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 >
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NIL Law Shows Arkansas Players The Money
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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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Transgender Laws Draw a Hot Spotlight
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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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Former Razorback, His Career Ended by Injury, Sues Insurer
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 >
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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 >
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 >
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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 >