Kennyhertz Perry attorney Mit Winter has been named Chair of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association’s Sports and Entertainment Law Committee. This is Mit’s second stint as Chair of the
Kennyhertz Perry attorney Mit Winter has been appointed as Regional Captain in the states of Kansas and Missouri for the Sports Lawyers Association’s (“SLA”) Outreach Committee. As a regional captain,
Kennyhertz Perry’s Mit Winter was quoted in an article regarding California’s new law allowing college athletes to be paid for the use of their name, image, and likeness. “Law Firm
As it continues to move closer to becoming law, SB 206, the pending California bill that would allow college athletes to be compensated for the use of their names, images,
In a development that likely hinders the NCAA’s ongoing investigations into several high-profile men’s basketball programs, a federal judge has denied the NCAA’s request seeking certain materials gathered by the
Whether college athletes should be able to be paid by third parties (such as a shoe company like Nike) for the use of their name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) has
The NCAA announced yesterday that it has formed a working group to examine issues related to college athletes receiving benefits for the use of their name, image and likeness (“NIL”).
In February 2017, the NCAA and the 11 FBS conferences settled a class action lawsuit relating to the NCAA’s previous limit on athlete compensation. The $208.7 million settlement, part of
In a long-anticipated (but not unexpected) decision, Judge Claudia Wilken of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California has once again held that NCAA bylaws limiting
