College Athletics and the Law最新文献

In the aftermath of the approval of the House settlement, there was hope that the newly created College Sports Commission would soon become the type of effective regulatory oversight and enforcement entity that had been envisioned in the settlement agreement. The recent release of the Commission's participant agreement— required to be signed by all individual schools — reflects the magnitude of that undertaking and the related obligations imposed on the signatory schools.

The sports-betting world underwent significant transformation just over seven years ago when the U.S. Supreme Court decided (Murphy v. NCAA, 584 U.S. 453 (2018)) to strike down as unconstitutional the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992. A total of 39 states, in addition to Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, now allow some form of legalized online or in-person sports betting, with Missouri becoming the most recent as of Dec. 1, 2025 (see www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/). In states with legalized betting, anyone meeting the age requirement (21 in most of the states) can place bets on professional and college games with the caveat that there are restrictions regarding sharing insider information or betting on games within the conference that a student-athlete's school participates. In addition, many state laws include language that restricts bets on game outcomes, bets on in-state teams, and proposition bets (frequently referred to as “prop bets,” which are bets placed on specific events or individual performances within a game that aren’t directly tied to the final score or outcome of who wins or loses).

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In this somewhat chaotic time in college athletics, student-athletes have many opportunities to make money through name, image, and likeness. How the $2.8 billion in the House settlement will be distributed is a contentious subject, and the athletics administrators and coaches face an ever-evolving workplace.

Case name: Maxwell v. Tuskegee University, No. 3:23-cv-472 (M.D. Ala. 09/25/25).

Case name: Doe v. Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, No. 4:25CV3058 (D. Neb. 08/21/25).

A study published in Frontiers in Psychology explores the relationship between online gambling behavior and disability status among college students. The study, titled “Negative impact of online gambling problematic in disabled and nondisabled university students: exploring the risk profile,” examined the gambling profile and beliefs of students based on whether they had a disability.

A Colorado State University hockey player traveled with the men's hockey team to North Dakota to play the University of Jamestown. During the game, Jamestown built a 7–1 lead. With only 57 seconds remaining, Jamestown's head coach sent a player with a reputation for aggressiveness onto the ice. The Jamestown player allegedly cultivated an online persona as the “jawbreaker.” The CSU hockey player claimed that the Jamestown coaching staff knew about the player's tendency to deliberately injure opposing players, including breaking jaws.

The changing landscape of gambling and sports betting in the United States is causing increased concern, particularly when it comes to young people. Although gambling is federally permitted in the United States, states have differing regulations related to casinos, state lotteries, online gambling, and sports betting. More than half of U.S. states have legalized mobile/online gambling or sports betting, and since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act in 2018, almost 40 states have legalized retail and/or mobile sports betting. The expansion of online and mobile gambling platforms and the fast-paced, highly engaged design of these digital gambling products has contributed to increasing participation and greater potential for harm. The commercial gambling sector has also prioritized advertising efforts, using social media and consumer data to deliver personalized marketing to increase gambling engagement.