This week, the College Sports Commission (CSC) released its first NIL Deal Flow Report, providing a snapshot of activity across its NIL Go platform, though the rollout of the data was not without issue. The report captures platform and deal activity from June 11, 2025 — the date the platform launched — through August 31, 2025. The CSC released its initial report on September 4. On September 5, the CSC issued a corrected report, indicating that the misreported results were attributable to errors made by its outside consulting firm.
NIL Compliance
Moving the Goalposts: CSC Adds and Subtracts Guidance on the “Valid Business Purpose” Standard
By Callan G. Stein & Brett Broczkowski on
As we reported last week, the College Sports Commission (CSC) issued initial guidance on how it would evaluate student-athlete NIL deals. As part of that guidance, the CSC promised to make available additional information “pending discussions with House class counsel.”
What the House v. NCAA Settlement Means for the Future of NIL and College Sports
The wait is over. On June 6, 2025, Judge Claudia Wilken of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California approved the $2.576 billion class action settlement in House v. NCAA.
NIL Recruiting Ban About to Become a Thing of the Past
By Michael S. Lowe, Tim Bado & Philip Nickerson on
Posted in NIL Regulations and Laws
The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) name, image, and likeness (NIL) recruiting restrictions, referred to as the “NIL recruiting ban,” are about to become a thing of the past.
American Athletic Conference Imposes Mandatory House Settlement Pool Participation on Member Institutions
By Michael S. Lowe on
How NCAA Division I conferences choose to deal with the implications of the House, et al., v. NCAA, et al. settlement, and in particular the revenue-sharing mechanism known as the “pool,” has been the subject of much speculation and debate. Commentators have asked whether conferences will require participation, or leave…
Trump, NCAA Changes Won’t Directly Affect NIL at Princeton
By Christopher M. Brolley on
Posted in Legal Cases and Settlements, NIL Compliance
Chris Brolley, an associate in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Health Care + Life Sciences Industry Group, was quoted in the February 23, 2025 The Daily Princetonian article, “Trump, NCAA Changes Won’t Directly Affect NIL at Princeton.”
NCAA Settlement Faces 88 Objections as Deadline Looms
By Callan G. Stein on
Posted in NIL Compliance, Title IX and Gender Equity
Callan Stein, a partner in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Health Care + Life Sciences Industry Group, was quoted in the February 28, 2025 Global Competition Review article, “NCAA Settlement Faces 88 Objections as Deadline Looms.”
DOE Rescinds Title IX Guidance on NIL Compensation
Posted in NIL Compliance, Title IX and Gender Equity
Twenty-seven days after the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) of the outgoing Biden administration issued long-awaited Title IX guidance relating to name, image, and likeness (NIL) payments by schools and third-party collectives and/or boosters, the DOE Office for Civil Rights (OCR) under the Trump administration officially rescinded the nine-page guidance document. We addressed and discussed the DOE’s guidance and its implications in a recent episode of Highway to NIL.