A couple of organizations want to block the State of Florida and the Seminole Tribe from allowing sports betting as early as October 15. On August 16, West Flagler Associates, Ltd., doing business as Magic City Casino, and Bonita-Fort Myers Corporation, doing business as Bonita Springs Poker Room, filed a Complaint in federal court against More
Fast-casual restaurant brand Zaxby’s, which has its headquarters in Athens, Georgia, has made the University of Georgia’s starting quarterback the face of its name, image, and likeness (NIL) campaign for the 2021-22 football season. It is expected to bring UGA quarterback J.T. Daniels a significant sum of money in exchange for a host of deliverables More
College athletes have had the capacity to exploit their names, images, and likenesses (NIL) for commercial gain for roughly 1.5 months and it has not led to the anarchy or chaos that some suggested leading up to July 1. Since that date, numerous athletes including top incoming quarterback Quinn Ewers, have decided to retain the More
Where is the outrage over high school athletes who are being denied their NIL rights? Mikey Williams is expected to earn millions of dollars as a high schooler. The basketball phenom with over 5 million followers across various social media platforms is immediately free to exploit his name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights because he More
College athletes are now able to enjoy commercializing their name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights for the first time, and over the first three weeks of having such rights, there have been some innovative offers made as well as deals consummated. However, the largest opportunities that include a large segment of the college athlete population More
On July 1, the date that college athletes were finally given the ability to earn money from the use of their names, images, and likenesses (NIL), Johnny Manziel had an important question to ask. He wanted to know whether the establishment of NIL rights for college athletes meant that his Texas A&M jerseys with the More
College athletes have now had more than a full week to begin benefitting from the commercialization of their names, images, and likenesses (NIL). While some anticipated chaos and anarchy, providing college athletes with these rights that are afforded to all other individuals in the United States has proven to not cause an immediate end to More
The NCAA’s temporary name, image, and likeness (NIL) policy proposal for college athletes does not seem to directly address whether prospective college athletes will be able to earn compensation. If a state law, such as Texas’, explicitly prohibits prospective college athletes from entering into any arrangement with a third party for the use of their More
There are seven days left until seven states are set to make their respective name, image, and likeness (NIL) laws effective for college athletes. Today, Kentucky officially became the seventh state, joining Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and New Mexico, as the only jurisdictions that can promise their athletes, with absolute certainty, that they will More
