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Your Name, Your Game: Legal Tips for Athletes
While training, performance, and consistency are essential on the field, your off-field decisions also have a big impact on your career trajectory. Your name, image, and likeness are assets, and like any...
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Alabama Adoption Promotion Act
Photo Credit: William Fortunato The Alabama Adoption Promotion Act was passed July 1, 2022. This act mandates that qualifying employers in Alabama provide eligible employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid...
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Reviewing NIL Contracts
Photo Credit: Shedeur Sanders/Smoothie King The NCAA approved a policy allowing college athletes to profit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL) on July 1, 2021. This policy change was a result...
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Former NFL Player’s Benefits were "N"ot "F"or "L"ong
Photo credit: Ronald Martinez/ALLSPORT Detron Smith is a former NFL player. Smith claims that the NFL’ the evaluation system for the Player Disability & Neurocognitive Benefit Plan is “morally repugnant.”...
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Beyond Bars: Rap Lyrics as Evidence in Court
Photo Credit: Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, via Associated Press Rap music is a creative outlet for many artists. The genre of rap often includes a range of perspectives and experiences....