February 07, 2024
The NCAA won an early victory against states trying to overturn its name, image and likeness rules for incoming athletes when a Tennessee federal judge denied a temporary restraining order request, but the judge signaled that the states may ultimately prevail in arguing that the rules constitute a restraint of trade.
February 05, 2024
The states of Tennessee and Virginia have ripped the NCAA's defense of its name, image and likeness rules by ridiculing the organization's claim of protecting athletes against professionalism, exploitation and classification as employees, which the states said "defends a world that doesn't exist.''
February 02, 2024
In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA's legal woes mount as two states lob antitrust claims against its name, image and likeness payment rules, the PGA Tour secures a $3 billion investment as talks with LIV Golf trudge on, and the Angelos family sells its stake in the Baltimore Orioles.
January 31, 2024
The attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia have taken direct aim at the NCAA's policies on name, image and likeness, claiming in a federal antitrust suit filed Wednesday that by overriding state regulations and banning NIL for recruiting athletes, the NCAA "is thumbing its nose at the law.''