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Sept. 6, 2025

Ep. 96: College Sports and the Looming Title IX Challenges, with Jane…

Send us a text Legendary Title IX and sports lawyer, Janet Judge, joins to talk about the potential Title IX issues in college sports raised by the new roster caps, revenue sharing with athletes, the college sports executive ...

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Aug. 19, 2025

Ep. 95: Breaking Down the NFLPA Saga, with Pro Football Talk's Mike F…

Send us a text Mike Florio, creator and longtime editor of Pro Football Talk, author, radio host, television commentator, co-host of the Daily NFL Talk Show on Peacock with Chris Sims, and contributor to NBC's Sunday night NFL Studio show, Football Night in America, joins to talk about the latest i…

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Aug. 13, 2025

Ep. 94: An Inside Look at Buying and Selling Pro Sports Teams, Stadiu…

Send us a text Irwin Raij, partner at Sidley and Co-Chair of their Entertainment, Sports, and Media Group, joins the pod to discuss what it means to be a sports business lawyer, issues around buying and selling pro sports tea...

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July 30, 2025

Ep. 93: Federal Legislation for College Sports? Breaking down the SCO…

Send us a text Congresswoman Lori Trahan, a former DI college volleyball player and a go-to voice in Congress on college sports issues (among many other issues) gives her perspective on the SCORE Act, the college sports bill ...

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July 24, 2025

Ep. 92: The Collision between Immigration Law and College Sports: Can…

Send us a text On this episode, we tackle the collision of immigration law and college sports. With 100s of millions of dollars now flowing to college athletes, are international athletes allowed to get a piece of the new rev...

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July 17, 2025

Ep. 91: The Collision between Title IX and the New NIL Era in College…

Send us a text On this episode, we tackle the pending and looming Title IX challenges to NIL payments to college athletes from collectives and challenges to the new payments that schools will be making directly to athletes. T...

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July 7, 2025

Ep. 90: The Future of Olympic Sports, with Dr. Jaime Gordon.

Send us a text Dr. Jaime Gordon, CEO of the American Volleyball Coaches Association, joins the pod to discuss the future of Olympic sports and the impact—including schools dropping sports-that the new rules in college sports ...

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July 2, 2025

Ep. 89: The Final House vs. NCAA Podcast (for now) with...Grant House!

Send us a text After five years of talking about the House case and the House settlement, I'm joined by none other than Grant House, the actual House in House . Grant talks about his role and goal with the lawsuit, his views ...

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July 1, 2025

Ep. 88: Title IX in the New College Sports Landscape and an Appeal of…

Send us a text John Clune, partner at Hutchinson Black and Cook, joins the pod to discuss the Title IX lawsuits that many schools will likely face because they are (reportedly) planning to distribute up to 90% of the new paym...

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June 30, 2025

Ep. 87: A New Era in College Sports, with Troy Dannen, Athletic Direc…

Send us a text Troy Dannen, Athletic Director at University of Nebraska, and the newest member of the College Football Playoff Committee, joins the pod to give an inside look at the changes we're about to see in big time coll...

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June 9, 2025

Ep. 86: Life After House-- What's Next for the NCAA? With the Lead Ou…

Send us a text Rakesh Kilaru, lead outside counsel for the NCAA in the House case, rejoins the podcast to talk about how the settlement will be operationalized, the possibility of an appeal of the settlement, why he believes that this settlement will lead to more legal stability for the NCAA, and m…

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May 28, 2025

Ep. 85: The Fate of College Sports (and the House Settlement) with St…

Send us a text On this episode, we’re talking more House settlement—this time I’m joined by Steve Molo, lead counsel for the largest group of athlete objectors. Steve explains why he thinks the settlement should be rejected, ...

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May 10, 2025

Ep. 84: The Latest on the Twists and Turns in the House v. NCAA Settl…

Send us a text Steve Berman, Co-Lead Counsel for the plaintiff in the House case, rejoins the podcast to discuss the latest developments in the House settlement and the future of college sports. Thank you for listening! For t...

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May 6, 2025

Ep. 83: The College Football Video Game and the Future of College Ath…

Send us a text There is a multi-billion dollar college sports issue that is flying under the radar-- the EA Sports College Football game and group licensing rights for college athletes. I'm joined by Casey Schwab, president and founder of Pathway Sports, a company that is offering every D1 football…

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March 31, 2025

Ep. 82: The Dawn of a New Era in College Sports with Jeffrey Kessler …

Send us a text A preview and prediction of the impending House settlement, featuring the lead lawyers from both sides. Rakesh Kilaru (lead counsel for the NCAA) and Jeffrey Kessler (lead counsel for the House plaintiffs) join...

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March 19, 2025

Episode 81: The Doctors are in the House! With Dr. Brian Hainline and…

Send us a text On this episode, we'll be tackling one of the thorniest recurring issues in all of sports, and at every level of sport: what happens when a coach tries to interfere with a team doctor's medical decision about r...

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Feb. 5, 2025

Ep. 80! Strenuous Objections and the Future of the Proposed House Set…

On this episode, we're going to cover...what else?! The House case and several of the objections that were recently filed to try to convince Judge Wilkin to reject the proposed settlement. To help me break it all down, I'm ...

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Jan. 17, 2025

Ep. 79: Sedona Prince and Jim Cavale on the House Settlement, a Colle…

On this episode, I'm joined by Sedona Prince and Jim Cavale to talk about Sedona’s involvement as a named plaintiff in the House v NCAA case, Jim’s role in attempting to create a players association for college athletes, and ...

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Dec. 8, 2024

Ep. 78: The $20 Million Question- Can Schools Share Revenue with thei…

With the dawn of a new era of college sports almost upon us, schools are preparing to share up to $20 million a year with their athletes. Many of these schools appear to be planning to pay football and men's basketball player...

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Nov. 18, 2024

Ep. 77: An Insider's Look at College Coaching Contracts with Rick Smi…

We have spent a lot of time on this podcast talking about the future of college athlete compensation. But on this episode, we're talking about college coaches and their contracts with Rick Smith, president of Priority Sports...

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Nov. 2, 2024

Ep. 76: Reggie Bush, Terrelle Pryor, Braylon Edwards and other Former…

The House settlement has been preliminarily approved, but the lawsuits have not stopped. Over the last few months, we've seen former college stars, including Reggie Bush, Mario Chalmers, Terrelle Pryor, Braylon Edwards, and D...

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Oct. 8, 2024

Ep. 75: The House Settlement is Aliiiive! With Rakesh Kilaru, Lead La…

Judge Wilken granted the much-anticipated preliminary approval of the landmark House v. NCAA settlement, which would usher in a new era of college sports, including revenue sharing with college athletes, the elimination of sc...

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Sept. 27, 2024

Ep. 74: The Latest on the House Settlement with Co-Counsel for the Pl…

On this episode, I'm joined by co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in the House v. NCAA case, Steve Berman. Steve helps break down the latest developments in the House settlement, including why he thinks the settlement will be...

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Sept. 16, 2024

Ep. 73: The Sports Economics Behind the Massive NCAA and NFL Lawsuits…

On this episode, I'm joined by one of the most successful and prolific sports economists in the world, Dr. Dan Rascher. Dan has served as an economic expert for the plaintiffs in pretty much every major antitrust suit against...

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