October 16, 2025 The NCAA’s $2.8 billion settlement in House v. NCAA marks a seismic shift in college athletics. For decades, the NCAA has denied college athletes the right to earn any money from their participation in sports, arguing that doing so would undermine the “amateurism” model of college athletics even as it raked in
March 17, 2025
AJ Rudowitz (LAW ’17), Bryan Shapiro (LAW ’20), Sean P. McConnell, and Leigh M. Skipper discuss the growing relationship between college sports and private equity firms.
October 18, 2024
AJ Rudowitz (LAW ’17), Bryan Shapiro (LAW ’20), Sean P. McConnell, and Matthew Steinway discuss a proposed approval for a settlement agreement to compensate collegiate athletes following the House v. NCAA decision.
May 28, 2024
Victor Ficarra, a third-year law student at Temple Law, examines the road to Johnson v. NCAA and how the 3rd Circuit may rule on this appeal. He explores how the NCAA has fared in recent federal court cases and what other decisions may implicate the 3rd Circuit’s decision
April 22, 2024
Granting student-athletes Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rights has transformed college sports, but players and institutions alike now seek consistency amid varying NCAA policies and state laws. Last year’s Senate hearing on Name, Image, and Likeness, and the Future of College Sports covered issues of compliance, student-athlete contracts, and employment law while also looking at unique topics like Title IX compliance in relation to NIL donor collectives. On Troutman Pepper’s Highway to NIL podcast, Temple alum Patrick Zancolli and colleagues discuss recent NIL developments in college sports and predictions for what will unfold in the rest of 2024.
February 23, 2024
A partnership between Professor Ken Jacobsen and Councilman Isaiah Thomas has placed Temple Law and the city of Philadelphia at the forefront of legislation aimed at guiding young athletes through the NIL process.
Ken Jacobsen, Director of Temple Law’s Sports Program, and key members of the Temple Athletics program discuss the unanimous Supreme Court decision barring the NCAA’s long-standing regulations that restricted student athlete’s compensation.