Asst. Professor, @BoiseStateCOBE. Ex-lawyer who now writes about college sports law, and finds it neat. Same user name over on the other Bluer Skier app.
Jun 7 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
BREAKING: Judge Wilken grants final approval to the House settlement.
It's a 76 page opinion -- some fun Friday evening reading for us all!
Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia's motion for a preliminary injunction that would allow him to play in 2025 has been GRANTED.
Here's the memorandum opinion. Thread to come as I read through it. drive.google.com/file/d/1i87Vl0…
May 21, 2024 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
In advance of a Thursday motion hearing that will decide whether their case will get transfered in and consolidated with House/Carter, the plaintiffs in the Fontenot v. NCAA antitrust case in Colorado filed a very interesting "Notice of Subsequent Developments" this afternoon. 🧵
You can read the filing here: dropbox.com/scl/fi/7twstlm…
Sep 22, 2021 • 22 tweets • 6 min read
BREAKING: Last month, a federal district court in PA denied a group of schools' motion to dismiss a claim by college athletes that they are employees of their attended schools under federal wage and hour law.
Today, the court denied a motion to dismiss by the *NCAA* as well. 🧵
The plaintiffs in this case had argued that the NCAA -- as well as a group of non-attended schools in the jurisdiction -- function as joint employers with the attended school.
The court largely granted the motion to dismiss by the schools but denied the NCAA's motion to dismiss.
Aug 25, 2021 • 24 tweets • 8 min read
BREAKING: Eastern District of Pennsylvania denies motion to dismiss minimum wage/overtime lawsuit filed by Villanova football players. More to come.
Alston has affected intercollegiate sports law in a BIG way.