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Quarter 2 Case Summaries
2021 Quarter 2 Case Summaries and Key Takeaways Key Takeaways Review coaches’ education on the transfer process to ensure it presents roles and responsibilities of coaches and staff in using the Transfer Portal. Consider establishing a system or process for...
2021 Quarter 1 Case Summaries
INFRACTIONS APPEALS COMMITTEE DECISION Georgia Institute of Technology February 26, 2021 Key Takeaways There must be specific factual findings of action or inaction by an institution relevant to the violation (e.g. failure to monitor, lack of institutional...
CCHA Collegiate and Women Leaders in College Sports Announce Partnership Continuation
CCHA and Women Leaders in College Sports (“Women Leaders”), the premier leadership organization in collegiate sports, have announced a continuation of their partnership agreement through 2021. Women Leaders values aligns with the vision of our Sports Law practice, the...
Part I: Q&A on Name, Image and Likeness with Athletics Veritas
CCHA Sports Law attorneys, Kelleigh Fagan and Katie Collyer, tackled questions on the NIL frontier with Athletics Veritas. Athletics Veritas is a weekly series aimed at helping higher education executives, faculty, and other stakeholders stay tuned in on...
2020 Quarter 4 Case Summaries
NEGOTIATED RESOLUTION Charleston Southern October 7, 2020 Key Takeaways • This case should serve as a cautionary tale – even casual or social conversations may be treated as violations of the transfer communication rules. • We are continuing to see more strict...
Julie Roe Lach Named Horizon League Commissioner
CCHA Collegiate Sports Consulting started over 5 years ago with a small team of two lawyers -- Julie Roe Lach and Kelleigh Fagan. Today, CCHA Collegiate and CCHA Sports Law group has expanded to seven team members with over 50 years of NCAA experience and...
2020 Quarter 3 Case Summaries
It’s All Virtual 2020’s most used terms have to include Zoom, Microsoft Teams, GoTo Meeting, Cisco Webex, Slack and others. We’ve used Zoom for virtual hearings with the NCAA during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some advantages and disadvantages from our virtual...
LEAD1 Launches Podcast and Video Series with Kelleigh Fagan
Title IX's Implications on NIL, Considerations for Cutting Sports and Students Return to Campus Kelleigh Fagan recently sat down with CEO of Lead1, Tom McMillen, to talk about a number of legal issues currently evolving in the collegiate sports world on a daily...
2020 Quarter 2 Case Summaries
June 18, 2020 University of Idaho Negotiated Resolution Level: Level II-Standard for Institution and Head Coach Key Takeaways The COI accepted the enforcement staff and institution’s position that the school did not fail to monitor its athletics program because...