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America’s Favorite Sport: Gridlock
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America’s Favorite Sport: Gridlock

  • The leadership vacuum that is driving college athletics toward gridlock

  • NCAA tightens transfer portal rules, raising legal red flags

  • The NIL era creates new liability challenges for team physicians and trainers

  • NCAA’s move to allow athletes to bet on pro sports sparks legal and mental health concerns

  • Cody Campbell on finding a solution for college sports

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Title IX Rules Are Clear
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Title IX Rules Are Clear

  • Why are student-athletes still getting suspended before investigations are complete?

  • NCAA surprises with a ruling restoring eligibility to a former G League player

  • Universities reframe athletics as strategic marketing engines with innovative partnerships

  • NIL gray-area tactics highlight loopholes in the $600 contract reporting rule

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Growing Pains in Women’s Sports
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Growing Pains in Women’s Sports

  • The successful growth of women’s sports and the growing pains that come with it 

  • More eligibility lawsuits that could redefine how long college athletes can compete

  • The NCAA’s latest attempt to curb player mobility - and why it may backfire

  • New Mexico schools fighting to keep athlete compensation details secret

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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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