Ex-Penn State Doctor Alleges Football Coach Pressured Him to Clear Injured Players

A former Penn State football team doctor filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court on August 23, 2019, alleging that the school’s football coach, James Franklin, pressured the doctor into clearing injured players and allowing them to return to the field. Allegedly, Dr. Scott A. Lynch reported Coach Franklin’s actions to various Penn State department heads. It was after he reported those actions, though, that Dr. Lynch was removed from two positions in Penn State’s athletic department in March 2019. In his lawsuit, Lynch is …

June 27, 2018 NCAA

Update: NCAA Transfer Rule

As we have previously covered, the NCAA recently changed their transfer rules. In the past, student-athletes went through a “permission to contact” process. This process limited their ability to transfer as their current college coaches were able to block the athlete from transferring to certain schools. Now, starting in October 2018, the NCAA has shifted to a “notification” system that will allow the athletes to transfer without coaches’ permission.

However, on June 19, 2018, various NCAA conferences, including the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big TenConference, Big …

June 14, 2016 NCAA

NCAA Power Conferences Refuse to Share Documents

On June 13, 2016, a group of student-athletes locked in an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA called out several major collegiate athletic conferences for their reluctance to share documents concerning lucrative television contracts. They claim several conferences have failed to produce essential documents during a discovery dispute which began in March of this year. According to the student-athletes, the Big Ten and Atlantic Coast conferences have refused to even discuss document requests.

The student-athletes, whose class action lawsuits have been consolidated in multidistrict litigation in …

February 18, 2014 NCAA

Settlement Reached Between Rutgers and the Big East in Exit Fee Dispute

Rutgers University and the former Big East collegiate athletic conference have been fighting in Rhode Island federal court over the amount that the school would pay as an ‘exit fee’ – a penalty levied on Rutgers for leaving the for Big East conference early and joining the Big Ten later this year. Now, both sides have agreed on a settlement deal where Rutgers will hand over $11.5 million instead of the original $15 million exit fee. The school has paid a portion of the fee …