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The Name of the Game (Lance Turner Editor’s Note)

For the first time, student-athletes can cash in in a big way on their athletic abilities. read more >
The University of Arkansas has hired Terry Prentice as its senior associate athletics director for athlete brand development. It also created a webpage in May called Flagship that lists the rules for NIL and requirements for student-athletes to report any signed contracts.
Business Services / Education / Insurance

NIL Law Shows Arkansas Players The MoneyLock Icon

It didn’t take much time for student-athletes to get in on the money — or gift cards or merchandise — once the NCAA removed its regulations against the commercial use of their name, image and likeness. read more >
Education / Government & Politics

High Court Sides with Former Athletes in Dispute with NCAA

In a ruling that could help push changes in college athletics, the Supreme Court unanimously sides with a group of former college athletes in a dispute with the NCAA over rules limiting certain compensation. read more >
Education / Legal

NCAA Reaches A Key Moment As Transgender Laws Multiply

The NCAA has reached a delicate moment: It must decide whether to punish states that have passed laws limiting the participation of transgender athletes by barring them from hosting its softball and baseball tournaments. read more >
Video game makers discontinued various NCAA game series following disputes over student-athlete licensing. But under a new Arkansas law, Arkansas student-athletes like Moses Moody might have been eligible to contract for his name and image to appear in a video basketball series for an agreed upon compensation.
Education / Government & Politics / Legal

Almost Famous: State Law Levels the Playing Field for Student-Athletes (Commentary)

Arkansas is poised to parallel or outpace the competition using a new recruiting tool — the ability for student-athletes to receive compensation for the commercial use of their publicity rights. read more >
The Arkansas State Capitol was the scene as Arkansas’ General Assembly enacted restrictions on transgender youths.
Business Services / Education / Government & Politics

Transgender Laws Draw a Hot SpotlightLock Icon

New restrictions on trangender minors have left the state a target of scorn and boycotts, and LGBTQ activists were calling the new legislation itself a hate crime. read more >
The Human Rights Campaign office building in Washington, D.C.
Legal

No Big Backlash for States Passing Anti-Transgender Laws

Five states including Arkansas have passed laws or implemented executive orders limiting the ability of transgender youths to play sports or receive certain medical treatment — and there’s been little tangible repercussions. read more >
Oaklawn General Manager Wayne Smith says sports betting will be an amenity at his racetrack, “but if we didn’t have it, we would have operated Oaklawn without it.”
Construction / Education / Government & Politics

Bet on the Hogs? Soon, Sports Gambling Will Be Legal in Arkansas

Sports wagering is coming to Arkansas although its final form and true impact remain unknown. read more >
Arkansas Razorbacks running back Rawleigh Williams, who suffered a career-ending neck injury in April 2017, was taken from the field in Fayetteville a year and a half earlier after suffering a herniated disk in his neck during a game against Auburn University.
Education / Health Care / Legal

Former Razorback, His Career Ended by Injury, Sues InsurerLock Icon

Former Arkansas Razorback Rawleigh Williams III thought a $1 million sports disability insurance policy would protect him financially if an injury derailed what promised to be a lucrative pro football career. read more >
Kevin Crass (inset), the chairman of the War Memorial Stadium Commission, says there is plenty of support in central Arkansas for a bowl game to be added to the stadium's post-season schedule.
Education / Tourism

Central Arkansas Group Asks NCAA for Division I Bowl at War Memorial

If approved, a game to be played in December would match teams from the Sun Belt Conference, which includes Arkansas State University at Jonesboro, and the American Athletic Conference. read more >
Robert Coon
Education / Government & Politics

The NLRB & Redefining March Madness (Robert Coon On Politics)

Like millions of Americans, I obsess over March Madness. It's exciting and unpredictable, and truly one of the best things about college sports. But something happened this March that could turn the college sports world upside down - and not in a good way. read more >
Fayetteville resident Jimmy Dykes (left, shown with play-by-play man Brad Nessler) provides analysis for 65 to 70 men’s basketball games a year on national TV.
Restaurants & Food / Tourism

Here’s Why March Madness Hasn’t Returned to Verizon Arena

It’s unclear if any NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament games will ever return to North Little Rock. UALR still lobbies, but there's one factor in the way. read more >