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NFLPA Executive Director Lloyd Howell Jr is stepping down from his role effective immediately. "It's clear that my leadership has become a distraction to the important work the NFLPA advances every day."

This could change with today's development, but the CSC's overall evaluation of NIL deals is based on 3 factors: 1) The relationship b/w the payor and the athlete's school (ie, are they a booster/collective?); 2) valid business purpose; 3) Range of compensation. Today's news…

The CSC can reject deals w/ collectives if the payment is not "commensurate w/ compensation paid to similarly situated individuals w/ comparable NIL value." So, collectives don't automatically fail the valid business purpose requirement, but the deals will still be scrutinized

This is significant. The CSC had rejected deals w/ collectives because they were not for a "valid business purpose," given that the athletes were typically being paid to appear/promote the collective, not "to provide goods or services available to the general public for profit"…

Absent legislation, litigation here is inevitable. With that said, Arthur Bryant's argument that a law which prohibits sex-based discrimination compels compensation decisions to be based solely on sex remains a weak one (& unlikely to catch on in most circuits).

Arthur Bryant, prominent Title IX plaintiff's lawyer, on the inevitability of Title IX lawsuits challenging the payment of NIL compensation to college athletes. Full episode here: sportswisepod.com/s1e91

Good listen to get info on the Title IX lawsuits that are coming, related to how schools are paying out NIL $ to athletes after the House settlement.

A new era of compensation for college athletes is here. Are the Title IX lawsuits coming soon? (spoiler alert: yes). Arthur Bryant, lead counsel for female athletes in Title IX cases for 3 decades, discusses the looming Title IX challenges to athlete pay sportswisepod.com/s1e91

AVCA CEO Jaime Gordon is the featured guest on the latest the Sports Wise podcast, which covers sports and law. He visits with host Gabe Feldman about the future of Olympic sports and what can be done to protect opportunities. Listen: sportswisepod.com/s1e90 #WeAreAVCA

New episode of the pod- What does the future of Olympic sports look like on college campuses and beyond? Will schools drop sports? Eliminate the minimum sport sponsorship level? Tier sports? And what can be done to protect these opportunities. Dr. Jamie Gordon, CEO of the…

It was a busy week for college sports and for the podcast. 3 new episodes are now out: 1) An in-depth conversation with Grant House, the named plaintiff in the landmark House v. NCAA case: sportswisepod.com/s1e89 2) A wide-ranging conversation with @TroyDannen , Athletic…

The final House v. NCAA podcast (until the next one)! Grant House- the House in the House case- joins to give an inside look at the House lawsuit and settlement from the beginning through the final approval. sportswisepod.com

One point to reemphasize. Opting in permits schools to distribute money to athletes directly, but does not require it. Presumably some of these 319 will provide relatively little (or no) new payments to athletes.

New ep of the pod: @TroyDannen, AD of @Huskers, joins to discuss how schools are operationalizing the House settlement--allocating $20.5M to athletes; NIL enforcement; roster limits; continued support for @HuskerVB and other Olympic sports, and more. sportswisepod.com/s1e87

Congrats to @SionJames14 ! The @hornets and the city of Charlotte are lucky to have him.

ICYMI: Lead outside counsel for the NCAA, Rakesh Kilaru, rejoins the pod to give an inside look at the finalization of the House settlement, how schools will operationalize the new rules, and what legal challenges might be next. sportswisepod.com/s1e86