Sports Dogs Podcast: State Championship recap and Bracket Bustin’

3/18/26- The Dogs take a bite out of their Tournament brackets, and look back at a great weekend at VCU for our area basketball teams including:

  • Clarke County’s girls claiming their second title in four years and record-breaker Alainah McKavish
  • Handley’s boys first program title in over 100 years
  • Luray’s boys fending off a record-setting performance to win in double-overtime
  • The valiant efforts by the Central boys, Skyline girls, and Luray girls

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AG Miyares reaches settlement with NCAA

Attorney General Jason Miyares announced that Virginia and a bipartisan coalition of states have reached a landmark settlement in principle with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that will protect student-athletes’ Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rights during the recruiting process.

The agreement also permanently bars the NCAA from reinstating its unlawful NIL Recruiting Ban.

“Today’s agreement with the NCAA is a major step toward helping student-athletes to control their own future.

We look forward to a final settlement that ensures student-athletes—just like any other American—can benefit from their talent, hard work, and NIL market value,” said Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares. 

 

In January 2024, Attorney General Miyares and Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, alleging that its NIL restrictions violate federal antitrust law, stifle competition, and unfairly limit both current and future student-athletes.

A federal judge agreed and blocked the NCAA from enforcing its unlawful rules throughout the duration of this litigation.

Today’s settlement in principle is an important step in bringing that lawsuit to a successful conclusion. 

In May 2024, the attorneys general of the District of Columbia, Florida, and New York joined Virginia and Tennessee in the lawsuit, strengthening the bipartisan effort to hold the NCAA accountable. 

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VA AG files lawsuit against NCAA over NIL restrictions

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA along with the Attorney General of Tennessee, Jonathan Skrmetti.

The states allege that the NCAA’s restrictions on student-athletes’ ability to negotiate and benefit from their own Name, Image, and Likeness rights violate federal antitrust laws and is harmful to the student-athletes.

The Supreme Court previously found that the NCAA violates antitrust law by imposing unreasonable restraints on compensation that may be received by student athletes which led to Virginia establishing laws to benefit the NIL market for student athletes.

The lawsuit alleges that student athletes:

  • are prevented from negotiating with collectives
  • unable to review NIL offers prior to making their enrollment decision
  • cannot properly consider the NIL services offered by the school upon enrollment

A link to the full lawsuit is available here. 

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Sports Dogs Podcast: State Of The Hornets

In our latest SDPC, we check in with Shenandoah University’s Scott Musa with our monthly “State Of The Hornets” update. We put a bow on Men and Women’s Lacrosse, look ahead to the ODAC Baseball Tournament in High Point, NC, wish good luck to some SU Track & Field athletes who continue their seasons, and talk about the first big off-season “win” for new hoop coach Nick Doyle. GO HORNETS!

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Coach C On Monday’s SC Ruling

In this week’s Sports Dogs Podcast, we bring on our contributing NCAA expert, Mike Costello, better known as Coach C. We discuss Monday’s unanimous Supreme Court ruling which says the NCAA can’t limit the amount of education-related benefits to a student athlete, saying that the current limits violate antitrust laws. The ruling could pave the way for payment to student-athletes. Coach C and R-Dog navigate the slippery slope…

Spreading The Wealth

In the latest Sports Dogs Podcast, Coach C, Mike Costello, joins Randy Woodward for a nod to SU Baseball, a tough loss for JMU, and a controversial law being adopted by a handful of states that would only partially compensate a college athlete for use of name, likeness, etc. Enjoy the discussion with the Dogs!

Talkin’ Valley League Baseball

In this edition of the Sports Dogs Podcast, Scott Bradley comes out of the bullpen as we talk about a slice of Americana, the Valley Baseball League! After not having a season in 2020 due to COVID, VBL ballparks will be open this year to provide the “Gateway To The Majors.” Support your local Valley League Team, provide housing for a player if you can, and take the family to a game or 2 this Summer!

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