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#10: Boise State Asst. Professor Sam Ehrlich has launched the College Sports Litigation Tracker, which provides key dates and summaries of the myriad cases involving the NCAA and/or member institutions all in one place. (link)
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#9: A trio of writers from The Athletic outline the next steps of the proposed House settlement, as well as gathering some new commentary on the latest developments. Herrick Feinstein Sports Law Group co-chair Irwin Kishner: “My strong sense is that when it gets to this level, way more matters are closed, in the sense of they go forward as opposed to they blow up. It’s not unheard of, but I think if you’re looking at the percentages, it seems to me there’s a real desire in the political situation to sort of make this happen.” Troutman Pepper Locke litigation partner Cal Stein: “The House settlement started with the goal of the NCAA putting an end to the losses it has taken in these litigations all over the country, but the great irony is that it’s really just going to lead to more lawsuits.” As for potential Congressional intervention for college athletics, Stein comments, “I’m a little bit skeptical, or maybe a lot skeptical, that we’re anywhere near that happening. I don’t know that it’s a priority for Congress.” (link)
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#8: Oklahoma State President Kayse Shrum has resigned, effective February 3. (link)
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#7: Following President Donald Trump’s executive order indicating that schools who allow trans athletes to play women’s sports are violating Title IX, the Department of Education has announced Title IX investigations into three entities, including Penn and San Jose State. (link)
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#6: UIC parts ways with Softball HC Lynn Curylo, effective immediately. (link)
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#5: Penn State has announced the creation of ROAR Solutions, a group of resources aimed at delivering “the best student-athlete endorsement and support in the country.” ROAR Solutions will consist of five core initiatives: Nittany Lion Club Sport Excellence Funds, The Brand Academy, DisruptU, Happy Valley United and Playfly Max. Nittany Lions AD Pat Kraft: "This is not the time to rest on our achievements. We must act boldly, providing our athletes with the resources and opportunities they need to thrive in this evolving landscape." (link)
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#4: Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger reports that during a two-day summit in Washington, D.C., a “‘transition team’ charged with operationalizing concepts of the House settlement inched closer to establishing a new structure to oversee, manage and enforce the settlement-related athlete compensation system for all of NCAA Division I. The newly created LLC, overseen by a CEO or executive director, is centered on a new enforcement arm to police violators of the industry’s new salary cap and is expected to feature revenue-sharing policies and a corresponding penalty structure for violators.” The transition team for the “nameless entity” consists of two ADs from each Power 4 conference, including Ohio State AD Ross Bjork, Clemson AD Graham Neff and Texas A&M AD Trev Alberts. Dellenger notes that “others represented include Arizona, Cincinnati, Washington, Georgia Tech and Kentucky. Commissioners, compliance officers and general counsels of the four power conferences are leading the group. … At least two NCAA representatives were part of the meeting this week along with officials from LBi and Deloitte. LBi, a software company that maintains the NBA’s player contract management system, is serving as the cap management company.” Dellenger goes on to report that multiple penalties for rulebreakers are under discussion, including school fines, revenue-share pool reductions and coach/administrator suspensions, and the “LLC is expected to employ a head investigator as well as a CEO or director who, perhaps with a small team of people, will be charged with being the ultimate decision-maker(s) on infractions cases using a more timely process than the one currently existing.” (link)
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#3: Army West Point is set to promote Deputy AD for External Operations/Chief Revenue Officer Tom Theodorakis to become the next AD, per ESPN's Pete Thamel. (link)
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#2: The NCAA will settle an antitrust lawsuit filed by four states and the District of Columbia, per Sportico's Michael McCann, who adds: "The settlement is expected to remove a potential complication for the NCAA as it seeks to convince U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken to grant final approval of the settlement resolving the House, Carter and Hubbard antitrust litigations. In Tennessee et. al v. NCAA, a group of attorneys general maintain that NCAA member schools and conferences have illegally conspired through NCAA rules to restrain how recruits can discuss opportunities with NIL collectives. At issue is the so-called 'NIL recruiting ban' wherein the NCAA prohibits the use of NIL contracts as a recruiting inducement." As of now, the parties have signed a term sheet, with the settlement to be finalized by March 17. More. (link)
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#1: Georgetown Men’s Basketball HC Ed Cooley appeared to get into an altercation with a Xavier fan at the conclusion of the a recent game. Xavier AD Greg Christopher was among those that helped pacify the situation. Have a look. (link)
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