Daniel Libit

5 days ago | sportico.com | Daniel Libit

As money increasingly shapes the narrative in college athletics, UTSA’s upset win over Texas in Saturday’s NCAA baseball regional stood as a rare and resounding counterpoint that financial might doesn’t always guarantee victory. In a classic budgetary David-vs-Goliath matchup, the Roadrunners toppled the Longhorns—a program that spends more than three-and-a-half times as much on its baseball operations.

6 days ago | sportico.com | Daniel Libit

Last September, Deloitte and the University of Kansas announced a “first-of-its-kind” partnership between the consulting giant and a college athletic department. The $200,000 deal was unveiled by KU months before Deloitte was publicly identified as the firm tasked with administering a digital clearinghouse for college athlete NIL deals, as stipulated in the pending House v. NCAA settlement.

1 week ago | sportico.com | Daniel Libit

Don Bruce, an economics professor at the University of Tennessee, was appointed to a four-year term as the school’s faculty athletics representative in 2012. Thirteen years later, Bruce is still in the role, having served through four athletic directors, three chancellors, a mix of on- and off-the-field triumphs, and a fair share of athletic department controversies. All the while, Bruce’s college sports work has extended well beyond Knoxville.

2 weeks ago | sportico.com | Daniel Libit

Arthur H. Bryant, the prominent Title IX attorney known for representing college athletes in high-profile sex discrimination cases, is launching his own Bay Area-based practice next week—a move he sees as perfectly timed for a surge in such litigation. Bryant has most recently served as a partner at Clarkson Law Firm, the public interest practice, where he headed up its Title IX team.

2 weeks ago | sportico.com | Daniel Libit

The sweeping commercialization of major college sports hasn’t just created new earning opportunities for athletes—it’s also unlocked career paths for professionals who might never have envisioned working in the space. That includes Andrew Brandt, a prominent sports lawyer and former Green Bay Packers executive. For the past 12 years, Brandt has led the Jeffrey S. Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law at Villanova University, where he also teaches legal courses.