Tag Archives: Sports law

From Tennis Court to Courtroom: The PTPA’s Global Antitrust Challenge to Tennis Governance

By: Casey Galvin On March 18, 2025, the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) and a group of professional tennis athletes initiated a transnational antitrust challenge aimed at dismantling entrenched market power and restructuring the governance of professional tennis. The PTPA and players filed suit against the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), the Women’s Tennis Association […]

From Amateurism to Professionalization: How the NCAA’s House Settlement Aligns the U.S. with Global Sports Norms

By: Mia Massimo On June 10, 2025, Judge Claudia Wilken approved the landmark settlement in House v. NCAA, reshaping the future of college athletics. The agreement requires the NCAA and its member conferences to pay nearly $2.8 billion in damages to former athletes and permits schools to share up to 22% of athletics revenue directly with players. The settlement […]

Qatar 2022: A World Cup Full of Controversy

By: Michael Stuart September 26, 2022 In less than two months, football fans from around the globe will converge upon the tiny Gulf state of Qatar to celebrate the kickoff of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Nearly one million people are expected to travel to the country to see their nation’s team perform on the […]

What the New Name, Image, and Likeness Laws Mean for International Student Athletes

By: Kayla Bokzam September 17, 2021 Recently, states have begun passing laws allowing college athletes to profit off of the use of their name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights. This wave of state legislation has pressured the National Collegiate Athletic Association to update their own policies regarding NIL, aligning their policies with state legislation. While […]