The congenial relationship between the University of Tennessee and the NCAA has quickly turned sour. A few months after touting their cooperation, Tennessee officials came out swinging against the NCAA for its latest investigation into the UT athletic department. The entities engaged in a war of words last week following the revelation that UT is under NCAA investigation for alleged violations related to name, image and likeness (NIL).

2. Bass, Berry & Sims adds new associates - Friday, December 22, 2023

Bass, Berry & Sims has added 19 attorneys in Nashville, bringing the total of new attorneys hired across the firm this year to 42.

Joining the firm’s corporate & securities practice as associates are:

3. Back-to-school sales tax holiday this weekend - Friday, July 28, 2023

Tennessee’s annual sales tax holiday begins Friday and runs through Sunday, allowing families to save on clothing, school supplies and computers.

Items exempt from sales tax during this period include:

4. Too much to tackle alone - Friday, September 23, 2022

For all the issues facing college football – everything from name, image, likeness (NIL) to the transfer portal (scholarship athletes leaving schools to play elsewhere), from conference expansion to expanded college football playoffs, from conferences changing their TV packages and states changing their NIL laws – there’s one underlying theme: money.

5. Echo Health Ventures plants Tennessee flag - Friday, April 15, 2022

Echo Health Ventures is establishing a local presence in Tennessee led by Echo Health Advisors principal Hayley Hovious, who joined the company in March following seven years as president of the Nashville Health Care Council.

6. Top athletes finally cashing in on name, image, likeness change - Friday, February 4, 2022

Scotty Pippen Jr., Donovan Sims and Uros Plavsic come from vastly different backgrounds but have this much in common: They all play college basketball in Tennessee and are among the hundreds of the state’s collegiate athletes – joined by thousands nationwide – that have taken advantage of the name, image, likeness (NIL) opportunities now afforded them.

7. MTSU’s $100M athletics gamble - Friday, January 21, 2022

Quiz time: Which catchphrase best describes Middle Tennessee State University’s recently announced $100 million project to upgrade its athletics facilities?

A. Keeping up with the Joneses.

8. Lawson joins Dickinson Wright - Friday, October 15, 2021

Rachel Schaffer Lawson has joined Dickinson Wright PLLC’s Nashville office as of counsel.

Lawson is an alcohol and hospitality lawyer who focuses on helping business owners with their legal needs. She joins Dickinson Wright from Schaffer Law Firm, which she founded in 2011.

9. Davidson offers more financial counseling - Friday, August 14, 2020

The Nashville Financial Empowerment Center is expanding to meet the growing financial needs of Davidson County residents as a part of Nashville’s coordinated COVID-19 response.

The Financial Empowerment Center now offers services entirely virtually and is adding additional staff to meet demand, made possible by a grant from the Cities for Financial Empowerment – a national organization that helps cities across the U.S. embed financial empowerment programs within their local governments.

10. Against all odds - Friday, May 24, 2019

Against all odds, legal online sports betting will soon be available in Tennessee, possibly in time for the SEC Championship football game, the college football national championship game, the Super Bowl and most of the Predators’ and college basketball seasons.

11. Despite losses, UT, Titans, Preds merchandise still selling - Friday, December 13, 2013

In the financial market, there is often a direct link between a stock’s past and future performance. The same correlation can’t necessarily be made in the sports business world about a team’s on-field performance and the success or failure of its merchandising efforts.

12. Sports agent law doubles the number of state registrations - Friday, January 20, 2012

An increase in college sports scandals prompted Tennessee to broaden its definition of an athlete agent last year, resulting in an increase in the number of people seeking athlete agent licenses.

Since July 1, when The Athlete Agent Reform Act of 2011 went into effect, there have been 22 new agent registrations. Previously, agent registrations had been averaging about 10 to 12 per year. The new registrants are from 21 states plus the District of Columbia.

13. Bowl games improve the freebies - Friday, December 23, 2011

Showering college football bowl participants with gifts has become a big business.

Not content with a simple gift pack, many bowls – including, for the first time, the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl – have moved to on-campus gift suites in which players are given $550 in credit and allowed to choose from a variety of products from apparel to electronics.