Tenured Law Professor. Fulbright Scholar. Sports Ethics Director. Attorney. Former Skadden. I write on Antitrust, IP, Higher Ed and Sports. [email protected]
New York, NY and Canberra, ACT
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Marc Edelman retweeted
I was in the process of doing separate post on downside. There is no player representation on what could be a 17-game season (equal to NFL) for teenagers. Not good. At all.
Marc Edelman retweeted
. @JayBilas argues that college sports is financially healthy and competitively strong—not chaotic—and that all the turmoil surrounding it stems largely from the NCAA’s own policies.
puck.news/jay-bilas-has-a-fe…
Marc Edelman retweeted
With another MLB lockout looming, I sat down with MLBPA Executive Director Bruce Meyer on @SportsLawPod for an inside look at the labor battle from the players’ perspective. We discuss the owners’ push for a salary cap, the players’ opposition, competitive balance, player solidarity, and what’s at stake for the 2027 season.
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0PR…
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Marc Edelman retweeted
1) Securing our Olympic pipeline does not require an NCAA antitrust exemption and limiting athletes’s rights;
2) If protecting women’s sports is truly important, enforce Title IX, do not further empower the entity the isn’t even subject to it.
Marc Edelman retweeted
And I would add that like you, @MarcEdelman, @McCannSportsLaw is one of the few commentators who is highly credible. You are both true academics who are disinterested and analytical, not simply advocates. A badly needed perspective in this policy process.
Excellent article by @McCannSportsLaw. Part of what makes Mike's work uniquely excellent on this topic is his institutional knowledge of both the history and case law involving Law v. NCAA.
Marc Edelman retweeted
The New York Knicks are NBA champions, which means increased sales for licensed Knicks apparel and other official merchandise.
The team is now taking counterfeiters and pirates to court in a federal lawsuit.
Details at @Sportico: sportico.com/law/analysis/20….
Marc Edelman retweeted
Finally, a decision in the PTPA's antitrust lawsuit against the worldwide tennis cartel, brought by players on the pro circuit who endure an 11-month season and are penalized for injuries. It's Ad Plaintiffs.
The court denied motions to dismiss, motions to arbitrate, and jurisdictional challenges.
This case has everything -- agreements to suppress prize money, restrictions on NIL deals, forced boycotts of competing tournaments, noncompetes, a healthy dose of retaliation at Wimbledon this summer. And the Australian Open already settled and agreed to cooperate with plaintiffs during discovery.
The arbitration decision will bring controversy and probably be appealed within the month. Still a ways to go, but this is a big win.
Full opinion in replies below.
nytimes.com/athletic/7650744…
Marc Edelman retweeted
Every powerful backer of the Protect College Sports Act got something: pooled TV money, a frozen conference map, capped labor costs, an antitrust exemption. Who was negotiating for the revenue athletes, and why is Sen. Maria Cantwell all in? My thoughts: linkedin.com/pulse/newslette…
Ted Cruz, Cody Campbell, President Trump, Randy Levine, Nick Saban, Deion Sanders, Charlie Baker, and Maria Cantwell can’t be happy that the Protect College Sports Act, which passed easily in the Senate, may never become law.
I’ll try my best at concisely explaining each of their motivations in tomorrow’s #NIL newsletter.
Marc Edelman retweeted
Fanatics defeats three antitrust lawsuits accusing the company and leagues of illegally conspiring to raise prices & diminish competition.
The judges stress that antitrust law concerns injury to competition and consumers, not to individual competitors: sportico.com/law/analysis/20….
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Politicians and college officials trying to blame the players. On brand.
Cantwell's report relies on GAO data from before the House settlement ushered in revenue sharing. The GAO data actually shows that Division I spending on coaches grew faster than spending on athlete scholarships, up to twice as fast, from 2014 to 2024.
Players didn't cause the deficit. The schools did. The players shouldn't be the ones paying for that overspending. And Congress shouldn't bail the schools out with an antitrust exemption.
Full GAO report below.
Marc Edelman retweeted
On Sept. 9, 1934, the Detroit Free Press sports front blazed with a huge Hebrew headline, “L’shana Tova Tikatevu” saluting Tigers star Hank Greenberg and declaring: “And so to you, Mr. Greenberg, the Tiger fans say, ‘L’shana Tova!’”
Marc Edelman retweeted
The SEC's legal battle with LSU, and the Big 12's now-resolved legal battle with Texas Tech, are signs we're entering a new era of college sports law:
The conferences using the courts to enforce their rules.
This is a big deal. My @Sportico column:
sportico.com/law/analysis/20….
Marc Edelman retweeted
Not long ago, many college kickers weren’t even on scholarship.
In the NIL era, kickers quietly share pay information with each other to leverage big raises. One kicker makes $600,000.
‘They basically self-created their own market.’
wsj.com/sports/football/coll…
Marc Edelman retweeted
This is used so much I wrote a whole book chapter on it. The sportspocalypse never arrives, but the legal and legislative favors to the NCAA and other sports sponsors keep coming. routledge.com/The-Routledge-…
Marc Edelman retweeted
This is *such* a disappointing decision, @usopen. Not a week goes by when the tennis' Integrity unit - that you help fund - fails to announce a match-fixing scandal...and you take sponsorship $ from a platform predicated on profiting from inside information? No way to spin this as a positive....
Exclusive: The US Open secured a new prediction-market partner for this year at the last minute: Kalshi, sources tell FOS.
@BenHorney has the full story ⬇️
Marc Edelman retweeted
Cash out for $1B and give up zero control.
What a business..
CNBC scoop!
Arctos agrees to buy 10% of Atlanta Falcons at $10.6 billion valuation, sources say cnb.cx/4ikrTBy
Marc Edelman retweeted
I’m Begging You: Never Write With A.I. nytimes.com/2026/08/04/opini… via @NYTOpinion
adding this to my syllabus!
Marc Edelman retweeted
It was absolutely amazing to have a chance to work with @MarcEdelman on this piece that blends the past, present, and future of antitrust eligibility rule litigation. Check it out!
For the first time available to the public: "College Sports Eligibility and Antitrust Law" -- my newest law review article, written with @samcehrlich, forthcoming in @WLU_LawReview:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
Marc Edelman retweeted
The @AFL Geelong #concussion secret waiver story is dominating the news. Read what I have had to say about it on @ConversationAU. theconversation.com/a-secret…
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