SportsWise: A Podcast About Sports and the Law

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On this episode, I’m joined by Charlie Baker, President of the NCAA and former Governor of Massachusetts. Charlie discusses the biggest misconceptions about the NCAA, prospects of federal legislation for college sports, the ongoing athlete eligibility lawsuits, the NCAA’s new partnership with Team IMPACT, and much more.

Thank you for listening! For the latest in sports law news and analysis, you can follow Gabe Feldman on twitter @sportslawguy .  

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On this episode, I’m joined by United States Senator Richard Blumenthal.  With the push for college sports reform heating up in Congress, Senator Blumenthal breaks down why the SAFE Act—and not the SCORE Act— is the right path forward for college athletics. He describes the NCAA as an abject failure in protecting athletes' rights, and explains how the SAFE Act establishes a basic floor for athletes' rights and puts enforcement directly in their hands, while the SCORE Act would give even more power back to the NCAA. We also dive into the Sports Broadcasting Act, potential employee status for college athletes, and the recent sports betting scandals. Here we go.

Thank you for listening! For the latest in sports law news and analysis, you can follow Gabe Feldman on twitter @sportslawguy .  

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 On this episode, I’m joined by arguably the most powerful man--and one of the wealthiest--in college sports, Cody Campbell.  Cody is co-founder and co-CEO of Double Eagle Energy Holdings and chair of the Board of Regents of the Texas Tech University system. Cody joins to discuss his plan to save college sports, including amending the Sports Broadcasting Act to permit the pooling of college football television rights, capping spending on athletes and coaches, protecting collegiate Olympic and women's sports, and his conversations with President Trump.

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 On this episode, I'm joined by longtime NBA writer, short-time lawyer, and host of Sharp Tech and Greatest of All Talk podcasts, Andrew Sharp. Andrew joins to discuss the NBA player/coach gambling scandal, DOJ indictments, player props, and how the NBA can protect the integrity of the game.

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On this episode, I’m joined by Jay Paterno, former Penn State QB, longtime Penn State assistant coach, son of college football legend Joe Paterno, and now a college sports and NIL consultant. Jay joins to talk about the college coaching carousel and buyouts, including the recent firing of James Franklin, the impact of the NIL era, and the role of politicians in football programs.... 

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 On this episode, we go back to the NFL, where one of the biggest stories off the field is Jon Gruden’s ongoing lawsuit against the NFL and Roger Goodell, where he alleges that the NFL and Goodell “engaged in a malicious and orchestrated campaign to destroy the career and reputation of Jon Gruden.”  To break down the big new developments in the case and what might happen next (and the reaction from within the league), I’m joined by Jon Gruden’s lawyer, Adam Hosmer-Henner, and Don Van Natta, the investigative reporter for ESPN who has been covering and uncovering this case since day 1.   

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On this episode, I’m joined by De Smith, the former longtime executive director of the NFLPA. De discusses his new book Turf Wars, his battles with Roger Goodell, the "petulant" NFL owners and their "diabolical general counsel," his perspective on the current NFLPA saga and the quest for guaranteed contracts, whether there might be any under the table deals with NFL players designed to circumvent the salary cap, and why a union might not be the best option for college football players. 

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On this episode, I'm joined by Julie Roe Lach, Commissioner of the Horizon League. Most of the talk about the new era of college sports has focused on the Power Four conference, but Julie helps break down what a group of non-FBS Division I conferences are doing to prepare for the future, how they aim to protect collegiate Olympic sports funding and opportunities and maintain access to championships, what compromises need to be made to keep all of the DI conferences under the same umbrella, and what Congress can do to help protect college.

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 On this episode, I'm joined by the former General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Jennifer Abruzzo. Jennifer discusses:

1) Why she thinks college athletes should be unionized employees who engage in collective bargaining

2) Why collective bargaining help, not hurt, college athletics as a whole

3) How and why conferences should collectively bargain with college athletes

4) Why she wasn't surprised to be fired by President Trump, and 

5) Her perspective on the now-paused SCORE Act and President Trump's executive order on college sports.

Thank you for listening! For the latest in sports law news and analysis, you can follow Gabe Feldman on twitter @sportslawguy .  

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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 order, and everything else you wanted to know about Title IX and gender equity issues in college sports. 

Thank you for listening! For the latest in sports law news and analysis, you can follow Gabe Feldman on twitter @sportslawguy .