Assistant Professor, Recreation and Sport Management, University of Arkansas. Views expressed here are my own.
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Notably, limits on “countable” coaches were recently removed in basketball and baseball, allowing any staff member to provide on-field instruction.
This is what allowed Vanderbilt to hire a catchers coach and promote Ro Coleman to outfield coordinator and assistant hitting coach
NCAA D1 Cabinet Modernization efforts were released yesterday.
Included is a proposal to completely eliminate countable coach rules for the purposes of providing instruction to athletes. It wouldn't be effective if / until passed in the 2027 cycle, but remarkable nonetheless.
Text of the rule as it currently stands is below. The phasing out has been occurring for some time, this would be another step. The limits for off-campus recruiting would still be effective under this proposal, so not a complete phase-out of these types of restrictions.
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This rule has appeared in court in different forms over the year.
-Law v. NCAA ("Restricted Earnings Coach" category was struck down by a lower court in 1998)
-Volunteer coach rule (rescinded in 2023; NCAA agreed to settlement terms with coaches in 2026)
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(1/2) Participation on outside teams helps maintain consistency with other sports (i.e. summer leagues in baseball) but could result in more athletes being "voluntold" to participate in those opportunities.
The MBOC suggestion to increase to 10 hours per week is a harder sell.
This is super interesting, and I'm working to better understand the blood and guts of how this could work for different schools.
Is there a good argument, other than potential cost for low majors, for why this would be a BAD idea? Am I missing something?
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Allowing summer contests without having to go on a foreign tour may actually help schools with less funding. Foreign tours are the main way to get summer contests on the books right now, so opening that up to domestic opponents may make it more accessible to low majors.
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The finding that the plain text of the revised bylaw 12.6 grants 5-for-5 to 2022 athletes is significant in and of itself. Moving forward, should be interesting to see if judges use similar logic to override NCAA interpretations of their own rules.
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Spot on here from @McCannSportsLaw. In addition to Gorsuch's language in Alston, the Second Circuit also upheld the Ivy League scholarship rule, one of the strictest compensation rules in all of college sports. Read more to see how we got here:
journals.indianapolis.iu.edu…
Conferences asserting autonomy is in line with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in NCAA v. Alston (2021). While the NCAA losing that case was the headline, Justice Gorsuch's words about conferences being able to do their own thing are more relevant now than ever: sportico.com/law/analysis/20….
I talked about the incentives that lead to this in an a 2024 article for the Journal of Intercollegiate Sport:
journals.ku.edu/jis/article/…
The incentives are still going at full strength absent legislative intervention.
The hottest trend in college sports investigations? No paper trail.
I wrote about how these high-profile external investigations at schools like Michigan and North Carolina are completed with no formal, written report.
Free to read via @TheAthletic.
nytimes.com/athletic/7623865…
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This is a BIG one. Not just for the quality of the players, or the quantity, but the fact that it happened in the NCAA's own backyard.
Indiana courts, as you might expect, have historically been very deferential to the NCAA.
The inevitable appeal will be interesting.
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This is going to be a fascinating test of what sort of powers conferences can exert over eligibility where the NCAA can't.
It also may be a demonstration of courts' contempt powers...
NEW: The Patriot League denied Villanova quarterback Pat McQuaide’s eligibility for 2026.
McQuaide's attorney: “My understanding is that Villanova has been informed that if he plays in any games, then they’ll be forfeited.”
For @phillysport
inquirer.com/college-sports/…
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So I wrote an article reviewing the Protect College Sports Act for its constitutionality under the private nondelegation doctrine.
Because this bill is complex -- and I am insane -- the article is 23k words.
Enjoy. Feedback appreciated! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
Can confirm,
Source: Me
A huge congratulations to Dr. @J_Scott_Tweets on passing his dissertation this morning! Look for some amazing sports law scholarship to come from him as he starts his career as a faculty member with the University of Arkansas Sport Management program this fall.
Piper’s reporting does a great job capturing the public policy struggle over open records law in college sports. In 2024, I discussed why universities and legislators are moving to restrict access to these records in an article for @JofInterSport
journals.ku.edu/jis/article/…
Opponents of a bill to shield how Louisiana’s public universities spend their revenue on college athletes warn it’s a slippery slope, as it would be the first time the state hides how public money is spent from public view. #lalege #lagov
lailluminator.com/2026/04/14…
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Opponents of a bill to shield how Louisiana’s public universities spend their revenue on college athletes warn it’s a slippery slope, as it would be the first time the state hides how public money is spent from public view. #lalege #lagov
lailluminator.com/2026/04/14…
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New article out in @IJSC_journal with my @UKJAMschool colleague, Jen Smith (@ByJenSmith), "Gloves Off: The Tensions Between Name, Image and Likeness Agreements and Open Records Laws." doi.org/10.1123/ijsc.2025-02…