This seems like a trick question.

Important development. I discuss some of the antitrust violations here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Q: What do law school hiring committees and fantasy baseball owners most have in common?

A: Cognitive bias toward rookies. If I were a law dean, I’d be looking more at faculty with strong practice/publishing track record, and less toward recent Yale J.D.

But, that’s just me.

Simply stated, a court cannot exonerate future antitrust liability involving non-parties to a settlement. Every time the #NCAA seems to have finally learned how to get out of its own way, it somehow seems to stumble back into it.

I am supportive of the idea of settlement in House v NCAA, which reminds me of the 1990s settlement in White v NFL. However, I have some skepticism about binding effect on future players absent some form of bargaining unit as we saw in White settlement that re-formed the NFLPA.

One of the better articles out of the New York Times in recent times. I believe too many people fail to understand the truth about Hamas, and need a better education on why supporting Hamas is the antithesis to supporting Palestinian self-determination.

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For those of you who like podcasts and antitrust law (or at least one of the two), the new edition of the Second Request podcast has dropped, with Teddy Downey interviewing Nathaniel Grow, John Holden and me about the sports trading card monopoly.

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Just as in the NFL, consenting athletes’ names, images and likenesses were used. Athletes got paid. And despite what Chicken Little told us, the sky didn’t fall down. #NCAA

It remains no surprise to me that Pat Fitzgerald’s Northwestern football is where the college athlete unionization movement began. They needed representation for reasons far beyond just money.

Hard to find me defending a school (I think Boise’s anti-NIL position is foolhardy), but b/c this is unilateral conduct, you do not have an antitrust issue. And, I don’t believe Idaho has a statute to protect athletes’ NIL rights like California’s Fair Pay to Play Act does.

MLB's dreams come true. Case closed no more questions.

What PSC_CUNY doesn't understand when it interjects itself with off-the-cuff remarks into a very sad and complex situation at Columbia University.

This is a very interesting read from New Zealand in terms of sports gambling and gambling addiction. While the US was late to the party in terms of legalizing online sports gambling, this doesn't justify being late to the party in terms of regulating and educating the public.

Stuff like this should have been so darn easy. And, yet, we had to work so hard to get to the point where the #NCAA was forced to let this happen. #NIL .

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Love seeing one of my favorite people at University of Canberra get positive recognition for his work. I miss Bruce, Catherine, Ben, Sterling and all of my other wonderful Aussie colleagues.

Strong recommend, along with everything else Michael Carrier writes.

A lot of good stuff in this edition.

There was a twitter post today from PSC CUNY that may be upsetting to many of us because it's politically charged and ignores diverse views on a sensitive ethnic issue.

I just want to make clear: I am not part of this union. I left the union b/c of this exact type of nonsense.

Efficient breach?

While correlation doesn't necessarily mean causation, I would love to see someone explore how the perceived politicization of higher education has coincided with the decreased role of research-active faculty at many major universities, both in terms of numbers and governance role