Articles by Katie Lever, Ph. D
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New NIL Bill Alert | Examining the Collegiate Athletic Compensation Rights Act
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|December 17, 2020
As college athlete name, image, and likeness chatter continues at the close of the year, Mississippi senator Roger Wicker has entered the chat with a new federal NIL bill. Last...
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Name, Image, and Likeness Update | NCAA Proposal
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|October 15, 2020
On Monday night (10-5-2020) Sports Illustrated announced the NCAA's latest proposal for modifications to its existing NIL rules. Although the proposal isn't perfect, it's the most liberal proposal yet, and...
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NAIA gives Athletes Access to Name, Image and Likeness
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|October 13, 2020
On October 7, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics made history when it became the first collegiate sports organization to pass reform allowing college athletes to earn compensation for use...
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NCAA Transfer Portal and Transfer Waivers | What’s the Difference?
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|October 5, 2020
Transferring to a new university in the middle of one's athletic career is a complicated process, made slightly easier by the NCAA's relatively new transfer portal, which also lifted some...
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Fall Eligibility Update Amidst COVID-19
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|August 27, 2020
Last Friday, the NCAA announced that all fall athletes will receive eligibility relief amidst COVID-19. While this sounds like a free ticket to an extra season of eligibility, there are...
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Keeping Up with the Conferences (Part Two)
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|August 15, 2020
The landscape of collegiate athletics is shifting by the day, and the team at LRT-Sports is dedicated to keeping everyone informed. Last month, we published an article about the changes...
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Is My Athletic Scholarship Guaranteed? It Depends.
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|August 11, 2020
In a perfect world, all athletic scholarships would be guaranteed for four years (and plenty of people believe they actually are), but unfortunately, the NCAA is far from perfect. The...
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Federal Name, Image, and Likeness Bill Updates
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|August 3, 2020
It's been hard to keep up with all the name, image, and likeness (NIL) chatter this summer, but the NCAA has once again catapulted the conversation ahead for all the...
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Policy Update on Merit, Needs-Based, and Athletic Scholarships in the NCAA
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|July 30, 2020
On July 15th, the NCAA's Division 1 Council voted to adopt legislation that exempts need-and-merit-based financial aid from counting against athletic scholarship limits for partial-scholarship sports. The rule is set...
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Key Points for Athletes | NCAA’s Return-to-Sport Guidelines
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|July 22, 2020
College athlete health and safety has been on the minds of many coaches, college sports fans, and of course, athletes themselves for quite some time. Several conferences and universities have...
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Keeping up with the Conferences | A Glimpse at Rapid Changes in College Sports
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|July 13, 2020
Will there be a fall season? What will happen in the spring? Who is calling the shots here? These questions seem to be on the minds of all of us...
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Bad Takes from the NCAA Senate Hearing on the NIL Laws
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|July 10, 2020
College athlete name, image, and likeness (NIL) laws are coming, whether leaders in college sports like it or not. That's why, on July 1st, a group of representatives met in...
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Amid Coronavirus, Are Mandatory Practices Safer Than “Voluntary” Workouts? Yes and No
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|July 2, 2020
The NCAA's Division 1 Council has officially released a six-week plan for teams to begin mandatory practices, and the starting date for these practices varies slightly from school to school....
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COVID-19 Risk Waivers | Here’s What We Know So Far
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|June 26, 2020
Voluntary workouts are currently underway around the country, and some universities, like Ohio State, are requiring their athletes to sign risk waivers. What do we know about these documents? In...
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Censorship in College Athletics, What You Need to Know
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|June 25, 2020
Every prospective athlete should know that college recruiters comb through the social media profiles of the athletes they recruit. Even if a high school athlete dreams of making it to...
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Is the “Fairness in Collegiate Athletics Act” Truly Fair? What College Athletes Need to Know About a Federal NIL Bill
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|June 24, 2020
Last week, Florida senator Marco Rubio proposed the “Fairness in Collegiate Athletics Act,” one of the few federal bills designed to regulate the economic activities of college athletes competing in...