Associate Professor, @BoiseStateCOBE. Ex-lawyer who now writes about college sports law, and finds it neat. I track litigation involving college sports.
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New uNILateral Decisions: @mwalsh88, @Joe_Nickell, and I discuss Ohio governor Mike DeWine's executive order granting all Ohio Class of 2022 athletes immediate eligibility.
Can he do that? Should other governors do the same?
youtube.com/watch?v=JAz2a5q8…
This week's uNILateral Decisions: @mwalsh88, @Joe_Nickell, and I sat down with @gregchickphd of @NILnomics to dig into some of the biggest economic and financial questions in college sports.
This was a great episode. Thanks so much to Greg for joining us! youtube.com/watch?v=2i53lygj…
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College sports aren’t immune from the First Amendment. Reporters have every right to stand on a public sidewalk and seek comment from players and coaches. Maryland football’s understanding of the First Amendment is as bad as its run defense, which is saying something.
For @testudotimes, @JudeWilkenfeld and I were outside Jones-Hill House trying to get players to comment. An athletics staffer took pictures of us, and a police dispatch was called for suspicious activity; a cop and 2 cop cars pulled up, and officers ID’d us and asked us to leave.
We recorded before the NCAA's lawsuit against DeWine challenging the order... so this may be something of a two-parter. 😉
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Exclusive: Wealthy backers of the Protect College Sports Act quietly rounded up support from major conservative political figures, a DraftKings executive, university presidents, and conference commissioners.
FOS obtained the emails revealing a network with deep political ties.
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This obviously isn't true, but as usual the strangest part of accounts like this tweeting out clearly false information is the amount of people believing it 100%.
The $10 million minimum investment number is from 2025-26 to 2027-28, by the way. So there's time anyways.
Keeping in tact the more recent trend of judges finding that the status quo is that Class of 2022 athletes are eligible because that's what the bylaws say.
Makes it much, much easier to justify an injunction.
Update from California.
While this is just one comment that I'm taking out of context from the rest of the hearing, it seems pretty darn likely based on this that the players are getting an injunction,
This is like... the very, very last question you want to get during close if you're the NCAA.
Arguing standing (likely, reading between the lines, through arguing against third-party beneficiary status) also a terrible way to respond to that question.
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This hearing for an injunction includes Utah Valley G Dom Nelson, BYU’s Jaxon Kohler, former SUU Big Parsah Fallah and more…
Seems like the hearing is just wrapping up and an order might be handed down today but sometimes judges like to take their time with these things.
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MAJOR UPDATE: Two Susquehanna trading firms have also been named as defendants in Utah’s civil enforcement action against Kalshi. This marks the first state AG civil enforcement action targeting prediction-market market makers.
BREAKING: Utah sues Kalshi for a “brazen pattern of unlawful conduct,” seeks injunctive relief to block in-state wagers and an order to recover “the millions it’s made through fees from wagers Utahns placed and that residents have lost through wagers.” sltrib.com/news/2026/10/20/u…
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BREAKING: Utah sues Kalshi for a “brazen pattern of unlawful conduct,” seeks injunctive relief to block in-state wagers and an order to recover “the millions it’s made through fees from wagers Utahns placed and that residents have lost through wagers.” sltrib.com/news/2026/10/20/u…
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More language from the judge in Alex Steen’s 5 in 5 case.
“No reasonable association, having announced that five seasons are
‘what is best for student-athletes,’ would then exclude the one class of student-athletes that has been most disadvantaged by the prior system….”
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Pretty sharply worded statement from Leon County Circuit Judge David Frank criticizing the NCAA:
In his ruling granting FSU forward Alex Steen a 5th year of eligibility, Leon County Judge David Frank criticized the NCAA for “arbitrarily and capriciously excluding the class of 2022” from getting 5 years of eligibility.
on3.com/teams/florida-state-…
Perfect example of how these Class of 2022 eligibility cases have gone against the NCAA more recently. Steen was initially denied an injunction based on good faith and fair dealing principles, but once the plain text of the bylaws was discovered, the same judge changed course.
BREAKING: Florida State forward Alex Steen has been granted a fifth year of eligibility by the Second Judicial Court in Leon County
Huge news for the #Noles
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As states intervene in athlete‑eligibility disputes, each new decision creates ripple effects that push other governors to respond — especially when competitive balance is suddenly shaped by who can play and who can’t.
@samcehrlich breaks down why these moves mirror the NIL arms race, how eligibility rulings become on‑field advantages, and why programs are asking, “Why can’t our players be eligible too?”
Watch this week’s episode of uNILateral Decisions on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
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Tulane footballer Kameron Hamilton got an order in New Orleans on 8-31-26 against the NCAA. A little under the radar.
It's been appealed.
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