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SPORTS

Brendan Sorsby, the Texas Tech quarterback, scored a major legal victory this week when a judge restored his college eligibility after the NCAA suspended him for gambling. But there’s a far more consequential lawsuit surrounding Sorsby that has attracted less attention: The University of Cincinnati, where Sorsby used to play, is attempting to collect $1 million in damages under his N.I.L. agreement, arguing that his departure cost the program a star promotional asset. Sorsby’s lawyer, Joseph Braun, has called Cincinnati’s position a “legal fiction,” and a federal judge is now weighing whether the case should survive a motion to dismiss.

As Eriq reports, the dispute has become a proxy war over a major question: What are N.I.L. agreements actually buying? In Braun’s telling, Sorsby’s N.I.L. rights have little independent value; Cincinnati simply paid him to play quarterback, which he did for two seasons. If the court agrees the deals are pay-for-play in disguise, it could destabilize a growing stack of contracts across college sports. But if Cincinnati prevails, schools may be able to use contract language to restrain athletes’ rights. In either case, the outcome could reshape the legal terrain for thousands of athletes.

Click here to read Eriq’s full story.

HOLLYWOOD

News and notes from around town: It’s been a disastrous stretch for CBS News, so what’s still making Bari Weiss tick? Plus, the backstory on how Michael Ovitz procured Martin Scorsese’s endorsement for an A.I. startup that riles up the creative community.

A.I.

With public opinion—and a slew of presidential hopefuls—beating back A.I.’s “no rules” agenda, the lobbyist armies of Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI are suddenly supporting safeguards they rejected just a year ago.

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MEDIA

A conversation with Peter Rothpletz, founder of the newly launched Verbatim Media, which hopes to do for progressive creators what Fox’s Red Seat Ventures has done for Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly.

FASHION

Decades of ultra-exclusivity have helped Hermès transcend many of the crises bedeviling the rest of the luxury industry. But staying above the fray may require tinkering with its generational playbook.

MEDIA

Dylan sits down with Fox One head Pete Distad to discuss why the World Cup is a make-or-break moment for Fox’s streaming service. They dive into the platform’s new features designed to pull in and retain fans, and why sports fans are sticking around for Fox News in greater numbers than anticipated.

FASHION

Lauren’s guest is Jacob Gallagher, fashion reporter at The New York Times. They discuss the Hermès show in Bel Air and the Zegna show in Malibu, Villa Zegna at the Chateau Marmont, shopping in L.A. for men versus women, the upcoming men’s fashion week schedule, and plenty more.

WASHINGTON

Marianna Sotomayor joins Peter to preview Tuesday’s primaries—and the growing evidence that Donald Trump’s once-vaunted endorsement is losing its punch. Then they weigh in on Graham Platner’s controversy-mired march through Maine and the FISA reauthorization that Democrats are holding hostage over Bill Pulte, Trump’s underqualified D.N.I. pick.

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