Ryan P. Mulvaney
@ryanpmulvaney
Lawyer Litigation Sports NCAA #NIL Entertainment @ Stevens & Lee PC / NBA agent for 🏀 players worldwide, NCAA coaches
“I have a list in my head of people who doubted [me]. I remember exactly what you said, when you said it, and what you were wearing when you said it.” ☑️ #TheCaptain
General Managers (and sport-specific GMs) are an integral position in new-look athletic departments. If your program has failed to create the position - or is attempting to create the position with that position having zero actual authority (i.e., relegated to being a paper…
Got my hands on another college basketball general manager contract with a whopping $850k base salary The difference from the one I pulled yesterday is that it isn't a blueblood This team is well outside the top 50, having not sniffed a tournament game in nearly a decade...
Appreciate all the calls and texts about President Trump’s EO. THE GOOD: it reinforces a commitment to “non-revenue producing” sports and to women’s athletics. THE QUESTIONABLE: it seeks to “prohibit[ ] third-party, pay-for-play payments to collegiate athletes. This does not…
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump signs executive order to protect student-athletes and preserve college sports integrity. 🏟️ Brief summary of what the Order does: 🎓 Protects scholarships & expands opportunities for women’s and non-revenue sports 🚫 Bans pay-for-play NIL deals from…
Keep a close eye on UNC Football. Having worked with representatives of the UNC football program over the last few months while representing college football athletes, the program is poised to do very big things on the gridiron.
Realignment watch: Sources say UNC is among the schools exploring a potential move from the ACC with the SEC as the likely target 👀 Under Chancellor Lee Roberts and incoming AD Steve Newmark, the Tar Heels could be leading the pack alongside Clemson. Via @InsideCarolina
Well how about that. CSC walks back its week-old controversial “guidance” that NIL collectives do not serve a valid business purpose (“VBP”). Not a surprising result given the … valid … uproar among NIL collectives (and, well, the “guidance” being inconsistent with the…
Attorneys have resolved a dispute over how the College Sports Commission handles NIL collectives, sources tell @YahooSports, revising its approach to treat them like other businesses - a major move that paves the way for continued collective operations bit.ly/4kVo5od
This was obvious from the moment the “guidance” was made public. I and others have been saying for months - good luck, CSC and Deloitte, with all the forthcoming litigation.
NIL collectives are probably going to have to sue for their own survival. But they should thank the College Sports Commission for so clearly defining the class for that class action lawsuit. on3.com/news/the-new-g…
Proud of my @TheNBPA taking a stand on this issue with the NFPLA, MLBPA, NHLPA and the MLSPA. “Historically, antitrust exemptions have been used to set prices, limit wages, and restrict access to opportunities provided by open markets[.]” It’s almost as if the NCAA and certain…
To read our complete joint letter that was sent to Committee members today, visit here: nflpa.com/press/the-play…
Well that didn’t take long. The CSC’s “guidance” from Friday - taking direct aim at NIL Collectives - is challenged.
In a letter sent to the NCAA and power conferences Friday, House attorneys believe the denial of NIL collective deals violate the settlement, are requesting a “retraction” of the CSC’s guidance & are threatening to report the wrongdoing to the court bit.ly/460PEsp
Collective: Dear CSC, we hereby submit a proposed NIL agreement with a college athlete in the amount of $2,333 that we believe constitutes fair market value for the proposed deliverables. Please review and app— CSC: Who dis? Collective: we are a collec— CSC: 😳😱👎🏼✋🏼🚫⛔️🙅🏼♂️🤷🏼…
Here’s a real example of a deal we submitted that was denied. It included social media posts, appearances, and brand promotion—real deliverables, clearly documented. Total compensation was $2,333. The athlete had responsibilities. The compensation matched the work. Still…
And the CSC thought NIL Collectives would just take its guidance lying down …
Statement from a collective operator to @FOS about the new guidance: "Since the beginning of the NIL era, the NCAA, conference commissioners, and athletic directors have resisted every form of progress when it comes to fairly compensating athletes. Now, a newly formed…
So, effectively eliminating NIL Collectives altogether unless they happen to now broker deals?! Good luck with that, CSC.
They are allowed, however, if the collective acts as a middle man btwn a brand and an athlete, where the brand pays the collective for an NIL activity, who then pays the athlete.
Taking direct aim at NIL Collectives, the College Sports Commission provides … “guidance” … on what it believes will constitute and not constitute VBP (“valid business purpose”). Ironic indeed that the entity, intentionally created with the singular “business purpose” of…
Today the College Sports Commission issued additional guidance to schools about the definition of “valid business purpose” and the importance of sharing information about entities involved in third-party NIL deals. More information is available here: collegesportscommission.org/nil
This is what I meant a while back when I said that, sometimes, NCAA rules (and investigation thereof by NCAA Enforcement and, here, self-reporting of “violations”) is like a kangaroo court. Having represented clients in NCAA investigations, this self-reporting of “violations”…
5 Alabama sports committed minor NCAA violations in the past year, but not football or men's basketball al.com/alabama/2025/0…
In 1:26, Coach Meyer and Mark Ingram give you all you need on FSU’s revenue share contract and how treating college athletes like this will ultimately backfire on the recruiting trail. College athletes aren’t stupid. And they all talk.
CFB Hall of Famer Urban Meyer and Heisman Trophy Winner Mark Ingram shared their thoughts on Florida State’s “bizarre” rumored NIL contracts this week
Or Adrian Griffin?
Mike Brown is getting a second interview. But why not a first for Michael Malone. Mark Jackson, Johnnie Bryant and Rick Brunson?
Happy July! Happy first day of the revenue sharing era in college spo— nevermind, there’s already a dispute.
As House-NCAA settlement takes effect today, a lead lawyer for plaintiffs says his side is exercising its right to audit school financial figures that are basis for revenue-sharing cap. Steve Berman: "We have questions about the information we’ve gotten." usatoday.com/story/sports/c…
Excellent points from Coach Lycan. The DSA issue, particularly because it has been left to the schools’ exercise discretion and “good faith” has become a complete mess rife with uncertainty, fear, panic and fundamental unfairness - they very things the settlement was supposed to…
The whole Designated Student Athlete (DSA) process that was an amendment to the House v NCAA Settlement is an absolute joke. The issue was the fact that so many student athletes were preemptively cut (from rosters or from their verbal commitments) bc the legal professionals in…
Schools really need to be careful here. The treatment of college athletes does not go unnoticed by athletes, agents, and lawyers. From refusing to enter athletes’ names in the transfer portal, to requiring athletes to sign noncompetes (as if those are enforceable), to refusing to…
Florida State's rev share contract drafts have drawn sharp criticism from those in the NIL space, multiple sources tell @CBSSports. Unusual stipulations include: - FSU's ability to extend a contract at the same rate throughout an athlete's eligibility window - A lack of…
Today, @therealshenger and I provided our insights and thoughts to @SportsBizMiss on the latest news in college athletics: efforts by some to buy - yes, BUY - college athletes’ claims in the House case for pennies on the dollar. Athletes should not be induced to sell their…
Athletes are being offered buyouts of their back pay in the House settlement. The contracts I reviewed were paying $0.10 on the dollar. Athletes, please read this (and hire an attorney) before you sign this contract. businessofcollegesports.com/legal/athletes…
One would think during the most important time of your life (personal and professional) you’d hire an agent who is actually certified by the NBPA to represent you. Just another example of “agents” acting as agents.
Ace Bailey reportedly has Omar Cooper, the father of Sharife Cooper, representing him as his agent, per @GoodmanHoops Cooper reportedly wanted to be paid for doing on-camera interviews. “It just seems as though Ace Bailey has received some poor advice over the past year. Has…
Sankey on non-revenue sports: “[T]here has to be a point where this revenue-sharing model and the third-party oversight sticks and is consistent. “If it continues to grow … that's an enormous threat to [ ] Olympic sports or the non-revenue sports.” on3.com/nil/news/greg-…
