By Katie Lever, Ph. D|September 7, 2022
Last Friday, the College Football Playoff's board of managers unanimously voted to expand the annual College Football Playoff to 12 teams, an unsurprising move that many believe was years in...
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|September 6, 2022
College football season has officially begun and the young schedule has already seen plenty of drama. Although week one always has its fair share of “cupcake games” where Power Five...
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|July 6, 2022
Last week, big news came out of the Big Ten conference as UCLA and USC both announced plans to move to Big Ten country in 2024. Sports media descended on...
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|July 1, 2022
TGIF is especially significant today because name, image, and likeness rights for college athletes are officially a year old! In honor of the historic landmark, here are four key benefits...
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|June 23, 2022
When most people think of an athlete's worst nightmare, they think of failure, getting benched, or missing a game-winning shot. But I can tell you from personal experience that hypothyroidism...
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|June 10, 2022
In an ideal world, all athletes would have great relationships with their coaches, but sadly, athlete-coach relationships can be far more complex. Although the world is currently fixated on the...
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|June 1, 2022
The inaugural Allen Sack National Symposium Advancing Integrity in College Sport was a symposium event hosted by athletic advocacy organization, The Drake Group, and held in Washington, D.C. According to...
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|May 31, 2022
The inaugural Allen Sack National Symposium Advancing Integrity in College Sport was a symposium event hosted by athletic advocacy organization, The Drake Group, and held in Washington, D.C. According to...
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|May 30, 2022
The inaugural Allen Sack National Symposium Advancing Integrity in College Sport was a symposium event hosted by athletic advocacy organization, The Drake Group, held in Washington, D.C on May 19th,...
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|May 24, 2022
Last week, athletic advocacy organization, The Drake Group, hosted its inaugural Allen Sack National Symposium Advancing Integrity in College Sport. The event, which took place in Washington, D.C., addressed critical...
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|May 23, 2022
Two big-time SEC coaches made headlines last week for exchanging some pretty fiery words (and Deion Sanders got caught in the crossfires, too!). The topic at hand? Name, image, and...
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|May 2, 2022
During her incredible collegiate career at the University of Arizona where she placed second in the NCAA finals, Georganne Moline earned a spot on the roster for the 2012 Olympics...
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|March 15, 2022
There's recently been some controversy regarding college athletes' name, image, and likeness activity. Some of the deals athletes are signing are organized by boosters and could potentially sway athletes' decisions...
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|February 22, 2022
As someone who writes about college sports on a regular basis, I wish so badly that I could stop writing about the topics the college sports industry compels me to...
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|February 8, 2022
If anyone thought college sports would cool down after NIL restrictions were lifted, the track record since July 1st, 2021 has proven them wrong. Not only did National Labor Relations...
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|January 24, 2022
In a perfect world, athletic scholarships would be simple and all college athletes would have four-year, guaranteed, full-ride scholarships, but the reality of the college sports industry is much more...