Kennyhertz Perry attorney Mit Winter was quoted in a Front Office Sports article discussing the Alston v. NCAA case pending in the US Supreme Court. The Court will determine whether NCAA rules that limit the educationally-related benefits schools can give to college athletes violate antitrust law. Mit was asked to comment on what could happen
Mit Winter recently appeared as a guest on 96.9 The Game to discuss the Alston v. NCAA case currently pending before the United States Supreme Court. The Court has been asked to decide whether NCAA college athletes are entitled to additional compensation, specifically unlimited educationally related benefits and cash payments for academic awards and incentives.
College athletes (and potentially their high school counterparts) will soon be able to be paid for the use of their names, images, and likenesses (NILs). The laws and/or NCAA bylaws that will govern NIL deals have not been finalized, but college athletes will almost certainly be able to begin monetizing their NILs later this year.
In addition to a new round of state-level college athlete name, image, and likeness (NIL) bills that are currently being introduced, a new federal NIL bill co-authored by Senator Chris Murphy and Representative Lori Trahan was introduced last week. Unlike the other federal and state bills that have either been passed or introduced, the new
Kennyhertz Perry attorney Mit Winter was recently featured in an article by The Gazette discussing the NCAA’s proposed bylaw changes that would allow NCAA Division I college athletes to be paid for the use of their names, images, and likenesses (NIL). The NIL bylaws are currently scheduled to be voted on next week. If the
A wide-ranging bill proposed by Senators Cory Booker and Richard Blumenthal entitled the College Athlete Bill of Rights could result in big changes for college athletics. Among the items addressed in the bill are: Name, Image, and Likeness rights: college athletes would be allowed to enter into endorsement deals, including with companies that compete with
Mit Winter was quoted in an article by Front Office Sports discussing today’s announcement by the U.S. Supreme Court that it will review a lower court’s decision in the Alston v. NCAA case. The lower court’s decision found that NCAA bylaws that limit college athletes’ ability to receive educationally related payments and benefits from their
In an unexpected development, the United States Supreme Court announced today that it will review a lower court decision in Alston v. NCAA that found NCAA bylaws that limit educationally related compensation to college athletes violate antitrust law. As a result of the lower court decision, NCAA Division I schools are currently allowed to give
With NCAA college athletes on the brink of being able to be compensated by third parties for the use of their name, image, and likeness (NIL), Mit Winter was asked by Law360 to discuss the differences in the various state NIL laws that have been passed. Mit also offered his take on what will happen
Kennyhertz Perry attorney Mit Winter was recently featured on the LEAD1 Association’s new video podcast series, The LEAD1 Angle, discussing the new benefits and cash payments certain college athletes can now receive as a result of the Alston v. NCAA decision. LEAD1 Association represents the athletics directors and athletics programs of the 130 member universities
Kennyhertz Perry attorney Mit Winter recently led a webinar on potential college athlete name, image, and likeness laws and college athlete compensation. In the webinar, he covered the state-level NIL bills that have already been passed, potential federal NIL bills, potential NAIA and NCAA legislation, things universities can do to prepare for when NIL compensation
The Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, ACC, and Pac-12 (Power 5 or Autonomy 5) have released a summary of a proposed federal college athlete name, image, and likeness (NIL) bill that they refer to as the Student-Athlete Equity Act of 2020. It is not yet clear if or when the bill will be introduced in
