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Congress Wants to Cap International Athletes at 20% of Every College Team

Sep 15, 2026

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Congress Wants to Cap International Athletes at 20% of Every College Team

The TEAM USA Act would use federal student-aid eligibility to impose a team-by-team roster cap—and some of the sports most dependent on international recruiting would feel it first.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde

College Sports & NIL

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Tamin Lipsey Went Pro. Now He Wants to Go Back to Iowa State.

Sep 15, 2026

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Tamin Lipsey Went Pro. Now He Wants to Go Back to Iowa State.

An Indiana eligibility case just expanded by 89 athletes—and it is exposing how quickly the line between college and professional sports is disappearing.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde

Business & Deals

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Threaten an Athlete, Lose Your Right to Bet: Major Leagues Push for Lifetime Sportsbook Bans

Sep 15, 2026

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Threaten an Athlete, Lose Your Right to Bet: Major Leagues Push for Lifetime Sportsbook Bans

The NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and MLS—and their players unions—want betting-related harassment to carry a new consequence: permanent exclusion from regulated sportsbooks.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde

College Sports & NIL

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Louisiana’s Fifth-Year Injunction Survives the SEC’s First Appellate Challenge

Sep 15, 2026

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Louisiana’s Fifth-Year Injunction Survives the SEC’s First Appellate Challenge

The SEC failed to persuade a Louisiana appeals court to stop the order protecting dozens of athletes, including former NFL signees. It is not a final ruling on eligibility—but college sports’ state-by-state rules problem just became harder to dismiss.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde
Savannah DeMelo’s Lawsuit Exposes the Legal Fault Line Behind the “Team Doctor”

Sep 15, 2026

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Savannah DeMelo’s Lawsuit Exposes the Legal Fault Line Behind the “Team Doctor”

DeMelo alleges that UofL Health and two physicians failed to diagnose the cardiac condition that preceded her on-field arrest. No court has ruled—but the NWSL’s own collective-bargaining agreement makes the central issue unusually sharp: the club may secure the doctor, but the doctor’s primary professional duty runs to the player.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde
When the Tournament Controls the Hotel Room Too

Sep 14, 2026

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When the Tournament Controls the Hotel Room Too

A proposed class action against Black Bear Sports Group argues that youth-hockey “stay-to-play” rules crossed the line from tournament logistics into deceptive consumer extraction. No court has agreed yet—but the lawsuit targets a business model that reaches far beyond hockey.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde

College Sports & NIL

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High-School Transfer Rules Assume a Student Has a Stable Home. McKinney-Vento Does Not.

Sep 14, 2026

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High-School Transfer Rules Assume a Student Has a Stable Home. McKinney-Vento Does Not.

An Alabama federal judge temporarily blocked the AHSAA from using a student’s unstable residency—the same circumstances that qualified him as an “unaccompanied youth” under federal law—to deny varsity football eligibility. The athlete dismissed the case the next day, leaving behind an important legal theory but no final judgment.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde

College Sports & NIL

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LSU Backed Down. The Fight Over Who Controls College Eligibility Did Not.

Sep 14, 2026

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LSU Backed Down. The Fight Over Who Controls College Eligibility Did Not.

The SEC dropped its threatened expulsion vote after LSU left two former NFL players off its roster. That ended the immediate crisis—and left the most important question unanswered: who has the last word when a court, a conference, and a school collide over eligibility?

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde

Business & Deals

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The $20 Billion FIFA Deal Died. Now UEFA Wants the Deal Files.

Sep 14, 2026

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The $20 Billion FIFA Deal Died. Now UEFA Wants the Deal Files.

UEFA is trying to use a little-known U.S. discovery statute to obtain investor emails, valuation work, deal documents, and testimony for a contemplated Swiss criminal complaint involving FIFA President Gianni Infantino. The first fight is not over guilt. It is over whether the foreign proceeding is real enough to justify American discovery before it even exists.

Jesse Wilde
Jesse Wilde
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