Cody Simonton

Husband | Father | Lover of sports | Higher Ed × College Athletics | UNC M.S. Sport Admin '19 | UNH Law '26 | Former Coach | #BetOnYourself #GirlDad #SportsLaw

[Michael McCann @McCannSportsLaw]

What an amazing commencement at @UNHLaw today! We celebrated our incredible graduates and their super supportive families! You did it!

[RG 📷 @RyanGreeneDNVR]

INCREDIBLE new art hanging in the Louvre

[Kirk Goldsberry @kirkgoldsberry]

The timing by Gordon is immaculate —read the airball and made the biggest play of the playoffs so far. Incredible

[Mit Winter @WinterSportsLaw]

Judge Wilken opened the hearing by saying she will not be ruling from the bench.

So there won’t be a decision today.

She did say she’ll provide some commentary on her views on certain parts of the settlement, so parties can address them.

Which she is doing now.

[Cody Simonton @CodySimonton]

Give HVL her flowers. Leading 3 different schools to the Elite 8 is wild.

[Noah Henderson @NoahImgLikeness]

This week, a bill was introduced in Florida that would cap #NIL agency fees at a 5% commission rate

The intention behind the legislation is noble

The outcome will likely do more harm than good

My analysis: https://t.co/rhCrUdioIZ

[Mit Winter @WinterSportsLaw]

Georgia will pay out its $20.5M in House $ in the following way:

-$2.5M in new scholarships
-~$13.5M for 🏈
-~$2.7M for men’s 🏀
-~$900k for women’s 🏀
-the remaining ~$900k to athletes in other sports

The number of athletes will drop but scholarships will go up.

[Amanda Christovich @achristovichh]

Well, then I look forward to the Washington Post's future opinion stories on college sports exclusively endorsing the free market: athletes as employees, no NIL restrictions/rules/regulations, no cap on revenue-sharing, etc!

[Michael McCann @McCannSportsLaw]

The NCAA has been playing defense in court for many years. But in another era—the 1990s—it went on offense & sued to protect its system. The NCAA could restore that strategy to take on states that are adopting rules in conflict with the House settlement: https://t.co/xVswiq1mQA.

[Daniel Libit @DanielLibit]

NEWS: The first college sports/NIL hearing of GOP-dominated 119th Congress set for next Tuesday, as @RepGusBilirakis beats @SenTedCruz to the punch. Witness list TK, but terms like "patchwork" & "Wild West" assured to be spoken. Story for @Sportico👇

https://t.co/yYIh5xSbgV

[Trent Matthews @Tmatthews16]

Thank You God For this Amazing Opportunity Thank You @CoachJayNorvell For Believing In Me! Once A Ram Always A Ram! #RAMGRIT

[UNC Bears MBB @UNC_BearsMBB]

𝙅𝙪𝙢𝙥 𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙠🤯

#BearWitness

[Kristi Dosh @SportsBizMiss]

So much for the guidance that NIL money had to be paid proportionately to male and female athletes.

[Cody Simonton @CodySimonton]

@nexton9news Great follow up on a feel good story that has privacy and safety concerns for high school athletes. Helmets are a major expense, for districts to hesitate at the opportunity to offload that cost should show the public that there is something to this.

[Next with Kyle Clark @nexton9news]

The Broncos got huge praise last week for their offer to give away more than 15,000 helmets to high school teams. Just 30 of the 277 schools involved have said yes. https://t.co/YoDvwU2Vdy

[Darren Heitner @heitner]

My take: While many opine that this has a meaningful impact on the fight to classify college athletes as employees, it’s not that big of a deal. The case to watch has been and will be Johnson v NCAA (see: https://t.co/h64PNW5Qmv) and I expect similar legal battles unless Congress intervenes (which remains unlikely).

[Steve Berkowitz @ByBerkowitz]

Recent Stanford football player, David Kasemervisz, has filed objection to proposed NCAA-House settlement, saying walk-ons who played in games for P5 FB and D1 BKB teams should be eligible for damages. Under proposal, damages would go athletes on "full GIA scholarships"

[Mit Winter @WinterSportsLaw]

The Dept of Ed issued a memo today clarifying how it will apply Title IX to NIL $ schools pay to athletes.

Its conclusion: NIL compensation must be made proportionately available to male & female athletes.

This will change school rev-share plans.

And likely lead to litigation.

[Olivia Nuss, Esq. @onuss_]

Talk about timing - as Daniel points out here, OCR’s release comes two weeks before settlement objections are due in House v. NCAA

[Daniel Libit @DanielLibit]

NEWS: @EDcivilrights drops long-awaited Title IX/NIL guidance, putting onus on schools to ensure college athlete pay–even from outside sources–is gender-equity complaint. Big development 2 weeks before House settlement objections due.

For @Sportico:

https://t.co/uPnGZoC998