Football

3/13/2026 |  Nebraska Football Players Begin Arbitration With CSC Over Rejected NIL Deals in 'Precedent Setting' Case (Athletic Business) Days after the College Sports Commission publicly commented on the deluge of “manufactured” NIL deals slowing down processes at the oversight group, 18 Nebraska football players are pursuing arbitration for a “manufactured” NIL deal the CSC rejected, valued at more than $1 million.

3/13/2026 |  Former Assistant Football Coach Sues Michigan Claiming 'Scapegoat' Termination (Athletic Business) A former University of Michigan football coach is suing the school, its athletic director, Warde Manuel, and the Board of Regents for wrongful termination, claiming he was scapegoated in the sign-stealing scandal of 2023.

3/13/2026 |  Five lessons from first wave of NFL free agency: Maxx Crosby drama, J.J. McCarthy uncertainty, RB market surge (CBS Sports) The second week of March annually rings in the new NFL league year, which kicks off the whirlwind that is free agency. Every year we learn new things about team building in the parity-filled NFL.

3/13/2026 |  New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch and siblings look to transfer stake in team to their children (CNN Sports) New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch is requesting his ownership stake in the team be transferred to his children, according to an internal NFL memo.
Tisch – along with his siblings Jonathan and Laurie Tisch – notified NFL chief executives and club presidents on Wednesday of their intentions to move “approximately 23.1%” of their remaining interests in the team into separate trusts for their children, according to the memo obtained by CNN.     

3/13/2026 |  Tension builds ahead of NFLPA leadership vote (ESPN) NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION representatives are set to vote this weekend on a successor to disgraced former leader Lloyd Howell, and a divisive former executive in Howell's regime appears high among three finalists to get the job, multiple union sources told ESPN.