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Sep 12, 2026
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Independent sports-card breakers accuse Fanatics and TikTok of using control over licensed collectibles and livestream distribution to squeeze rivals. The lawsuit has not proved that theory—but it presents a modern version of a very old antitrust question: when does vertical integration become exclusion?
Division I’s new age-based eligibility system is designed to replace case-by-case waivers with clearer rules and narrow exceptions. That may make the rulebook easier to administer. It may also move the hardest eligibility decisions out of Indianapolis and into courtrooms around the country.
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Florida guard Denzel Aberdeen’s emergency lawsuit puts the NCAA’s Class-of-2022 transition rule under a microscope—and brings college basketball squarely into the eligibility litigation reshaping college sports.
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LIV Golf’s proposed restructuring would give players 52.5% of the reorganized company. But the equity is not simply a perk—it is part of a deal that could replace old cash-heavy contracts with ownership, new commitments, and a very different allocation of risk.
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How the Sherman Act shapes college athlete compensation, league rules, collective bargaining, media rights, team ownership, eligibility, and the business of competition itself
Crypto.com became the third party to ask the Supreme Court to resolve whether sports event contracts belong to federal derivatives law or state gambling law. The Court has not agreed to hear the fight. But the lower courts are now giving opposite answers to the same question.
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Baylor and Boston University are settling a trademark fight that shows why common initials can coexist for decades—until branding, merchandise, and an old agreement push them too close together.
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The Minnesota Vikings say Sleep Number still owes more than $313,000 under a sponsorship deal. The harder question is not whether there was a contract—it is where that contract sits in bankruptcy’s payment line.
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A no-contest plea can end—or largely end—a player’s criminal case without ending his football case. Here is how the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy, Commissioner’s Exempt List, collectively bargained discipline process, and appeals system actually work.
