The Current State of College Athletics After House v. NCAA

Ron Rychlak, the Faculty Athletics Representative at Ole Miss and former SEC Executive Committee member, will give his perspective on recent transformative changes in college athletics, including the transfer portal, NIL rights, the Alston ruling, conference realignments, and erosion of the NCAA’s amateurism model. The 2025 House settlement mandates $2.8 billion in back damages and allows schools to share revenues with athletes going forward. It also introduces roster caps, NIL oversight by the College Sports Commission, and ongoing debates over Title IX equity, employee status, and antitrust issues. Rychlak will highlight risks to non-revenue sports, budgetary pressures, and calls for federal legislation amid uncertain futures for the sport.

Featuring:

• Prof. Ron Rychlak, Distinguished Professor of Law, Jamie L. Whitten CHair of Law and Government, University of Mississippi School of Law

Tickets:

Members: $25 | Non-Members: $30 | Student: Free

Includes lunch buffet and 1 hour of CLE credit.

Lunch will start at 11:30 am with programming running from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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