The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to unionize Tuesday in an unprecedented step toward forming the first labor union for college athletes and another blow to the NCAA’s deteriorating amateur business model. In an election supervised by the National Labor …
A Connecticut high school student died after losing consciousness at football practice, school officials said. Windsor High School student Elijah-Jay Mariano Rivera lost consciousness during practice Tuesday and was given CPR by police and emergency medical technicians, district superintendent Terrence …
Dartmouth College lawyers argued last Thursday that the Ivy League school’s basketball players should not be considered employees because they are unpaid members of a money-losing program whose need-based scholarships don’t depend on their participation or talent. In a National …
Risko Strategies LLC, a Houston-based boutique risk advisory/insurance agency, has introduced Sportify, a contingency insurance policy for elite high school and college student-athletes, underwritten at Lloyd’s of London. The company said the product protects the athletic scholarship offers should a …
Silicon Valley-based EPIC Insurance Brokers has launched a new policy designed to protect high school athletes who have received a verbal offer for an athletic scholarship or grant from an NCAA Division I or Division II sports program. Education Protector …
The Illinois High School Association has approved a policy to make sure its members are complying with a new law requiring them to get catastrophic insurance coverage for student athletes. The IHSA board of directors approved the policy during its …
