Tenured Law Professor. Fulbright Scholar. Sports Ethics Director. Attorney. Former Skadden. I write on Antitrust, IP, Higher Ed and Sports. [email protected]
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As a sports law professor, the biggest change I’ve seen in recent years is Super PACs now trying to achieve legislatively what some big businesses cannot get judicially. I’ve written a lot about legislative capture in college sports. Here it appears in sports gambling.
Super PACs backed by the sports betting industry have spent nearly $8.3 million on New York political races in 2026 so far, and have ramped up their general election spending in recent weeks.
Here's how sports gambling Is betting big in New York. nysfocus.com/2026/10/19/new-…
Six questions that reporters should be asking Maria Cantwell about her support of the #PCSA but for the most part aren't:
1. Your views on college athlete rights have changed substantially in recent years from once seeming to support athletes' free economic rights to now desiring to curb them. Who influenced you to change your thinking on this matter? (The 'who' is what matters).
2. @achristovichh ran a story online today about a new college sports Super PAC that has targeted Congresspeople. Has anyone with that Super PAC, or with otherwise similar interests who may run in similar circles, spoken to you?
3. In a similar vein, have you spoken with anyone from the Knight Commission, and if so who? If you have, who did they claim to represent? And, what were their talking points?
4. @DionneKoller was your No. 1 choice to testify before Congress on college sports issues in 2020. She strongly opposes this bill. Why don't you still trust Dionne's guidance?
5. @RulingSports also states having publicly spoken to your staff and opposed the bill. Yet, you disagree with her too. Why isn't her guidance compelling?
6. To the extent you believe this bill is good for female athletes, what does it mean to you that so many well-known, female sports law professors including @DionneKoller, @RulingSports, @ammoorman, @NellieDrew1 all publicly oppose the bill? If that's not probative of anything to you, why not?
1. Excellent article by @achristovichh, who is establishing herself as one of the top sports business journalists.
2. Also, wow, is this college sports industry dislikable! As much as we teach students that might doesn’t make right, higher ed sure behaves as if it does!
NEW: College sports now has a Super PAC.
The College Sports United PAC registered last month. It will be backed by boosters form smaller D-I schools who want a voice in the industry's future.
The goal: to get the Protect College Sports Act passed.
frontofficesports.com/articl…
If you want to hear Professor Matthew Mitten and me online, debating the merits of the so-called Protect College Sports Act, sign up here to join us, with Larry Zicklin of @Baruch_Zicklin moderating. Tuesday November 10. 11 AM ET.
zicklin.baruch.cuny.edu/zick…
#NCAA #PCSA
For a quick three-minute explanation of the antitrust case for paying college athletes, here's a quick clip from my Fairfax Files interview, conducted by Michael Hershman, CEO of the Soloviev (formerly the Solow Group):
youtu.be/FXIuemEMLq0?si=74fb…
Stay tuned for Carbolic Smoke College Sports…
Can a school call a $1 million transfer fee “liquidated damages” and avoid the scrutiny that would apply to a noncompete? Dave Hoffman joins Taboo Trades to unpack NIL buyouts, penalty doctrine, and the changing college-sports labor market. buff.ly/7OaYXWY
I am not sure what is going to be more fun for me: watching the upcoming Milwaukee Brewers v Tampa Bay Rays World Series, or watching Rob Manfred and friends try to sell America on Baseball needing a salary cap because the large market teams with high salaries always win. #MLB
A new @365sportsYT podcast, in which @PaulCatalina interviews me about the so-called Protect College Sports Act, will air later this week. We just finished shooting. There are should even be some good footage of my @Baruch_Zicklin office. 🤣
Pleased to announce that I will be discussing and debating the so-called Protect College Sports Act with Marquette Law School professor Matthew Mitten as part of our next “Zicklin Talks” webinar: Tuesday Nov. 10 at 11:00 AM. @Baruch_Zicklin
For #SportsLaw people, I’m giving a few upcoming talks:
1. On (some) college athletes as employees at @brooklynlaw symposium (Fri. Nov 6, live)
2. @Baruch_Zicklin panel on #PCSA (Tues. Nov 10, 11:00 AM, virtual)
3. Sports antitrust panel at @CardozoLaw (Thurs Nov 19, 3 PM)