Interesting news this morning concerning international college athletes: A Louisiana federal court has **denied** a USCIS motion to dismiss Arizona State basketball player Last-Tear Poa's lawsuit against the agency over the agency denying her petition for a P-1A visa. 🧵

Just updated the "key dates this month" section of the College Sports Litigation Tracker... it's going to be a big month in the college sports law world!

Handful of college athletes sue NCAA over redshirt rule in case that could cover thousands apnews.com/article/ncaa...

Had a fantastic time chatting with the one and only @samcehrlich.com about two legal cases involving Badgers football. Check out what he had to say about Nyzier Fourqurean's battle with the NCAA, along with Wisconsin vs. Miami.

The start of a new semester...

The Sixth Circuit has set oral arguments in the NCAA's appeal of the Diego Pavia lawsuit for October 23. Unlike the other eligibility rule appeals (Fourqurean/Elad/Braham), this appeal won't affect Pavia's 2025 playing status. But it'll certainly affect others' moving forward.

The West Virginia attorney general's office has filed a motion to weigh in on the eligibility lawsuit involving four would-be WVU transfers, supporting the athletes' argument that the challenged eligibility rules violate the Sherman Antitrust Act.

The Texas AG's office is seeking a stay of the preliminary injunction forcing them to reinstate Stephen F. Austin's women’s beach volleyball, bowling, and golf teams while they appeal the decision to the Fifth Circuit. I'd imagine it's unlikely this gets granted, but we'll see.

We have eligibility rule lawsuit #30. This one involves multiple athlete-plaintiffs, all seeking to play football this fall for West Virginia after transferring there this spring. The plaintiffs are Jimmori Robinson, Jeffrey Weimer, Tye Edwards, and Justin Harrington.

Putting my life savings on a Pitt natty this year

Finally got a chance to dig into the SFA Title IX opinion from last night and this note on the balance of hardships preliminary injunction element... seems impactful. Since I'm fairly sure SFA won't be the only one to cut sports citing increased costs due to the House settlement.

Eligibility rule lawsuit #29 has been filed. This one is by UNLV DL Tatuo Martinson, who played two years (bookending a cancelled 2020-21 season) at JUCO American River College and three years (including one redshirt year) at UNLV.

A California federal court has denied UCLA transfer Kaedin Robinson's motion for a TRO, but set a hearing on the injunction for August 18. Of note, the judge is also presiding over U San Diego transfer Jagger Giles's case, and also set a hearing in that case for the same day.

A federal court in North Carolina has granted the plaintiffs' motion to certify an injunctive and damages class of Division I tennis players in Brantmeier v. NCAA. The lawsuit challenges the NCAA's ban on tennis players receiving prize money from outside competitions.

Football season looms with no clear guidance in athlete battles to win more eligibility from NCAA apnews.com/article/ncaa...

A NJ federal district court has granted Seton Hall's motion for summary judgment against former basketball players Myles Powell and Jasmine Smith, dismissing their tort claims against the university. No opinion filed to the docket yet; I'll link it when it pops up.

Finally, we’re getting some attorneys getting referred for discipline for using ChatGPT for legal research. The attorneys in question, ofc, are counsel for the Alabama Department of Corrections.

Caps require two things to do what they are intended. Must be “hard” and must be enforced. We’ll see on settlement cap. Especially changing enforcement from NCAA to CSC. www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...

Ex-Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor's lawsuit against Ohio State, Learfield, the Big Ten, and the NCAA over the purported continued use of his NIL has been denied, with an Ohio federal district court granting the defendants' motions to dismiss.

First, they buried the ruling in the collusion grievance. Now, @pablotorrefindsout.bsky.social and I have found another grievance ruling that the NFL and NFLPA hid from everyone. And, yes, the two situations seem to be connected. www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

So Stephen F. Austin U is trying once again to count cheer and dance teams towards Title IX compliance. We're back to that. I mean, good luck.

Here's Part II of my deep dive into the flood of eligibility lawsuits against the NCAA for Extra Points. If you're overwhelmed by the now *27* lawsuits, don't worry! We also have wildly different judicial approaches to deciding who gets an extra year. www.extrapointsmb.com/p/guest-post...

Five different pro Players Associations release a joint statement against the SCORE Act, introduced in the last few days and endorsed (basically) by Greg Sankey today. This would seem to doom the measure as a bipartisan measure at least.

Some House settlement clean up: Judge Wilken has granted class counsel's motion for attorneys' fees, costs, and service awards (for the class reps) while denying MoloLamken's motion for an extention to file for their own attorneys' fees for their work as settlement objectors.

Thanks so much to @mattbrown.bsky.social and Extra Points for the outlet for my look at the avalanche of eligibility lawsuits. Since my submission was 4983 words, Part I (What are they arguing?) is today with Part II (How are they deciding?) on Tuesday. www.extrapointsmb.com/p/guest-post...

(I should mention -- anyone interested in more info and analysis on these eligibility rule cases should watch out for tomorrow's Extra Points 👀) (...and also Tuesday's Extra Points 👀👀👀)

We now have NCAA eligiblity rule lawsuit #26, this time by ex-Idaho State LB and U. San Diego transfer Jagger Giles.

No Deion Sanders or Bill Belichick among the real coaches in #CFB26, as expected. Belichick didn't do Madden, either.

Eligibility rule lawsuit #25 was just filed. This one has four plaintiffs: Christopher Bellamy, Demarcus Griffin-Taylor, TJ Smith, and Targhee Lambson. Of note, this case is filed by the same lawyers representing Diego Pavia, and in the same court where he won.

First time a judge has decided a case based on hallucinated case law in the US that I've encountered. caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ga-cou...

College sports has a (soft) salary cap now. So, uh, how's that work? www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

We have a third appeal of the House settlement, this time by two former college wrestlers: Sebastian Rivera (Rutgers/Northwestern -- also competed in the 2024 Olympics) and Ryan Deakin (Northwestern).

For those interested in these eligibility cases, today's hearing on Nevada WR Cortez Braham's motion for a preliminary injunction will be conducted online, and there's a call-in line for the public to listen in.

Eligibility lawsuit #24 was filed earlier this week: this one by ex-College of Charleston basketball player Derrin Boyd. He claims he had a $350k NIL offer from Vanderbilt that he would be able to take but for the NCAA's Five Year Clock rule.

First reported by Sportico's Daniel Libit, six female bowlers and beach volleyball players at Stephen F. Austin University have filed a federal Title IX suit against their school after the school cut the teams citing House settlement financials. www.sportico.com/leagues/coll...

Women’s teams WILL be in the next college basketball game. It was a critical reason why EA Sports won the bid.

It appears that San Diego State has reached a settlement in the Title IX litigation filed by ex-SDSU rowing and track-and-field athletes. The case alleged unequal financial aid, unequal treatment, and retaliation.

Any law students, lawyers, or law profs with an interest and/or experience in antitrust law who have some time to write over the next month or so? I'm working on a project right now that could use an extra antitrust-focused mind. Let me know if you're interested!

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Lots of legal and practical barriers to collective bargaining in college sports, but it makes sense to want to skip the years of litigation that, barring federal legislation, is just going to get you to the inevitable anyway.

The worst kept secret in college sports is finally happening.

Me, knowing what's coming:

University of Montana basketball player Kai Johnson's motion for a preliminary injunction to give him another year of eligibility has been denied.

Weird that I hadn't been to a Hawks game yet this season, but I definitely had to come by to see the Oakland Ballers. The B's are such a cool story. (Plus beer belt giveaway!)

NEW: Power conferences are finalizing House v NCAA implementation. Within a couple weeks, Big 12 schools will have signed memos preventing them from suing to challenge settlement terms. Plus, PayPal will facilitate rev-share payments for Big 12, Big Ten. frontofficesports.com/power-four-p...

The funniest thing about the Rand Paul college sports bill proposed today (see attached) is that, by its plain text, it exempts the entire US higher education system from antitrust law. Not just college sports. *All* of higher ed. (Unintentionally, I'm sure)

S-tier graphic work here.