Widow Asks $55M From NCAA for Football Player’s Death November 23, 2022 By Brian Melley Attorneys asked a jury Monday to award $55 million to the widow of a former USC football player, in a...
Insurance Will Help But NCAA Faces Loss of Millions Due to Lost Tournament March 19, 2020 By Ralph D. Russo The NCAA made more than $1 billion last year, almost $867 million from the men’s Division I basketball tournament, and...
Court in California Rules NCAA Athletes Are Not Employees August 13, 2019 By Christopher Yasiejko and Eben Novy-Williams A former linebacker for the University of Southern California wasn’t an employee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association or the...
Final Four a ‘Big-Ticket’ for Insurers Covering NCAA Tournament March 29, 2019 By Stephanie K. Jones If the NCAA’s Final Four basketball games were to be cancelled or postponed for any reason, that would be really,...
NCAA Considers Cap on Schools’ Share of Athletes’ Insurance Cost December 11, 2014 By Eben Novy-Williams College sports’ governing body will consider limiting how much schools can contribute toward athletes’ insurance policies, according to its president....
Viewpoint: NCAA Keeps Bungling Penn State Investigation November 17, 2014 By Kavitha Davidson Newly released documents show that the National Collegiate Athletic Association was in contact with the investigators of the Jerry Sandusky...
Concussion Went Untreated Says Former Portland State Player September 5, 2014 By Anne M. Peterson Former Portland State linebacker Zach Walen has filed a $5 million suit against Portland State, the NCAA and Oregon Health...
Ex-LSU Star Moving Concussion Lawsuit to State Court June 5, 2014 A lawyer for former LSU star linebacker Mike Anderson says Anderson has dismissed a concussion-related lawsuit filed in federal court...
NCAA Athletes Drop Image-Use Damages Claim, Pursue Future Earnings May 19, 2014 By Karen Gullo Ex-National Collegiate Athletic Association players suing to gain a share of the $800 million of annual broadcast revenue reaped by...
NCAA Sues Video Game Maker Over College Athlete Settlement November 21, 2013 By Edvard Pettersson The National Collegiate Athletic Association sued Electronic Arts Inc., saying the video-game maker hasn’t agreed to indemnify the NCAA for...