When the NCAA formally allowed college athletes to profit from their Name, Image, and Likeness (“NIL”), it reshaped the landscape of amateur athletics — legally, competitively, and now, fiscally. While many players and fans view NIL as a long-overdue recognition of athletes’ market value, the IRS sees something else: taxable income...

As college football looks towards the beginning of playoff and bowl game runs, postseason disputes are already upon teams and players...

In May 2025, University of Tennessee point guard Zakai Ziegler filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, alleging that the organization violated the Sherman Act by denying his eligibility to play a fifth season...

It was the evening of Saturday, March 5, 2025, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where thousands gathered to watch Penn State’s 184-pound wrestler, Carter Starocci, make history as the first Five-Time NCAA Division I Wrestling Champion...

The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s ("NCAA’s")  rules have been under attack since the 2021 decision of National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston, with student-athletes challenging the NCAA’s junior college eligibility rules in recent months...

Collegiate athletics have experienced some of its most transformative years following the introduction of House...

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) made headlines on Wednesday, October 8 when its Division One Administrative Committee boldly announced that D1 college athletes are now permitted to gamble on professional sports. The logic flows from the same argument that has proven to be kryptonite to the college sports’ status quo: the differential treatment between college athletes and non-athletes must be addressed.

In August 2025, Baylor University (“Baylor”) filed a federal complaint in Waco Texas, claiming that Boston University’s (“Boston”) use of an interlocking “BU” logo infringes on Baylor’s own federally registered mark...

In the evolving landscape of college athletics, a small group of institutions operate in a way that challenges traditional National Collegiate Athletic Association ("NCAA") division norms...

On May 30, 2025, Dominik Calhoun, a former three-star football recruit from Pittsburg High School and incoming Boise State freshman, filed a landmark federal antitrust class action lawsuit against the California Interscholastic Federation ("CIF") and its media partners...

Despite its immense popularity -- and the rigorous physical and mental demands required of its athletes to compete at top levels --  competitive collegiate dance remains unrecognized as an official NCAA sport...

A fourth of Division I (“D-I”) scholarship athletes entered the transfer portal in each sport’s respective 2023-2024 off-seasons.

Since the Supreme Court’s ruling in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) v. Alston on July 1, 2021, college athletes....

[1]   On February 6, 2025, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) unveiled its new “Participation Policy for Transgender...

The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) has always created special exceptions for hockey, including an entirely separate set...

The National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) is pushing to redefine collegiate athletes as employees across the nation, essentially going...

In 2015, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the NCAA’s amateurism rules were not exempt from antitrust scrutiny.

The collegiate sports landscape has been upended in the last few years with numerous NCAA conferences undergoing dramatic realignments.

National Signing Day at your local high school may look a little different this year. The same pomp and circumstances will encompass the...

This past August 2024, the University of Notre Dame announced the one-year suspension of its men’s swimming and diving program for...