Todd Graff 10/2/26 Todd Graff 10/2/26

Hazing Is an Institutional Warning

Opening Statement: Colleges must recognize hazing as broader organizational risk
Exhibit A: PCSA conference-membership cap faces difficult House opposition
Exhibit B: Saban’s player-pay argument exposes college sports power imbalance
On the Docket: Rising travel costs threaten treasured college football band traditions

Todd Graff 9/25/26 Todd Graff 9/25/26

The Numbers We Weren’t Supposed to See

Opening Statement: Louisiana budgets expose revenue-sharing’s entrenched gender inequities
Exhibit A: Coaching-pay amendment spotlights athletes-only compensation limits
Exhibit B: NCAA loses again after contradicting its eligibility rulebook
On the Docket: Secrecy + federal protection = weakened accountability

Todd Graff 9/18/26 Todd Graff 9/18/26

Opening Statement: Federal college sports rules need reciprocal institutional accountability
Exhibit A: Oregon State hearing tests athletes’ employee and union rights
Exhibit B: TEAM USA Act could reshape international recruiting pipelines
On the Docket: Griffen hearing challenges House settlement roster-limit enforcement

Todd Graff 9/11/26 Todd Graff 9/11/26

Opening Statement: Adaptive athletes need visibility, opportunity and institutional accountability
Exhibit A: ESPN puts women’s sports in premium Sunday windows
Exhibit B: Youth sports’ escalating costs become reality television fodder
On the Docket: Tenth Circuit broadens Title IX third-party control analysis

Todd Graff 9/4/26 Todd Graff 9/4/26

Opening Statement: Scholarship fine print enables quiet roster-management cuts
Exhibit A: Financial strain tests college sports’ growth narrative
Exhibit B: NCAA federal-relief campaign faces shrinking legislative window
On the Docket: College sports confronts financialized winning and betting risks

Todd Graff 8/28/26 Todd Graff 8/28/26

Opening Statement: Conference power rises as NCAA governance continues to fracture
Exhibit A: Women’s volleyball’s accelerating growth earns a bigger stage
Exhibit B: Oregon State union case tests college-athlete labor rights
On the Docket: Callaway controversy reveals costly failures in brand governance

Todd Graff 8/21/26 Todd Graff 8/21/26

Opening Statement: NCAA’s rigid transfer rules invite another legal reckoning
Exhibit A: Patriot League eligibility denial tests conference power limits
Exhibit B: Athletes must document every NIL promise and conversation
On the Docket: NFL roster cuts could reshape college eligibility fights

Todd Graff 8/14/26 Todd Graff 8/14/26

Opening Statement: NCAA eliminates vital hardship protections for injured athletes
Exhibit A: Senators demand athletes have a real legislative voice
Exhibit B: Georgia spending growth exposes college sports’ selective austerity
On the Docket: Tenth Circuit takes center stage in eligibility battle