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Marc Edelman
@MarcEdelman
Tenured Law Professor. Fulbright Scholar. Sports Ethics Director. Attorney. Former Skadden. I write on Antitrust, IP, Higher Ed and Sports. [email protected]
New York, NY and Canberra, ACT
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    Marc Edelman
    @MarcEdelman
    May 24, 2022
    When there is one public law school in the City of New York, that law school needs to be for everybody. The commencement speaker should speak to everybody. And graduation should be pleasant for everybody. I think @CUNYLaw got it dead wrong by merging graduation with a BDS rally
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    Marc Edelman
    @MarcEdelman
    Nov 12, 2023
    The $77 million Texas A&M is handing to Jimbo Fisher could have covered: (1) $1 million salaries for all 75 players on team; (2) Annual stipends of $102,000 for all players through 2033; (3) 1,454 full, in-state, four-year academic scholarships; (4) 5,816 one-year scholarships.
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    Darren Heitner
    @heitner
    Nov 12, 2023
    $77 million buyout. With no offset language, Jimbo could coach elsewhere and still receive this windfall. I can’t comprehend why schools agree to these terms.
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    Marc Edelman
    @MarcEdelman
    Dec 29, 2018
    Typical room of middle-age Republican men: How many of you support free markets? (every hand goes up) How many of you believe that if you do work, you should get to keep the money? (every hand still up) How many support college athlete pay? (hands go down) It makes no sense.
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    Marc Edelman
    @MarcEdelman
    Dec 8, 2021
    Replying to @darrenrovell
    When it's just too hard to simply say "Get well soon to Paige Bueckers: an excellent basketball player, and an accomplished young entreprenuer."
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    Marc Edelman
    @MarcEdelman
    Aug 22, 2020
    To many US public colleges: If you focused on your core business of educating students rather than running a side gig of an unpaid professional sports league, canceling football in COVID wouldn’t be destroying your bottom line. This one is entirely on you and not the virus.
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    Marc Edelman
    @MarcEdelman
    Jan 2, 2021
    Let me put the whole #NCAA thing into perspective: @OhioState quarterback injured his ribs last night. Doctors shot him up with something and sent him back the game. No big deal, of course. But if Ohio State after the game gave the kid a free computer, that'd be a catastrophe.
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    Marc Edelman
    @MarcEdelman
    Sep 29, 2018
    If I were the president of Texas A&M, Jimbo Fisher would be fired for cause by Monday morning. A university employee simply cannot grab a student like that. It's reckless, wrong, and an invitation for legal liability.
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    Belle Es You
    @SouthernbeLLSU
    Sep 29, 2018
    Jimbo is not pleased.
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    Marc Edelman
    @MarcEdelman
    Mar 20, 2020
    Not everything has to have a sports angle. But people should know that Richard Burr, the guy referenced below, had been the chief opponent to allowing college athletes to make any money from endorsing products. *He* described *them* as greedy.
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    Robert Faturechi
    @RobertFaturechi
    Mar 19, 2020
    NEW: After assuring the public about the government's coronavirus preparedness, Senate Intel chair Richard Burr, in one day, sold off up to $1.6 million is stock. A week later, the market began its fall. His committee was receiving daily briefings. propublica.org/article/senato…
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    Marc Edelman
    @MarcEdelman
    Nov 10, 2021
    One of the worst lies told by the #NCAA in recent years was that #NIL would hurt female athletes. Not only has NIL been a financial blessing for elite, female athletes, but the NCAA's claims were sexist in that they doubted the female athlete's true value.
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    UConn star Bueckers lands endorsement deal
    From espn.com
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    Marc Edelman
    @MarcEdelman
    Mar 11, 2021
    We need to remember "the NCAA" = "the 1,200 member colleges that compose the NCAA." Once the Supreme Court rules this association violated antitrust law (as I presume it will), we need to discuss the conduct of college presidents who hide behind the front of these four letters.
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    Marc Edelman
    @MarcEdelman
    Dec 18, 2021
    It has arrived, in hard copy:
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    Marc Edelman
    @MarcEdelman
    Dec 19, 2018
    If the #NCAA can no longer waste time on preventing athlete pay, it would have more time for (1) stamping out abusive coaches; (2) monitoring athlete education quality; (3) aiding in job transition for graduates; (4) concussion oversight; (5) women's sports initiatives ... etc.
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    Marc Edelman
    @MarcEdelman
    Mar 11, 2020
    Just a thought, but if the #NCAA has to cancel its basketball tournament for the safety, health and well-being of student-athletes, it’s not really a big deal. I mean, they’ve been telling us for all these years the games are amateur, non-commercial and for student wellbeing.
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    Marc Edelman
    @MarcEdelman
    Jun 21, 2021
    Today's Supreme Court decision in Alston v. NCAA does more than just allow colleges to compensate athletes with unlimited educational benefits. It tells the 7th Cir. that its legal reasoning in cases such as Deppe v. NCAA (transfer rules) and Agnew v. NCAA was flat out wrong.