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NCAA Recruiting and The Transfer Portal: A One-Way Ticket or Revolving Door?
A fourth of Division I (“D-I”) scholarship athletes entered the transfer portal in each sport’s respective 2023-2024 off-seasons.
Madeline Maday
4 hours ago8 min read
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Payback Time: Ex-Wolverines Tackle NCAA Over NIL Earnings
Since the Supreme Court’s ruling in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) v. Alston on July 1, 2021, college athletes....
Morgan Blunt
Mar 116 min read
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Are the New Laws Banning Transgender Athletes from Women’s Sports Actually Necessary?
[1] On February 6, 2025, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) unveiled its new “Participation Policy for Transgender...
Tory Pineschi
Feb 256 min read
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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...
Villanova Sports Law Blog
Nov 26, 20245 min read
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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...
Jacob Goldstein
Nov 4, 20248 min read
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Student-Athletes as Employees? The Compensation Hurdles Colleges and Universities May Face in the Future
By: Emma Spisak, 2025 In recent years, the realm of college athletics has seen significant transformations. These transformations began...
Emma Spisak
Mar 3, 20245 min read
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Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese: The NBA’s Past, The WNBA’s Present, and the Future for Women’s Sports
Without question, 2023 was the year for women’s sports. Record-breaking attendance, skyrocketing viewership, and nearly triple the media...
Ryan Magill
Feb 19, 202410 min read
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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...
Zack Slogoff
Jan 23, 20247 min read
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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,...
Villanova Sports Law Blog
Jan 16, 20248 min read
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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...
Villanova Sports Law Blog
Jan 9, 20245 min read
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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”)...
Villanova Sports Law Blog
Jan 2, 20246 min read
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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...
Villanova Sports Law Blog
Dec 26, 20237 min read
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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...
Lauren Di Lella
Dec 19, 202310 min read
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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...
Villanova Sports Law Blog
Dec 19, 202310 min read
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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...
Villanova Sports Law Blog
Dec 12, 20239 min read
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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...
Villanova Sports Law Blog
Dec 5, 20238 min read
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The Potential Implications of Conference Realignment
On September 1, 2023, the Atlantic Coast Conference (“ACC”) made an aggressive decision to acquire Stanford University and the University...
Morgan Blunt
Nov 2, 20235 min read
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Dartmouth Hoops Shoots for Unionization
The Dartmouth men’s basketball team recently took unilateral action to form a union. [2] The team signed representation cards with SEIU...
John O'Reilly
Oct 25, 20235 min read
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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”)...
Hunter Parsons
Dec 20, 20226 min read
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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...
Villanova Sports Law Blog
Dec 6, 20229 min read
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