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Asst. Professor of Legal Studies @BoiseStateCOBE. I study sport law, and find it neat. I also track college sports law cases on my website (www.collegesportslitigationtracker.com). He/Him. @samcehrlich on the ex-bird app.
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Of all the trouble athletes get into, reckless speeding is the one I will never understand, because of how so obviously dangerous it is. A Georgia football player died and team members kept doing it. Henry Ruggs killed someone. It doesn’t change.

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

UL Monroe is cutting women’s tennis “based on increased operational and infrastructure costs.”

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Three more eligibility rule lawsuits against the NCAA over the past few days: two on Friday and one this afternoon. (By my count, including Pavia that makes 23 different suits involving 26 different players in 21 different courts, 14 of which are still ongoing. That's a lot!)

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

The funniest part of the Devers trade is that you're trading him to a team who already has a Gold Glove 3B.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Disney and Universal have filed a copyright lawsuit against popular artificial intelligence image-generator Midjourney on Wednesday, marking the first time major Hollywood companies have enter the legal battle over generative AI.

submitted 7 days ago • 11 comments

Throwing a position player in to pitch in the sixth inning is... something.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

If you're interested in the lobbying blitz that has resulted in two House bills and a hearing on college sports in D.C. this week, I am fairly certain this is the post for you. And if you're not, at least click to enlarge the photo of that cat! She's the real draw.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

I've been following so many of these eligibility lawsuits... figured I'd go see one of them in person. So I'm headed up to Missoula to attend tomorrow morning's preliminary injunction hearing in University of Montana basketball player Kai Johnson's lawsuit against the NCAA. Fun!

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Wrote about some of these proposals back in Feb. NCAA sources were adamant to me that current bylaws would prevent a breakaway of ~50ish men's programs into a different championship event. Bylaws change, but if US Soccer wants RADICAL change, it needs to sell harder to the ADs/Presidents.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Soccer has been the most proactive non-revenue college sport in addressing how it fits in - or needs to opt out of - the post-House settlement NCAA. That's partly b/c U.S. Soccer is unique among US sports governing bodies in being structured to oversee all levels of the sport

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

It's time to NIL Go to the Clearinghouse.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Behold NIL Go.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

A follow-up from Judge Wilken on the House settlement: she intends to appoint Magistrate Judge Nathaniel Cousins as a special master to resolve any disputes with the settlement.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

If you'd like to read about how this is a horrendous idea for Penn State, UCLA, Boise State (according to @frontofficesports.bsky.social) and every other public university in the country, I have the perfect paper for you linked below. #highered #policysky #EduSky www.clasp.org/publications...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

This appears to be the House settlement codification bill that one might have expected following approval, though it does go quite a bit beyond that. Worth the read as a preview for the hearing.

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Bryan Seeley is charged with enforcing college sports’ new rules. What’s his plan? www.nytimes.com/athletic/641...

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"[This] marks a huge step forward for college sports. [Directly paying players] is a tremendously positive change and one that was long overdue." - NCAA President Charlie Baker. Spare us this insulting b.s., Chuck. You were dragged kicking and screaming into this. www.ncaa.org/news/2025/6/...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Just released by the new "College Sports Commission": a timeline of how the settlement will be implemented, including key dates for the "designated student-athletes" who will not count towards roster limits.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

BREAKING: Judge Wilken grants final approval to the House settlement.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment