoff
Jan 23, 20247 min read
Courting Controversy: The Pac-12's Battle for Control Takes Legal Twist
Introduction As the recent conference realignment movement in collegiate athletics has gained traction, certain universities have been...
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Villanova Sports Law Blog
Jan 16, 20248 min read
Diving In: MSU’s Aquatic Cuts and the Battle for Title IX Compliance
Introduction: MSU Women’s Aquatics Makes Waves In October of 2020, Michigan State University (“MSU”), an NCAA Division I institution,...
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Villanova Sports Law Blog
Jan 9, 20245 min read
Portal to a New Era: How Villanova Basketball Utilized the Transfer Portal and Its Future Effect on Recruiting
Introduction The Villanova men’s basketball team, led by second-year head coach Kyle Neptune, was among the many prominent programs to...
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Villanova Sports Law Blog
Jan 2, 20246 min read
Questionable Call: The NCAA Places Threshold on Student-Athletes’ Ability to Claim Earned Tennis Prize Money in NIL Era
Background Hailing from San Antonio, Texas, Fiona Crawley, a senior standout on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s (“UNC”)...
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Villanova Sports Law Blog
Dec 26, 20237 min read
Women Collegiate Athletes and NIL: Why They Should Finish Eligibility Instead of Going Pro
Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark Go Viral Last year both Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark went viral after the NCAA Women’s Championship Game...
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Lauren Di Lella
Dec 19, 202310 min read
NIL Collectives Continue to Create Chaos in Collegiate Athletics
In June of 2021, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in NCAA v. Alston which has forever changed the landscape of collegiate...
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Villanova Sports Law Blog
Dec 19, 202310 min read
Battle of the Bills: How Four Federal NIL Bills Depict Continued Uncertainty Over a Uniform NIL Standard
Starting on July 1, 2021, the NCAA allowed college athletes to participate in endorsement arrangements using their name, image, and...
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Villanova Sports Law Blog
Dec 12, 20239 min read
While These College Students Face Criminal Sanctions, The NCAA Face New Reality of Student-Athlete’s Gambling Habits
What started as a probe into sports wagering at both The University of Iowa and Iowa State has grown into over a dozen student-athletes...
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Villanova Sports Law Blog
Dec 5, 20238 min read
Made It to The Ivy League, But at What Cost: Analyzing the Ivy Leagues’ Policy Prohibiting Athletic Scholarships
4.85%, that is the percentage of students the Ivy League admits on a yearly basis. For many students an acceptance letter into one of the...
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Hunter Parsons
Dec 20, 20226 min read
Conference Realignment: Another Example of the Lasting Effect of Name, Image, and Likeness
Introduction The Supreme Court’s decision in N.C.A.A. v. Alston held that the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (“NCAA”)...
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Villanova Sports Law Blog
Dec 13, 20226 min read
A Letter to the Transformation Committee: Moving the College Baseball Season Back Makes Sense Financially, Academically, and Medically
Baseball is often called a “Rite of Spring,” but for college baseball teams, opening day is more synonymous with snow showers than...
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Villanova Sports Law Blog
Dec 6, 20229 min read
While Plaintiff in Gee v. NCAA Faces Uphill Battle, A Win Could Equal Hundreds of Millions for Collegiate CTE Victims
Historical Criticism of NCAA’s Concussion Protocol While CTE has been a highly publicized problem within the NFL for years, many are now...
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