Todd Graff 10/23/26 Todd Graff 10/23/26

College Football’s Locked Hierarchy

Opening Statement: Miami exposes college football’s increasingly locked economic hierarchy
Exhibit A: Title IX enforcement changes leave students with uncertainty
Exhibit B: Bigger playoff deepens coaching buyout and roster-spending conflict
On the Docket: NCAA eligibility enforcement collapses under member-school self-interest

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

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 7/31/26 Todd Graff 7/31/26

Opening Statement: Stanford players spark tangible shift toward college football organizing
Exhibit A: Protect College Sports Act likely dead
Exhibit B: NCAA risks more losses over retroactive eligibility rules
On the Docket: Ole Miss suit tests enforceability of transfer-era contracts

Todd Graff 7/24/26 Todd Graff 7/24/26

Opening Statement: Retention pool intensifies financial squeeze on Olympic sports
Exhibit A: NCAA doubles down on eligibility rules amid lawsuits
Exhibit B: Schools quietly fuel lawsuits while demanding stability
On the Docket: Clock running down on PCSA

Todd Graff 7/17/26 Todd Graff 7/17/26

Opening Statement: Eligibility clock change threatens pipeline built on delayed development
Exhibit A: Lawsuit could trigger massive college basketball roster reshuffling
Exhibit B: NIL data shows largest deals face greatest scrutiny
On the Docket: Title IX rollback efforts emerge after Supreme Court ruling