NYSBA Publishes Article by Michael Marino and Milo Young on Collective Bargaining and the Future of NIL in College Sports

The New York State Bar Association featured an article by partner Michael Marino and legal intern Milo Young: “Back Between the Lines: Can Collective Bargaining Provide a Playbook To Frame the NIL Moneyball?” The piece, published on March 3, examines the rapidly evolving landscape of college athletics in the wake of name, image, and likeness (NIL) reforms and the House v. NCAA settlement.

The article highlights how the collapse of the traditional amateurism model has created a chaotic, largely unregulated marketplace and explores whether collective bargaining—long resisted in college athletics—may offer a viable framework for restoring stability, equity, and clarity.

As Marino and Young note:

“Without enforceable standards for valuation, contract structure, or institutional conduct, a clear and present danger now threatens the long-term viability of sustaining a broad range of collegiate athletic programs.”

The full article is available here.