October 03, 2025
In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA's bid to overturn a football player's eligibility falls short, a transgender athlete wants a potential landmark U.S. Supreme Court case stopped, and a $55 million feud between two athletic conferences continues.
October 01, 2025
The NCAA's appeal of the injunction that allowed Vanderbilt University's Diego Pavia to play football this season was dismissed Wednesday by a unanimous Sixth Circuit panel that raised several ongoing antitrust concerns about college sports.
September 16, 2025
Attorneys for both the NCAA and for Vanderbilt University football player Diego Pavia acknowledged to a Sixth Circuit panel Tuesday that the court fight over his eligibility to play this season would all but certainly become a debate over the future of all NCAA eligibility rules.
April 25, 2025
In this week's Off The Bench, the landmark $2.78 billion settlement to compensate college athletes hits a snag, a former New York Knick's assault case against Madison Square Garden may be on shaky ground, and Vanderbilt University's quarterback fights to protect his successful challenge against the NCAA's eligibility rules.
April 23, 2025
Attorneys for Vanderbilt University quarterback Diego Pavia urged the Sixth Circuit to leave in place a lower court's rebuke of the NCAA's rule limiting eligibility for junior-college athletes, stressing that the disputed restrictions are a flagrant violation of antitrust law.