brian robinson
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brian robinson
@GaTechTrack
Assistant Track and Field/Cross Country coach/ Director of recruiting for Georgia Tech
Douglasville, GA شامل ہوئے Mayıs 2020
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College sports is a huge business. It’s capitalism when it’s convenient, and restrictive when it isn’t. Here’s the unfortunate reality. Football and basketball can no longer be responsible for funding an entire athletic department. The universities need to make a decision on which sports that lose money they want to support. Period. It isn’t the football team’s responsibility to fund everything. Let’s start there.
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@jimcavale Athletes as employees will destroy college athletics
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The NCAA is bracing for “blind transfers,” where a player transfers without ever entering the portal. 🤯
👉 With the spring portal window gone, the NCAA expects more of these moves and is discussing major penalties for schools that take them, including a 6-game head coach suspension, fines tied to the football budget, and loss of roster spots.
But how can these penalties be enforced when the current contracts do not employ players to be athletes? They are just NIL deals… 🤷♂️
Thats’s why at @AthletesOrg we’re building the first players association for college athletes, because the only way to fix this is to give the athletes the seat at the table that they deserve. 🤝
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@heitner I love how lawyers have only their best interest at heart. Which is money
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Unenforceable, illegal penalty.
Justin Williams@Williams_Justin
NEW: The University of Cincinnati filed a lawsuit against former QB Brendan Sorsby, now at Texas Tech, seeking payment on a $1 million buyout from a multi-season revenue sharing deal between Sorsby and Cincinnati. Details, via @TheAthletic. Free to read. nytimes.com/athletic/70709…
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@RossDellenger Saying Chambliss is robbing “future generations of [an] opportunity…” after fighting tooth and nail for decades to prevent all student athletes from any compensation whatsoever is incredibly rich.
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NCAA statement in response to the Trinidad Chambliss decision: "We will continue to defend the NCAA’s eligibility rules against repeated attempts to rob future generations of the opportunity..."
The association continues to urge Congress to take action.
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@PhilipNILIP Lawyers will stop at nothing to destroy college sports to line their pockets.
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@WinterSportsLaw Which they should be. This isn’t about D1, it’s college and the ncaa has rules for all divisions under one umbrella for a reason.
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A new eligibility rules lawsuit has been filed against the NCAA in federal court by Univ. of Nevada baseball player Noah Blythe.
He’s challenging the five year rule and the rule that counts non-DI seasons as seasons of DI competition.
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Team USA Olympic Skier Hunter Hess had some opinions to bring up about the United States—CUT HIM
“It brings up mixed emotions to represent the U.S. right now…
Just because I wear the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the U.S.”
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@WinterSportsLaw How many Olympic sports would be destroyed?
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Agreed that a version of this should happen.👇
Daniel Roberts@readDanwrite
"I think the Power 4 needs to break away, create their own world, create their own governing body. Allow the Group of 6 to kind of create their own world, allow them to have their own playoff" @KirkHerbstreit told me on the @FOS set at radio row: frontofficesports.com/espn-kirk-herb…
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@MattConnolly___ Because lawyers ruined college sports to line their pockets
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I get that there aren’t really any rules anymore but I’m not sure how you can sign with a school and then say “just kidding I’m going somewhere else.”
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@heitner What about high school kids whose opportunity is being taken away. When are they going to get representation.
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In the NCAA waiver process for athlete eligibility, transparency and access to information are fundamental. Athletes have the right to retain counsel to assist in navigating these administrative proceedings, a practice commonly supported across member institutions.
It is highly unusual and problematic for a university compliance officer to refuse direct communication with the athlete’s chosen attorney, bypass counsel to contact the athlete privately, and withhold case documents, status updates, and NCAA correspondence until a potential denial.
Such actions can hinder fair representation and raise concerns about due process in eligibility matters that significantly impact a young person’s career.
I’m dealing with one such situation right now and am sharing it because athletes and their families should be aware of these rights. It’s wild to me that a compliance officer would seek to deny an athlete’s right to assistance of counsel, but here we are.
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@treywallace Parents that have HS athletes in all sports should file a class action lawsuit against the NCAA and also the lawyers representing these players that want extra eligibility. These kids are getting robbed of opportunities.
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Attorneys for Diego Pavia and others suing the NCAA regarding JUCO seasons have filed a ‘Memorandum In Support of a preliminary injunction’
They cite James Nnaji, who has enrolled at Baylor, with a holiday poem
“He will be 25 before he runs out of eligibility. Meanwhile, the NCAA argues to this Court that
high school seniors are harmed if a 22- or 23-year-old former junior college player plays one more year of college football”
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@RGary2 @BeaudreauMike @USTFCCCA We will and agree with you, I personally we should take it a step further and adopt the world athletics U23 rules for track and field and also we need redefine what a pro runner is. You’re telling me that these 26-29 year olds are just training, how are they supporting themselves
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Too many NCAA programs no longer prioritize American development.
We need guardrails which is why I’ve submitted age-based legislation to @USTFCCCA that will be voted on at our December convention.
I hope my colleagues will stand with me and support it.
#NCAAreform #NCAAvalues
Deseret News Sports@desnewssports
The surprising change that is disrupting this college sport Story by @deseretdoug deseret.com/sports/2025/11…
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@heitner @HEITNERLEGAL Good, more people to destroy opportunities for kids while you get rich.
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#SportsLaw is experiencing remarkable growth. At @HEITNERLEGAL, we’re handling more matters than ever. #NIL transactions, regulatory opinions on gaming/sweepstakes/prediction markets, active litigation and arbitration dockets. Strong market signal for aspiring sports lawyers.
Exec Sum@exec_sum
BREAKING: Wall Street’s elite law firms are aggressively bidding for the small supply of top lawyers who control sports dealmaking - a talent pool insiders say may be as few as 7 people With valuations surging and institutional capital flooding into sports, firms like Kirkland & Ellis are offering massive pay packages to build sports practices almost overnight
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@WinterSportsLaw My question is what is going to happen to the next generation, will they get an opportunity or will you lawyers make college a profession sport where an athlete can participate as long as they want?
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Jett Elad’s preliminary injunction was overturned by the 3rd Circuit, based on the lower court’s failure to properly define a relevant market.
But more significantly, the court overruled old precedent holding NCAA eligibility rules aren’t commercial.
Which is bad for the NCAA.
Sam C. Ehrlich@samcehrlich
The Third Circuit just issued a mandate overturning the lower court's preliminary injunction for Rutgers safety Jett Elad. But in doing so, the court overturned their prior ruling (Smith) that NCAA eligibility rules must be noncommercial and not subject to antitrust.
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@EricJBlevins @samcehrlich Just wait till parents that are in high school now start to sue for eliminating opportunities for them.
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Huge news in the NCAA eligibility cases, as the Third Circuit overturns Rutgers DB Jett Elad's injunction. On its face an NCAA win, but I agree with @samcehrlich, in the big picture this ruling is also a significant NCAA loss.
That's because the Third Circuit agreed that the Five Year eligibility rule is "commercial in nature" and subject to antitrust review. The NCAA has repeatedly argued that its eligibility rules aren't commercial and exempt from antitrust scrutiny, and the Elad decision will likely cut against them in other cases.
Still, the door remains open for either side to win these cases on the merits. Full opinion here: www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/25187…
Sam C. Ehrlich@samcehrlich
The Third Circuit just issued a mandate overturning the lower court's preliminary injunction for Rutgers safety Jett Elad. But in doing so, the court overturned their prior ruling (Smith) that NCAA eligibility rules must be noncommercial and not subject to antitrust.
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@WinterSportsLaw Really you actually think that, shows your ignorance, they will just go get new players, remember you lawyers wanted this and the consequences are not going to be good for most of these SA’s, wait to see how many don’t graduate.
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When players have the option of transferring and playing for another school every year, college coaches have to build real relationships with players.
That should have always been the case, but it’s mandatory now to build a program that has sustainable success.
Bruce Feldman@BruceFeldmanCFB
“He just lacks the authenticity. And you could almost tell that he cashed out here.” A $95 million bet gone wrong that cost a big-name coach and a prominent AD their jobs. Inside Brian Kelly’s last days at LSU: nytimes.com/athletic/67630…
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@WinterSportsLaw Let’s let these kids play for 10-15 years so the next generation of kids don’t get a chance to play college sports.
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Big news in Diego Pavia’s lawsuit against the NCAA.
It’s being converted to a potential class action, with the goal of permanently eliminating the NCAA rule that counts JUCO seasons as a season of DI competition.
Amanda Christovich@achristovichh
NEWS: Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia—who will declare for the NFL Draft after this season—is amending his JUCO eligibility lawsuit to be a proposed class action, his lawyer tells @FOS. The goal: to strike down the NCAA’s JUCO eligibility rule for good. frontofficesports.com/diego-pavia-is…
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@heitner Darren you have know clue, you just want to sue the NCAA
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I’m not here to determine whether athletes should be employees. That’s a legal question for the courts, not for us to settle on X.
What I find telling is how easy it is for those who simply consume college sports to dictate that the people actually performing should have their earnings limited.
If we’re going to start deciding whose income needs to be “curbed” for some vague notion of sustainability, then let’s be consistent. Would you accept the athletes voting on whether your salary should be capped?
The “obsession with money” framing conveniently ignores that these athletes generate enormous revenue while risking their health and future earning potential. It’s not about obsession. It’s about basic fairness and allowing people to benefit from their own labor and likeness.
Georgia Tech Recruiting Buzz@GTRecruitBuzz
@heitner College athletes do not want to be employees. College athletes are better off within the landscape if their cash earnings are curbed for the sake of a more sustainable and healthy environment. Sorry you are blinded from seeing that because of your clear obsession with money.
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@WinterSportsLaw MIT what is your solution and one that keeps greedy lawyers out of college sports and also protects Olympic and women’s sports?
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It’s unlikely the SCORE Act will pass through Congress.
But, as detailed in this great law review article, even it does it’s likely unconstitutional.
Because it grants private entities (NCAA, CSC, conferences) with rulemaking & enforcement authority with no public oversight.
Ryan M. Rodenberg@SportsLawProf
"The SCORE Act Is Unconstitutional: Private Nondelegation Problems with Congress’s Latest Attempt to Regulate College Sports" new co-authored article with @samcehrlich just published in Cardozo Law Review De Novo -- cardozolawreview.com/the-score-act-…
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@McCannSportsLaw But allowing him extra eligibility restricts those who come behind him. No way he should get anymore years to play. Once you’ve played 4 you’re done. This is getting ridiculous and it’s the fault of ambulance chasing lawyers. You’re destroying college sports.
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Diego Pavia dominates again for Vanderbilt today. He's fascinating from a sports law perspective. Pavia, 24, is making millions in NIL. He'd be a little small for an NFL QB.
If he could remain a power conference QB into his late 20s or early 30s (as a grad student), and earn millions of dollars a year doing so, he might elect to do that.
To have that choice, Pavia would have to continue litigating antitrust claims against the NCAA and the limit on years and seasons of eligibility, with the idea that he's in a labor market and NCAA member schools and conferences conspire to limit the eligibility of players in that market in ways that harm competition.
Unlike in pro sports, where rules restricting athletes’ economic opportunities are bargained between a league and a player’s union and so are exempt from antitrust scrutiny, college athletes can launch antitrust claims on all sorts of things.
So far Pavia has been winning on the field and in court.
sportico.com/law/analysis/2….
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