Zachary M. Broner is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Should a student-athlete have a right to their own name, image, and likeness? For decades, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has said no. The NCAA, as a champion of “amateur athletics,” has maintained a framework that prevents student-athletes from earning any income in their capacity as… read more
Zachary Landow is a J.D. candidate, 2021, at NYU School of Law. On September 11, 2019, a routine cargo inspection at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) led to the discovery of 28 counterfeit NBA championship rings. The rings were intended to be shipped from China to Arizona, and the agents who made the discovery believe that the rings were to… read more
Eric Pecci is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Spencer Dinwiddie is a point guard for the Brooklyn Nets in the National Basketball Association.[1] On December 13, 2018, the up-and-coming star signed a three-year, $34 million contract extension that locks his salary at $22 million over the first two years and provides a third-year player option for… read more
Sean Cunningham is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. In September, after securing a unanimous vote in California’s senate, Senate Bill 206 was signed into law by the state’s governor. As a result of the legislation, athletes who attend California colleges can now earn money for their name, image, and likeness; meanwhile, as a result of an… read more
On August 17, 2018, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied class action certification for the retired National Football League (NFL) players suing Electronic Arts for using their likelihood in their Madden NFL series videogames, and dismissed Electronic Arts’ summary judgement motion in the case Davis v. Electronic Arts, Inc. This decision follows a Ninth… read more
When we think of student athletes playing major sports in college, there is often an unfounded presumption that they are well-off and profit immensely from their activities. After all, professional athletes receive profits from commercials and advertisements. Yet aside from tuition scholarships, there is a principle of amateurism rooted in the NCAA which prevents colleges from publicly sharing any meaningful… read more
With the recent Supreme Court Decision in Murphy v. NCAA, 138 S. Ct. 1461 (2018), the state of sports gambling is in flux. Like many other forms of prohibition, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), the 1992 federal statute that prohibited the state authorization of sports gambling, was largely ineffective in curtailing the illegal market. While the exact… read more