Case name: Schweyen v. University of Montana-Missoula, No. CV 21-138 (D. Mont. 10/31/23 ..read more

Case name: Owens, et al. v. Louisiana State University, et al., No. 21-242 (M.D. La. 12/22/23 ..read more

Case name: Shannon v. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, et al., No. 24-cv-2010 (C.D. Ill. 01/19/24 ..read more

In her first year as head coach of the University of Montana-Missoula women's basketball, the coach went 7-23 overall and 4-14 in the Big Sky Conference. During this year, a starting player left the team. That student-athlete's parents filed a complaint against the coach with the athletics director, alleging she caused emotional and psychological damage to their daughter through bullying ..read more

For athletics administrators to succeed in the rapidly changing world of college sports, it's critical to remember your why, which should center on engaging student-athletes. That's according to Courtney Lovely Evans, M.S., Director of Athletics at Palm Beach Atlantic University ..read more

Much about the legal aspects of the name, image, and likeness world changed in February when the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Tennessee granted a request by the Tennessee and Virginia attorneys general for a preliminary injunction enjoining the NCAA from enforcing certain of its NIL rules ..read more

In the fast-moving arena of name, image, and likeness opportunities, it isn’t hard to fathom student-athletes making NIL deals with physicians, hospitals, and physical therapy/sports medicine clinics similar to the sponsorship deals that athletics departments have made with medical professionals ..read more

I’ve always loved the album Graceland by Paul Simon. It came out when I was in my 20s. I listened to those songs on vinyl. My favorite song, of course, was the title song, “Graceland.” I knew it was a place in Memphis, Tennessee, but didn’t really pay much attention to it ..read more

Male, female student-athletes have stark differences in body image University reaches $1 million settlement in lawsuit over injury of coach's wife ..read more

Whether players are ultimately considered student-athletes or employees, a recent lawsuit filed by a member of the University of Mississippi's football team illustrates the types of claims that may be brought in response to a typical personnel decision made by coaches ..read more