Institute for Sports Law, Policy, and Research News and Events
Professor Ross tells Sports Illustrated that NCAA's business model needs an overhaul; academic work calls for radical reform
Legal Analysis of Provocative Reform of Intercollegiate AthleticsResponding to increased concerns about the fiscal sustainability of big-time intercollegiate athletics, continued exploitation of athletics, and efforts to blame Title IX for pressures on men’s sports, Professor Ross offers a provocative Reform Charter that would (1) limit Men’s Division I-A scholarship programs to those that are financially sustainable; (2) limit Women’s Division I-A programs to an equal number of scholarship opportunities; (3) require all other sports to operate on a non-scholarship, limited budget basis; and (4) reduce aid to football to 55 equivalent positions; and (5) allow schools to pay elite athletes up to $15,000 per year, with such aid counting as 1 1/2 scholarships toward the total for any sport.
View a video of a talk with questions and answers at a recent Penn State program and the accompanying powerpoint.
Read Ross’ draft article, for a symposium sponsored by the Tulane Law Review, here.
Did DOJ "call an audible" with its BCS letter? Professor Ross explains.
Professor Ross to participate in Harvard's Sports Law SymposiumPenn State Law Professor Stephen Ross has been invited to participate in Harvard Law School’s 2011 Sports Law Symposium on March 25, 2011. The theme for the symposium is amateurism.
Professor Ross on possible BCS antitrust lawsuit in USA Today
Professor Ross discusses "natural order" of NFL labor in New York Times
Professor Ross looks at potential for NFL lockout
Professor Stephen Ross, Director of Penn State's Institute for Sports Law, Policy and Research, is an antitrust expert in the world of sports. In this video, he provides his unique perspective on the labor and management issues in the NFL and a play-by-play of what may happen.
The NFL, Sports Law, and Becoming an Agent, March 19, 2011
