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Big Ten's Logo A Shining Example Of Creativity

The world of college sports is a confusing place nowadays. The Big Ten Conference has 12 teams, while the Big 12 has 10 teams. The Big 10, which once actually had 10 teams but adopted a clever logo...

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College Football Bowl System Apparently Warrants DOJ's Attention

Because antitrust investigators at the Justice Department made such quick work of their investigations into the United/Continental and NBC/Universal mergers, they apparently have plenty of free time to...

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NCAA: EA Won’t Be Making Our Football Titles Anymore (But It May Continue To...

This will be the last EA game to use the NCAA Football brand.While we know in our heart that winning a second consecutive Worst Company In America title was the most heartbreaking moment for video game...

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EA Definitely Moving On With NCAA-Less College Football Video Games

Two days after the NCAA announced it would not be renewing its football video game partnership with reigning two-time Worst Company In America champ Electronic Arts comes confirmation that the gaming...

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EA Makes Case That It Shouldn’t Be Part Of Lawsuit Over NCAA Games

EA is the reigning Worst Company In America title holder.Even though reigning, two-time Worst Company In America Electronic Arts is no longer in the video game business with the folks at the NCAA, the...

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Companies Profit Off College Football Players’ Names Without Having To...

Searching for “Manziel” brings up his jersey, even though his name is nowhere on it or in the description.Manufacturers of licensed NCAA jerseys are not allowed to produce items with players’ names on...

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Another Former College Football Player Sues EA For Using Athletes’ Likenesses...

EA is the reigning Worst Company In America Champ In the midst of a right to publicity lawsuit (which is part of a larger antitrust lawsuit) currently underway against video game publisher Electronic...

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EA Ditches Plans For College Football Game After Settling Lawsuit With Former...

For several years, reigning two-time Worst Company In America Electronic Arts has been fighting a lawsuit filed by former college athletes that accused the video game publisher, along with the NCAA and...

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EA To Pay College Athletes Up To $951 Each For Stealing Their Likenesses

What are you worth? Or rather, how much would you want to be paid to have your likeness used in a wildly popular and profitable sports video game? According to video game giant (and two-time Worst...

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NCAA Settles With Student Athletes For A Decade Of Using Their Likenesses In...

Just last week, video game giant (and two-time Worst Company In America winner) EA agreed to settle a lawsuit with student-athletes whose likenesses it had used in NCAA sports video games without...

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Ashley Furniture Franchisee To Hand Out $1.5M In Refunds After Ohio State Win

Ohio State surprised a lot of people last night by blowing out the University of Oregon 42-20 in the NCAA football championship game, but while many people in the Buckeye State were overjoyed by the...

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Domino’s Offering 50% Off All Pizzas Ordered Online Through March 22

(brandylee)Because sitting in front of the TV watching basketball game after basketball game can really get your appetite worked up, Domino’s is trying to capitalize on March Madness by offering a 50%...

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Coca-Cola Makes Splash At Final Four With “Drinkable” Coke Zero Billboard

The whole point of food advertising is to make you crave the product and buy as much of it as you can right then and there. But for this weekend’s Final Four of the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament,...

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Sling TV’s Final Four Faltering Raises Concerns About Launch Of HBO Now

In the weeks leading up to the Final Four, Sling made a big marketing push to remind people you could watch NCAA games on ESPN, TNT, and TBS.Even though Dish’s Sling TV streaming service had two full...

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Federal Appeals Court Nixes Plan To Pay College Football, Basketball Stars

A federal appeals court has ruled that colleges are violating antitrust laws by profiting from student-athletes’ names and likenesses while these same students are forbidden from receiving any money....

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Federal Appeals Court Won’t Reconsider Plan That Would Pay College Football,...

If you’re a college athlete hoping to score some cash from your time on the basketball court or on the football field, you’re out of luck: a federal appeals court has decided against reconsidering its...

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Lawsuits Claim DraftKings, FanDuel Profited Off College Athletes Without...

When you place a bet on a football game, you’re just gambling on the outcome of a competition between two teams, each with dozens of players on their roster. But when you play fantasy football, you’re...

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NCAA Final Four, Championship Game To Be Broadcast In Virtual Reality

Not everyone can shell out hundreds (or even thousands) of dollars to attend the final three games of this year’s college basketball tournament. But if you have the right gear — specifically a Samsung...

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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Arguments On Possible Pay For NCAA Athletes

Nearly exactly a year after a federal appeals court ruled that the NCAA’s amateurs-only requirement violates federal antitrust laws — while simultaneously shutting down a plan to pay certain college...

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Court: NCAA Athletes Are Not Employees, Not Entitled To Minimum Wage

Even though collegiate athletes brings in untold fortunes for schools, TV networks, merchandise makers, ticket vendors, and the hospitality and travel industries, they are not — according to a federal...

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