Janie Pierson
Impact on Nike's Brand After Losing Allyson Felix and Simone Biles
Nike’s $235.94 billion dollar market cap and dominance in the athletic apparel industry is owed in part to its endorsements with the...
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Sid Green
Nov 5, 20213 min read
St. Louis' Fight Back Over Rams Exit Could Cost NFL Billions
Looking back now, it seems incomprehensible that there was a two decade stretch from 1995-2015 in which the NFL had zero franchises in...
Villanova Sports Law Blog
Oct 26, 20215 min read
Eichel's Body, Sabres' Choice: The Disagreement Continues in Buffalo
By: Andy Lee, Guest Contributor As exciting as it has been for Buffalo sports fans watching their Bills succeed, it has been equally...
Dante Camilli
Oct 26, 20217 min read
The Ben Simmons Saga: A Guidepost for the Next CBA
As the NBA is about to embark on its 75th season, the Ben Simmons situation continues to dominate news cycles and the minds of NBA...
Joey Frio
Oct 23, 20213 min read
Alumni in the Industry: Eric Galko '17
Eric Galko Esq. (VLS ‘17) is the founder and president of Optimum Scouting and was recently named the Director of Football Operations and...
Villanova Sports Law Blog
Oct 12, 20214 min read
Here We Go Again: A Preview of the MLB's Collective Bargaining Negotiations
By: Andrew Delzotto, Guest Contributor While baseball continues to dominate viewership within its long-established regional markets, the...
Emily Rollo
Sep 29, 20214 min read
Trevor Bauer's Fate in MLB Commissioner's Hands
Trevor Bauer has a long list of victories over the last year. In November 2020, he was named the National League’s CY Young Winner for...
Matt Dacey
Sep 21, 20213 min read
Home Sweet Home: The LA Clippers' Legal Fight to Plant New Roots
On September 17th, the Los Angeles Clippers announced a stadium naming rights partnership with financial software company Intuit for the...
Dante Camilli
Aug 26, 20214 min read
Nerlens Noel's Lawsuit: A Textbook Case of Player MISrepresentation
New York Knicks center Nerlens Noel has just filed a $58M lawsuit against his former agent, Rich Paul. [2] Noel filed this suit in...
Jacqueline Borrelli
Aug 1, 20217 min read
The Upward Trajectory of the Premier Lacrosse League
History Lacrosse has existed as a professional sport in the United States and Canada since the 1980s, but it has always had difficulty...
Alec Fante
Apr 28, 20217 min read
Show me the... Bitcoin?
The 1996 Academy Award winning movie Jerry Maguire portrays Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Rod Tidwell, played by Cuba Gooding Jr.,...
Emily Rollo
Apr 13, 20214 min read
Alston v. NCAA and the Potential Slippery Slope of College Athlete Compensation
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 was a monumental day for college sports. Anyone that has a relation with college sports—athletes, coaches,...
Joey Frio
Apr 6, 20215 min read
Alston Fallout: Mogl’s Plan to Help All Student-Athletes Navigate the Emerging NIL Landscape
It is no longer a matter of “if” student athletes will eventually be able to get compensated for their name, image, and likeness (NIL) –...
Tyler Kaestner
Mar 29, 20215 min read
Pass Protection: The New QB Market
Quarterbacks are the centerpiece of football teams. Historically, we revere the quarterbacks that have won the most Super Bowls, those...
Joey Frio
Mar 14, 20219 min read
The NFL’s Other Pandemic Problem—How Teams are Handling a Decreased Salary Cap
The NFL’s League-Wide Salary Cap Reduction Just like the 2020 regular season before it, the 2021 NFL offseason is going to present...
Luke Pacifici
Mar 1, 20214 min read
A “Messi” Situation in Barcelona
By: Luke Pacifici It is gameday in Barcelona. Almost 100k fans from around the world flood into Camp Nou, awaiting the arrival of their...
Sami Pulley
Feb 20, 20216 min read
Breaking Bad: $100,000 Fine and Four Game Suspension for NHL COVID-19 Protocol Violation
By: Sami Pulley Do the Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, and Ilya Samsonov deserve four-game...
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