
|Founder of Ruling Sports|Tenured Professor @Pepperdine|California & Colorado Attorney|Contributor @TheAthletic & @WashingtonPost|
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Joined July 2011
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In 2011 I launched Ruling Sports as a sports law blog.
Since, I've written for major publications, interviewed top athletes and saw the ins-and-outs of sport.
Now, I'm reimagining Ruling Sports.
The trailer for my new podcast, Ruling Sports, is live:
open.spotify.com/show/0kVjW8…
Alicia Jessop retweeted
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?
Alicia Jessop retweeted
Julian Sayin sits down with @Brady_Quinn ahead of their matchup with Indiana to speak about his journey
This is so good.
A Knicks fan recreated OG Anunoby’s classic tip-in in their front yard for Halloween 🔥
(h/t @TommyBeer )
Fire fighters are incredible. 🙏🏼
Alicia Jessop retweeted
“I think Ohio State is head and shoulders ahead of the next-best Big Ten team.”
Rival coaches on how Jeremiah Smith—and QB Julian Sayin—are playing at a ridiculously high level right now:
Gift link: nytimes.com/athletic/7675374…
Nestlé has entered into its largest international brand collaboration to date, signing a multi-year partnership with the NBA. Nestlé will activate in 21 global markets with a focus on youth basketball development.
Julian Sayin threw for 324 yards and three touchdowns, two to Jeremiah Smith, and No. 5 Ohio State beat No. 14 Iowa 31-14. apnews.com/article/ohio-stat…
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Some fascinating regular season TV ratings comparison for you, #WNBA vs. #MLB vs. #NHL. So much for the decline and fall of the W. @theixsports youtu.be/uHpWNOCNy1c?is=VrbI…
Lawyering 101: Never ask a witness a question you don’t know the answer to. Whoever let Eric Schmitt trot this out as a supposed “smoking gun”—only to embarrass himself for it *not* to be and uncover his lack of sports knowledge—did him dirty.
Alicia Jessop retweeted
College athletes put their bodies on the line every day—and generate billions of dollars for their universities, conferences, and the NCAA.
The Protect College Sports Act pulls the rug out from under them.
I will keep fighting alongside college athletes until they get the rights and protections they deserve.
Senator Kennedy has a point. If the Protect College Sports Act becomes law, just remember: elected officials voted to limit compensation to American workers (including American workers of private employers).
I spent four years as a credentialed media member covering the Heat. LeBron was there three, and gone to Cleveland my last year. Media attendance was like night and day between years three and four.
I’m told media day for the @sixers is usually is about 40 journalists. Today, they are expecting well over 100. Room is packed. #lebroneffect
Last night I saw @JonBatiste at the Hollywood Bowl. It was a couple hours of pure joy. Batiste is a genius—how many instruments he plays in one show is unbelievable. With his voice he often says, “I don’t know you, but I love you.” Imagine a world where all held that sentiment.
Alicia Jessop retweeted
Update: House of Representatives source says there is "0.0 percent chance" that the House returns before election day to vote on the PCSA.
News story on this here: si.com/college-football/ted-…
















