Sports Law

International Students Excluded from Collegiate NIL Deals

November 27, 2024

Although college athletes have the potential to secure impressive NIL deals, the opportunity is generally not given to international athletes. However, Congress has proposed a bill that could allow international student-athletes to participate. [...]

Protection for Play: Student-Athletes and the Renewed Fight for Workers’ Compensation Benefits

June 23, 2022

The National Collegiate Athlete Association (“NCAA”) has a longstanding history of denying employment-related benefits to student-athletes. Student-athletes have never been able to claim employment status at the university they attend. Accordingly, injured student-athletes have traditionally been unable to make a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. The theory and rationale behind denying student-athletes employment status at the university they attended is based on the idea of [...]

Four World Cup Titles and the Bottom Line: A Look into the U.S. Women’s National Team’s Fight for Equal Pay

February 5, 2021

During the 2019 Women’s World Cup, the United States Women’s National Team defeated the Netherlands to secure their second consecutive World Cup title and fourth overall. However, the team had a much bigger score to settle behind the scenes, that of unequal pay, with their employers, the United States Soccer Federation. As of December 2020, the Women’s National Team reached a settlement with USSF regarding their claim of unequal working conditions. Currently, the team still plans to appeal concerning their equal pay claims. [...]

Will Shortened Season Mean Shortened Salaries? An Overview of COVID-19’s Impact on MLB Salary Arbitration

February 1, 2021

Currently, there is no formal agreement between MLB and MLBPA on how to evaluate and value player performances during the shortened 2020 season creating an unprecedented setting for upcoming arbitration hearings. [...]

Racial Injustice – Will the NFL Fight to Change Itself?

January 22, 2021

As our country focuses on racial injustices throughout the United States, virtually no part of society is immune to racial inequality, including the NFL. Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL, released a statement in the wake of the many tragedies that have occurred around the United States and insisted that the NFL “was committed to continuing the important work to address these systemic issues.” Before the NFL can do anything in the community, they must address systemic issues in their own league. [...]

Gender verification testing for female athletes: humiliating or necessary?

July 18, 2016

The practice of “sex testing” female athletes is on shaky ground after significant flaws have been exposed in the process that has forever altered the lives of women athletes. [...]