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Paul Skenes Was Locked in Watching Livvy Dunne Nail New Routine in LSU's Win

The sports power couple is back doing big things.
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Paul Skenes Was Locked in Watching Livvy Dunne Nail New Routine in LSU's Win​

The sports power couple is back doing big things.

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The LSU gymnastics team kicked off its 2025 season Friday night in front front of over 12,000 people at home, and after unveiling their 2024 national championship banner they were able to hold off Iowa State and get a 197.300-194.100 win.

One of the fans in attendance was Pittsburgh Pirates star pitcher Paul Skenes. The reigning National League Rookie of the Year was in attendance to watch his girlfriend, Livvy Dunne, kick off her fifth and final season at LSU.

Dunne had a great start to her year, too, as she nailed her debut on the beam. Skenes was locked in for this performance:



Dunne also shined on her floor routine:


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BuckBackHome said:


Like how they threw in an offer for the 11-year old boy to hang with her for a Pirates game. Such a Pennsylvania thing to do;-)
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Skenes 1-of-1 debut patch card to be auctioned for charity​

The young collector who pulled the Paul Skenes 1-of-1 Rookie Debut Patch Autograph card has decided to sell the card at auction -- and it will help out a good cause.

The Skenes card will be sold at the Fanatics Collect March Premier auction. All of Fanatics Collect's proceeds from the Skenes card will be donated directly to Los Angeles fire relief funds.

The 11-year-old who pulled the card shared his journal entries with Topps on Friday -- where he wrote about how he begged his parents for a box of 2024 Topps Chrome Update cards, finally got one as a Christmas present and opened the pack containing the Skenes card with his family on Christmas morning.

"This card is a dream come true," he wrote.



MLB and Fanatics teamed up earlier this month to raise money to help those impacted by the wildfires in Los Angeles through an "LA Strong" collection, which includes merchandise for the Dodgers, Angels and other L.A. sports teams.

The "LA Strong" proceeds are donated directly to the American Red Cross and the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation. Fanatics will donate the proceeds from the Skenes card auction toward the same cause.

The Pirates themselves had offered a trade to whoever found the Skenes card. The team's offer in exchange for the card included two Pirates season tickets behind home plate for the next 30 years, a softball game for 30 at PNC Park with coaching from Pirates alumni, a meet-and-greet with Skenes, two Skenes autographed jerseys and more.

“We had a lot of fun with the idea of a bounty, but we couldn’t be happier for this young baseball fan and his family,” Pirates chairman Bob Nutting said in a statement. “Reading his story on how he pulled the card on Christmas morning, what a magical moment. That family bond is what baseball is all about. I would love to host him and his family and follow through with a meet-and-greet with Paul and his teammates, either here in Pittsburgh or when we travel to L.A.”
 
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Olivia Dunne Fights in Court After Losing Millions in 5 Years With NCAA Housing Settlement Case

Olivia Dunne is not giving up. She is standing by her objection even if it means fighting in court. Check out the latest developments here.
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Olivia Dunne Fights in Court After Losing Millions in 5 Years With NCAA Housing Settlement Case​

February 2025. Olivia Dunne penned a letter to the U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken. Her concerns? The $2.8 billion NCAA house settlement had issues. Multiple issues. It lacks transparency. Distributes money inequitably. Excludes athletes from the decision-making process. And now, about 2 months from that, she finds herself fighting in court. Directly this time. What happened? Well, the NCAA house settlement is nearing its final leg, and Dunne is not giving up without a fight!

Olivia Dunne has been running the NIL space for quite some time now. Since 2021, the year when the NCAA adopted the new NIL rules, she has amassed millions through endorsements. Currently ranked #4 in the top 100 NIL athletes, she has about 13.5M followers and an ON3 NIL roster estimated value of $ 4.1 M. Thus, when she spoke up on this issue, it held weight. She is the present example of an athlete who doesn’t come from the football/basketball domains but from an Olympic sport and still has managed to make a mark in the NIL space. Thus, when it came to fighting for what she represents, Livvy didn’t back down.

As per Forbes, Monday, April 7, Olivia Dunne appeared before Judge Claudia Wilken of the U.S. District Court to formally object to the $2.8B NCAA house settlement case. Among the four athletes who testified, Livy appeared on a Zoom video call and called herself a “Division 1 athlete, a businesswoman, and I’ve been the highest-earning female athlete since the NIL rules changed.” However, she went on to oppose that the settlement does not take into account her true value and potential earning power. She even alleged that she had sacrificed in her earnings.

In fact, Livvy even opposed the back pay offered by the settlement. And her argument was? “My value existed before NIL was legal. I don’t need to guess what I might have earned, I know. I had a growing platform and millions of followers before I ever stepped foot onto a college campus,” Dunne said. She even described that, before the NIL rules came into effect, she had already committed to LSU in 2017. During COVID, her fame skyrocketed and thus, till she came to college, she was already a rising star with millions of followers.
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Olivia Dunne Fights in Court After Losing Millions in 5 Years With NCAA Housing Settlement Case

Olivia Dunne is not giving up. She is standing by her objection even if it means fighting in court. Check out the latest developments here.
www.essentiallysports.com

Olivia Dunne Fights in Court After Losing Millions in 5 Years With NCAA Housing Settlement Case​

February 2025. Olivia Dunne penned a letter to the U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken. Her concerns? The $2.8 billion NCAA house settlement had issues. Multiple issues. It lacks transparency. Distributes money inequitably. Excludes athletes from the decision-making process. And now, about 2 months from that, she finds herself fighting in court. Directly this time. What happened? Well, the NCAA house settlement is nearing its final leg, and Dunne is not giving up without a fight!

Olivia Dunne has been running the NIL space for quite some time now. Since 2021, the year when the NCAA adopted the new NIL rules, she has amassed millions through endorsements. Currently ranked #4 in the top 100 NIL athletes, she has about 13.5M followers and an ON3 NIL roster estimated value of $ 4.1 M. Thus, when she spoke up on this issue, it held weight. She is the present example of an athlete who doesn’t come from the football/basketball domains but from an Olympic sport and still has managed to make a mark in the NIL space. Thus, when it came to fighting for what she represents, Livvy didn’t back down.

As per Forbes, Monday, April 7, Olivia Dunne appeared before Judge Claudia Wilken of the U.S. District Court to formally object to the $2.8B NCAA house settlement case. Among the four athletes who testified, Livy appeared on a Zoom video call and called herself a “Division 1 athlete, a businesswoman, and I’ve been the highest-earning female athlete since the NIL rules changed.” However, she went on to oppose that the settlement does not take into account her true value and potential earning power. She even alleged that she had sacrificed in her earnings.

In fact, Livvy even opposed the back pay offered by the settlement. And her argument was? “My value existed before NIL was legal. I don’t need to guess what I might have earned, I know. I had a growing platform and millions of followers before I ever stepped foot onto a college campus,” Dunne said. She even described that, before the NIL rules came into effect, she had already committed to LSU in 2017. During COVID, her fame skyrocketed and thus, till she came to college, she was already a rising star with millions of followers.
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@sflbuck I'd love to hear your take on the legal side of this.

As a layman, I have assumed challenges were coming and that they would likely win and win quickly. You have actual legal expertise so...what is your .02?
 
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@sflbuck I'd love to hear your take on the legal side of this.

As a layman, I have assumed challenges were coming and that they would likely win and win quickly. You have actual legal expertise so...what is your .02?
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Be glad to, but let me warn you even though I will try to keep this brief, it's probably going to be a little long.

First, any court approves settlements based on a weighing of equities. Almost always it is not a question of whether a claim has merit, but what is the solution that is best for all the involved parties.

Also, my position has been not that the House Settlement will get higher court approval, only that it could.

To put MS Dunne's complaint and appeal (she is one of the female athletes that is appealing the House Settlement) into context I have to address what's in the House Settlement.

Simplified, it is three big things.

A payment of $2.8 billion dollars in damages by the NCAA for lost NIL wages.

2) An agreement to allow for NIL payment to college athletes with an agreement to limit these NIL payments to FMV and for a legitimate business purpose. The parties also agreed for a mechanism to enforce this limit.

3) A salary cap for revenue sharing of $22.5 million per institution with a mechanism to enforce the salary cap.

MS Dunne’s appeal is only of the $2.8 billion portion. I will try and read the appeal later today, but the legal reporting has the appeal centered on the distribution not complying with Title IX. I would suspect that, based on the article that you provided, it might provide a pretty compelling argument. However, Judge Wilkins did hear MS Dunne’s testimony and still ruled that the equities favored the settlement. One thing you have to keep in mind when considering Judge Wilkins opinion is that she is the one that ruled that the NCAA’s legal position on NIL was bullshit (Both in O’Bannon vs NCAA and in Alston vs NCAA). She is a judge that has been sympathetic to the plight of college athletes in the past.

Will the appeals court and the Supreme Court agree? Who know. But there is establish Supreme Court precedent that favors the acceptance of a settlement unless the lower court has incorrectly applied a basic legal principal. (I can look up the case citation if anybody wants it.)

That's the short version. There's more that I could say on just this aspect. Other appellants are challenging other aspects of the settlement. If you have any questions or even disagreements, let me know. I'll let you know if I have anything further after I read her appeal.
 
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"2) An agreement to allow for NIL payment to college athletes with an agreement to limit these NIL payments to FMV and for a legitimate business purpose. The parties also agreed for a mechanism to enforce this limit."

Good luck calculating FMV and determining what legitimate business purposes are. On3 says they have an algorithm, which I'm sure is as legitimate as "FPI". Looks to me like all this is is, an attempt by the money people, with so much more money out there now, to basically go back to the old days just with a sop of some money beyond scholarships to the athletes and then cheating and bagmen on top of it by the usual suspects.
 
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