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Head coaches are presumed responsible for the actions of individuals under their umbrella. This is no longer a new or foreign concept. For coaches, it can be challenging to assess and manage NCAA compliance risk areas while trying to build a winning program. As a...

People often want to be a part of athletics because of the mentorship and relationships created that allow them to help young adults build a purposeful life after athletics. There are countless interviews of players, even after losses, explaining how much the team and...

ATLANTA — You might think the interview and hiring process qualifies as the best, if not only, time to negotiate the terms of your employment. But in reality, many college athletics administrators find themselves so caught up in the excitement of receiv­ing a job...

What's Happening? When the Commission on College Basketball (“Rice Commission”) issued its recommendations on April 24, 2018, one of the unanswered questions was how the process by which these recommendations would be implemented.  Typically, the concept for...

What's Happening? President Mark Emmert responded to the FBI’s college basketball probe by creating a commission on college basketball to recommend changes on issues surrounding men’s basketball specifically.  The recommendations were processed this morning by...

WHAT’S HAPPENING? Recent news for Notre Dame football included a denied appeal to remove vacation of records penalty in a case similar to that of the less recent University of North Carolina COI decision.  Both cases were surrounded by academic issues, but ND received...

What's Happening? Exemplary cooperation is a mitigating factor that can help your institution or coach through an investigation.  Institutions often believe they’ve delivered exemplary cooperation but don’t see the mitigating factor in the decision. The key is...

What's Happening? In early September (2017), the NCAA announced that it was beginning to seek member input on its transfer rules.  The current rules require student-athletes who participate in “revenue sports” (baseball, basketball, football or men’s ice hockey) to...

What's Happening? We have seen courts around the country opine on whether student-athletes should be considered employees for purposes of certain state and federal laws.  Most recently, the federal district court for the Northern District of California dismissed...

What's Happening? On August 1, 2017, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) put legislation in place with regard to a new time management plan (“TMP”) for student-athletes. TMP is designed to create a more balanced athletic, academic and social...