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We advise clients on NCAA rules, NCAA investigations, NIL contracts, drug testing appeals, waiver requests, scholarship cancellations, eligibility extensions, health and safety issues, medical hardships, Title IX, and more.
Our attorneys have led the negotiation and execution of millions-of-dollars-worth of NIL contracts for high school and college athletes while successfully guiding them through their academic, athletic, and professional pursuits.
Represented several Division I football and wrestling athletes
in defense of a high-profile sports wagering and gambling investigation and reinstatement of their NCAA eligibility.
Represented a Division I women’s volleyball athlete
in defense of an NCAA investigation regarding recruiting inducements and NIL contracts.
Represented a Division I football athlete
in defense of an NCAA investigation regarding recruiting inducements.
Negotiated and secured immunity for dozens of athletes
in defense of NCAA investigations regarding recruiting inducements, impermissible contacts, NIL contracts, extra benefits, unethical conduct, and more.
Represented a Division I men’s basketball athlete
in a successful transfer waiver following three previous denials by the NCAA prior to the firm’s engagement.
Represented a Division I football athlete
in defense of an NCAA extra benefits investigation and the successful reinstatement of his eligibility prior to the College Football Playoff.
Represented a Division II softball athlete
in the successful appeal of her scholarship, allowing her to graduate and move on to a position at NASA.
Represented a Division I football athlete
in the successful appeal of a failed drug test for clenbuterol following evidence of contamination and inadvertent ingestion.
Represented Division I women’s basketball athletes
in defense of an NCAA investigation regarding suspected recruiting inducements.
Represented a Division I football athlete
in a successful appeal of a failed drug test for SARMS following evidence of extenuating circumstances.
Represented a Division I softball athlete
in a successful appeal of her scholarship cancellation following demonstration of a failed “runoff” attempt and privacy violations by the head coach.
Represented a Division I women’s soccer athlete
in a successful appeal of a scholarship reduction following the school’s unequal application of university disciplinary rules.
Represented a Division I prospective women’s swimming athlete
in a successful initial eligibility waiver regarding homeschool core course requirements.
Represented a Division I baseball athlete
in a successful reconsideration of a season-of-competition waiver after being ruled ineligible due to intercollegiate club participation as a freshman.
Represented a Division I men’s lacrosse athlete
in a successful eligibility extension related to health issues following military service.
Advised a Division I men’s ice hockey athlete
regarding amateurism eligibility following his participation in major junior hockey prior to college.
Represented a Division I volleyball athlete
in a successful medical retirement request and scholarship retention.
Represented a Division II baseball athlete
in a successful appeal of a medical hardship waiver following initial denial prior to the firm's engagement.
Represented a Division I men’s track athlete
in a successful appeal of a transfer release denial.
Advised the defense team
on behalf of a defendant in the 2018 NCAA men’s basketball criminal trial.
Represented several Division I football athletes
in the successful defense of an NCAA investigation into alleged recruiting violations.
Advised one of the nation’s top sports agencies
regarding NCAA amateurism and eligibility rules.