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The Case for Direct Waivers
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The Case for Direct Waivers

  • Why the NCAA’s school-driven waiver system is fundamentally unjust and how direct waivers could protect athletes

  • The unresolved legal clash over transgender participation in sports 

  • Inside the fight over EA Sports’ College Football 26 deal 

  • Status of the SCORE Act

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When NIL Meets Injury
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When NIL Meets Injury

  • College athlete injuries in the NIL era 

  • College coaches continue to question whether this new system is sustainable 

  • NCAA considers changes to the transfer portal and recruiting calendar

  • A new lawsuit challenges the redshirt rule and could upend the House settlement

  • Discrepancies in NIL approvals and efficiency

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Awash in Cash. It’s Time to Share the Wealth.
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Awash in Cash. It’s Time to Share the Wealth.

  • Nine ways schools can share the wealth and expand opportunities for all student-athletes

  • Northwestern puts women’s volleyball at the center of its investment strategy

  • The different ways student-athletes are using their NIL money

  • Is college football heading toward an NFL-style model?

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More Questions, Few Answers, as Seasons Begin
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More Questions, Few Answers, as Seasons Begin

  • Instability from the House settlement looms as the college sports season starts 

  • What parents of future NCAA athletes should know about Charlie Baker’s SCORE Act email this week

  • More Title IX challenges centered on transgender athlete rights

  • Mid-major schools uniting to fight for their place in college sports

  • Courts continue to split on eligibility rules

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Navigating the Other Red Zone
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Navigating the Other Red Zone

  • The “Red Zone” and how today’s new landscape brings new pressures, higher stakes, and a sharper spotlight on every decision made on and off the field

  • NCAA’s legal winning streak in eligibility and NIL backpay cases

  • he Wisconsin-Miami tampering case and what it could mean for athlete recruitment

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The Legal Minefield of High School NIL
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The Legal Minefield of High School NIL

  • High schools’ fractured and confusing legal landscape of NIL 

  • Title IX ruling forces Stephen F. Austin to reinstate women’s sports teams

  • Momentum builds toward collective bargaining in college athletics

  • Why expanded seasons demand stronger athlete health protections

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Funding and Protecting the Olympic Dream
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Funding and Protecting the Olympic Dream

  • The uncertain future of non-revenue sports amid realignment, revenue sharing, and legal challenges and possible ways to protect them

  • How JUCOs could become colleges’ new “minor leagues

  • The continuation of niche sports schools

  • The inevitability of collective bargaining

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