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NCAA’s $2.8 Billion Settlement with Former College Athletes
On May 23, 2024, the NCAA reached a historic $2.8 billion settlement with former college athletes who had filed an antitrust class action demanding billions in potential compensation allegedly denied to them for decades. This represents a major turning point in college athletics. Read the full Alert on the Duane Morris website.
NCAA Quarterback Initiates Fraud Lawsuit Against Florida Gators Coach and Booster
The NCAA and its member universities and colleges have faced many recent challenges by current and former student athletes with respect to rules concerning eligibility and payments for their respective name, image and likeness (NIL). On May 21, 2024, University of Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada filed a lawsuit against the University of Florida’s head football
Virginia NIL Law Brings More Change to College Sports Landscape
On July 1, 2024, Virginia’s recently passed amendments to its NIL law—which include significant restrictions on the NCAA’s ability to enforce its NIL policies—will take effect. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed House Bill 1505 into law on April 18, 2024. Under the updated law, it will be illegal in Virginia for the NCAA to “take
Update: Judge Sides with State AGs on NIL-Recruiting Ban
On February 23, 2024, United States District Judge Clifton L. Corker of the Eastern District of Tennessee granted a preliminary injunction requested by the attorneys general of Virginia and Tennessee to enjoin the NCAA from enforcing its ban on collectives, boosters, and other third parties from discussing NIL deals with a recruit before the recruit
State AGs, Division I University, and NCAA Trade Punches Over NIL
This week, media outlets reported that the NCAA is investigating alleged name, image, and likeness (NIL) violations by the University of Tennessee and its NIL collective. Just one day later, Tennessee’s attorney general, joined by the attorney general of Virginia, filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA. The lawsuit is a counter-punch that could have
NCAA Proposes (Some) Schools Directly Compensate Athletes
This week, NCAA President Charlie Baker sent a letter to Division I member schools proposing the creation of a new subdivision in which the institutions with the wealthiest athletic programs could directly pay student-athletes for their name, image, and likeness. If accepted, schools in this subdivision—which would likely include institutions like the University of Texas,
Student-Athletes and Former Athletes Make Their Cases to Agencies, Courts, and the President
As the holidays (and the College Football Playoff!) approach and the NCAA continues to push for federal Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) legislation, current and former student-athletes are arguing their cases to the federal courts, White House, and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Potentially groundbreaking hearings in NLRB Region 31 (covering the Los Angeles area)
Flurry of New NIL Activity in Congress
In the span of about two weeks, senators and representatives announced no fewer than four new bills that, if passed, would result in a national standard for name, image, and likeness practices which, as of now, vary from state to state. These bills join other proposed legislation introduced earlier this year. There are at least
NIL Summer Update
While there may not be many college sports on TV this month, developments continue non-stop in the area of name, image, and likeness. The NCAA continues to lobby for a nationwide law governing NIL. High-profile names continue to voice their beliefs about the system currently in place. The only constant in the NIL world is