NOW IT’S LEGAL PODCAST

Now It’s Legal Podcast with Jim Cavale

In July 2021, NIL forever changed the trajectory of college athletics. It’s been a long time coming as the NCAA has long needed changes like NIL, the transfer portal, revenue sharing and other benefits for college athletes. We introduce to you the Now It’s Legal podcast. Join us as we discuss the industry that holds the hearts of millions of fans who want to understand where its trajectory is heading. We are talking to those who are invested in and affected by NIL including: Former and current college athletes, presidents and head coaches, broadcasters and media personalities, investors and more. This is just the beginning of NIL and what it means for the future of college athletics.

Host Jim Cavale is a former college athlete and entrepreneur who has become an advocate for young athletes across the country. In 2017, he created the INFLCR app that allowed athletes to build their brand on social media, and in 2021, evolved into the NIL management technology for more than 100,000 athletes across 200 college athletic programs. INFLCR has since been acquired by sports tech titan, Teamworks.

In 2023, Jim founded Athletes.org which which is the players association for college athletes to negotiate the best terms for their college athletics experience. AO provides its member athletes with a free membership, empowering them with a voice, on demand support, and group licensing income in the same ways that professional league associations do for their member athletes.

Tune in to a new episode every Monday and join in on the conversation on Instagram with @nowitslegalpod and @jimcavale.

Season 1

Sedona Prince on Now It’s Legal

  • Sedona Prince is a current basketball player for the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs in the Big 12 Conference. She previously played for the Oregon Ducks and the Texas Longhorns. In 2021, Sedona was named to the FIBA Women's AmeriCup roster, helping the USA to a 6-0 record and the gold medal. Sedona joins Now It's Legal to discuss the explosion of women’s basketball, the future of college athletics and the national attention she gained in 2021 after bringing light to the lack of equality in facilities between the men's and women's NCAA tournaments.

Sean Clifford on Now It’s Legal

  • Sean Clifford is a current QB for the NFL's Green Bay Packers and the former starting QB and team captain for the Penn State Nittany Lions. He completed his college career as Penn State's all-time leader in wins as a starting quarterback, as well as completion percentage, completions, passing yards, total yards, passing touchdowns and pass attempts. At the 2023 Rose Bowl, Sean's 88-yard touchdown pass became the longest passing touchdown in Rose Bowl game history. Sean joins Now It's Legal to discuss his attempt, back in 2022, to start the first college union with the hope of improving the student-athlete experience for all Big Ten athletes by implementing benefits such as revenue sharing and medical care.

Jim Boeheim on Now It’s Legal

  • Hall of Famer Jim Boeheim is the former Head Coach of Syracuse University’s men’s basketball team and current Special Assistant to the Athletic Director at Syracuse. For 47 years, he was the Head Coach of the Orange who he led to 10 Big East Conference regular season championships, five Big East tournament championships and 34 NCAA tournament appearances — including five Final Four appearances. In 2003, his team beat Kansas with all-star Carmelo Anthony. Jim joins Now It's Legal to discuss his long standing and successful college coaching career and his thoughts on where the future of college athletics is headed.

Joe Moglia on Now It’s Legal

  • Joe Moglia is the former Chairman/CEO of TD Ameritrade, former Head Football Coach at Coastal Carolina University, and is the current Executive Advisor to the President of Coastal Carolina University. He has written two books: The Perimeter Attack Offense and Coach Yourself to Success: Winning the Investment Game. According to Forbes, Joe has one of the most "unique resumes in modern business." Joe joins Now It's Legal to discuss the current and future state of College Athletics. Today Jim covers the topics in Joe's recent op ed featured in The Indy Star.

Season 2

Jeffery Kessler on Now It’s Legal

  • Jeffrey Kessler is Co-Executive Chairman of Winston & Strawn and one of the world’s leading sports law, antitrust and trial lawyers. He's litigated some of the most high-profile sports-antitrust cases, including securing a unanimous victory for classes of Division I college football and basketball athletes in their antitrust litigation against the NCAA's compensation restrictions. Jeffrey's been recognized as “Litigator of the Week” by Am Law and a “Litigation Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal. Jeffrey joins Now It's Legal to discuss his longstanding career in sports law, as well as his involvement and victory in the NCAA antitrust litigation.

Tommy Tuberville on Now It’s Legal

  • Tommy Tuberville is an Alabama Senator and former college athlete, head football coach and sports broadcaster. Before beginning his political career, Tommy was the head football coach at the University of Mississippi (1995-1998), Auburn University (1999-2008), Texas Tech University (2010-2012) and the University of Cincinnati (2013-2016). In 2004, after Auburn's 13-0 season, he won five national Coach of the Year Awards. In 2015, Tommy was the President of the American Football Coaches Association and in 2017, became an ESPN color analyst for college football coverage. Tommy joins Now It's Legal to discuss his successful college athletic and head coaching career, as well as his transition into the world of politics.

Matt Barnes on Now It’s Legal

  • Matt Barnes is a former NBA player and current basketball analyst. He played college basketball at UCLA, where he was an All-Pacific-10 Honorable Mention selection in 2001, before being drafted by the Memphis Grizzlies in the second round of the 2002 NBA draft. In his final season of a 14-season career, he won an NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors in 2017. Matt is currently a basketball analyst for ESPN and NBC Sports California for Sacramento Kings games. Matt joins Now It's Legal to discuss his basketball journey, as well as his new book, "All the Smoke: All the Stars, All the Stories, No Apologies" with co-author and former NBA player Stephen Jackson, released on October 8, 2024.

Gloria Nevarez on Now It’s Legal

  • Gloria Nevarez is the second commissioner in the history of the Mountain West Conference, with almost 30 years of experience in college athletics. Previously, she had been the fourth full-time commissioner of the West Coast Conference and is the first Hispanic American to become a commissioner of an NCAA Division I conference. Prior to her WCC commissioner role, Gloria was an administrator at the WCC, the Pac-12 Conference, University of Oklahoma, University of California, Berkeley and San Jose State University. Gloria joins Now It’s Legal to discuss her comprehensive five-year strategic plan, “Ascend Together: Our Path to Excellence”, which showcases the league’s core values-based principles: Competitive Excellence, Academic Achievement, Integrity, Relentless Drive, and Community and Inclusion.