Tag: NCAA
Permanent link to this article: https://advocacyforfairnessinsports.org/2020/07/20/amended-complaint-could-force-ncaa-to-actually-fulfill-its-duties/
Aldrich Amended Complaint Could Force NCAA to Actually Fulfill Its Purported Duties
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear who the real governing bodies in college athletics are. Despite how much the NCAA pretends to have overarching, sweeping, oversight of every member nationwide when it comes to athlete-employees being compensated for their labor, it’s the athletic conferences that NCAA-member institutions belong to, not the NCAA, that really runs college athletics.
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Permanent link to this article: https://advocacyforfairnessinsports.org/2020/06/15/floridas-new-nil-rule-turns-the-state-into-an-agent-of-ncaa/
Florida’s NIL Law Makes the State Another Predator for College Athletes’ Economic Interests
On Friday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law SB 646. The law has several tenets which work to ensure that the state is now an agent of the NCAA and its member institutions to the detriment of the best interests of college athletes in Fla. It adds the force of law to keep athletes in a subjugated position in their relationships with Fla. colleges and universities.
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Permanent link to this article: https://advocacyforfairnessinsports.org/2020/06/04/rutgers-one-questionable-judgement-call-leads-to-another/
Rutgers’ Choice of Firm to Conduct Review of Softball Program Raises Questions
On Tuesday, Rutgers University announced the findings of an independent review of its softball program. While the report largely substantiated the allegations against head coach Kristen Butler and members of her staff by several athletes, it did not recommend the Scarlett Knights athletic department take any disciplinary action against Butler or any of her staff.
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Smith’s Lawsuit Against Michigan Demonstrates the Cost of Speaking Up About the Emperor’s New Clothes
As the evidence that the Emperor’s clothes aren’t real grows, the cost for adding your voice to the chorus spreading that message escalates as well. No one is more painfully familiar with that price than Kellen Smith.
If everything Smith alleges is true, the campus of the University of Michigan for athletes has not been the utopia of achievement and development that those who profit off the existence of such programs market it as. In reality, it is more like a criminal organization where athletes’ bodies are exploited for the chattel profit and illicit pleasure of others. Her recently filed complaint against multiple defendants is just another sign that the Emperor is indeed naked.
Permanent link to this article: https://advocacyforfairnessinsports.org/feature-stories/domestic-violence/kellen-smith-university-of-michigan-lawsuit/
Permanent link to this article: https://advocacyforfairnessinsports.org/2020/05/04/roedel-lawsuit-shows-ncaas-backward-approach-to-actual-governance/
Roedel Lawsuit Shows NCAA’s Backward Approach To Actual Governance
Ron Swanson is a fictional character from the popular TV sitcom “Parks and Recreation” made famous by Nick Offerman’s portrayal. One of the character’s quotes, unfortunately, accurately describes the approach the NCAA and its member institutions have taken in regard to preventing sexual violence and holding athletes accountable for the same.
“Normally, if given the choice between doing something and nothing, I’d choose to do nothing. But I will do something if it helps someone else do nothing. I’d work all night if it meant nothing got done.”
Two new civil complaints horrifically detail how this approach has been no laughing matter.
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Permanent link to this article: https://advocacyforfairnessinsports.org/2020/05/01/the-ncaa-board-of-governors-recommendations-for-nil-rules-are-nothing-but-a-political-ploy/
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