WEBINAR 20 – Name, Image, and Likeness 1.5 Years Out -What Have We Learned and Potential Pathways Forward

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WEBINAR 20 – Name, Image, and Likeness 1.5 Years Out -What Have We Learned and Potential Pathways Forward

A stellar line up of expert panelists discussed the burgeoning NIL industry and its impact on intercollegiate athletics in America. Topics include the growth of “booster NIL collectives, protection of college athletes from unethical agents, and whether universities are educating athletes on financial literacy and IRS obligations. Significant Title IX and other gender equity issues … Read more

Webinar #14: 2022 Sack Symposium Proceedings: Session 3: Name, Image, and Likeness — Chaos or Opportunity?

Given the 2021-22 recruiting chaos created by differing state laws, lack of NCAA enforcement of inducement and extra benefit controls, and the call for common guardrails, what should be the role of Congress? What do H.R. 850, the College Athlete Freedom Act sponsored by Representative Lori Trahan (MA) and other federal NIL bills propose? What is the current status of … Read more

Webinar #13: 2022 Sack Symposium Proceedings: The Drake Group National Awards “A Vision for the Future”

Included in this program are the presentations of national awards to Sedona Prince, University of Oregon basketball player and journalism students who have excelled in investigative reporting on intercollegiate athletics. Allen Sack, Co-Founder of The Drake Group delivers a keynote address. In the midst of the current governance, NIL and athlete exploitation chaos, can a … Read more

Webinar #12: 2022 Sack Symposium Proceedings: Session 2: Mandating A College Athletes Bill of Rights

How can Congress address the economic and educational exploitation of college athletes:  lack of adequate long- and short-term insurance and medical expense coverage for athletics injuries, low graduation rates for minority basketball and football players, lack of professional codes of conduct that protect athletes from abuse.  The panel examines Senator Cory Booker’s Framework for legislation mandating a College … Read more

Webinar #11: 2022 Sack Symposium Proceedings: Session 1: Giving College Athletes the Right to Unionize

Is it possible for Congress to give college athletes the right to unionize under the National Labor Relations Act in order to create a better balance of power between athletes and their institutions?  How important is it to retain the athlete’s “student” relationship to the university? If athletes were allowed to “unionize,” should athletes aggregate by … Read more

Webinar #6 – Fixing the Failed Collegiate Athletics Governance Structure

The NCAA has been frozen with indecision since the June U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting its “amateur status” rules.  Fearful of legal responsibility, the organization is pursuing a constitutional convention restructure that reeks of throwing its conference and institutional members under the litigation bus.  College athletics has lost its way because of a failure of governance – … Read more

WEBINAR #4: The Transgender Athlete in Girls and Women’s Sports

Following each Drake “Critical Issues in Collegiate Athletics” webinar, Drake publishes answers to all the questions that the webinar audience raised that, due to time constraints, panelists were unable to answer. This webinar featured Juniper Eastwood, first NCAA Division I openly transgender athlete competing on a women’s team; Donna deVarona, two-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer, … Read more