DeVonta Smith: Best Player in College Football DeVonta Smith #RollTide

Alabama football's DeVonta Smith first receiver in nearly 30 years to win Heisman Trophy tuscaloosanews.com/story/sports/2… via The Tuscaloosa News

"Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wiley agitator who induces him to desert?" -- Lincoln

NCAA vote delayed on transfer rules, name, image and likeness usatoday.com/story/sports/n…

Roll Tide! Feel the Bern

Return of EA Sports college video game? (via Passle) by insights.taylorenglish.com/post/102gq2h/r…

When Mascots Retire (via Passle) by Bruce Siegal insights.taylorenglish.com/post/102grcw/w…

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Office of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announces that he will be signing college-athlete NIL bill during ceremony Thursday at University of Georgia. This law is scheduled to take effect July 1, 2021.

N.C.A.A. Chief, Pressured by State Laws, Pushes to Let Athletes Cash In nytimes.com/2021/05/08/spo…

Conflicts arise with #NIL on the horizon. Should a service provider support an athletic program and take fees for matching athletes with brands? Does a company working with schools/athletes really want to be named the NCAA's third-party administrator? abovethelaw.com/2021/05/confli…

Just when you think the NCAA may do the right thing.. From Dennis Dodd 👇

Senator Marco Rubio doubts that Congress will act by July 1 on a national #NIL law and added, "we've tried that for a year. Ideally, the NCAA would have fixed it. They're going to have a mess on their hands." (via Brian Murphy)

NCAA has officially pulled the plug on having a third party administrator to review name, image, and likeness deals for college athletes. #NIL

This Friday on #FORGINGFORWARD Brian Crimmins will be joined by Vince Nicastro from BIG EAST Conference, Bruce Siegal from Greenspoon Marder LLP & Brian Young from Nexus Licensing Group for a conversation on Understanding Name, Image and Likeness. Register today at: bit.ly/FFCWOH2021

Be sure to join attorney Bruce Siegal this Wednesday, September 14 as he moderates "The Value and Protection of Image in Entertainment, Arts & Sports" discussion at the USIPA Virtual IP Roundtable. Learn more and register today for FREE: bit.ly/3Kkb9HM

Our latest #SportsLaw and #NIL blog by attorney Bruce B. Siegal discusses the steps college athletes should take to secure maximum protection for their NIL rights including monetizing their brands, warding off infringers, and protecting their reputations. bit.ly/3MJi6p4

There was no one like Ozzy Osborne. As in, no one would ever mistake him for anyone else. In August 2003, he sang “Take Me Out To The Ballgame,” got fewer than 10% of the song right, and it was perfect.