As we bring 2025 to an end, volatility seems to be our new normal. The past five years have been fraught with continuous change. Starting with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, we have faced social, political, economic, and technological upheavals.… Read More »When Chaos is the New Normal, Strategic Planning is Essential
By Dr. Gregory J. Vincent & Ludwig P. Gaines, J.D. Name, Image, and Likeness has officially entered its “new normal.” What started in 2021 as a wild, experimental marketplace is now a multi-billion-dollar ecosystem stretching from Power 4 football to… Read More »NIL 3.0: What the New Era — and High School NIL — Means for Families, Coaches, Student-Athletes and Schools
AUSTIN, TX — November 19, 2025 — Vincent Strategies is pleased to announce a new partnership with the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) to develop a comprehensive Leadership Academy curriculum for executives and managers within attorney general offices across… Read More »Vincent Strategies Partners with National Association of Attorneys General to Develop Leadership Academy
Ujima, The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community, and its philanthropy partner, Vincent Strategies, announce “Celebrating the Past, Funding the Future,” to celebrate and support Ujima’s ten years of excellence. Ujima was founded in 2015 to… Read More »Ujima, The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community Celebrates 10 Years, Launches Campaign
By Ludwig P. Gaines, Co-Founder and President, 360 NIL Group — The summer of 2025 has brought an extraordinary wave of change to college athletics. For decades, the notion that student-athletes could receive direct compensation from their institutions was unthinkable.… Read More »Summer 2025 NIL Developments: A Tipping Point for College Athletics
Ludwig Gaines and I are pleased that our alma mater, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, has highlighted our commitment to empowering institutions like Howard University’s Mecca Society through the 360 NIL Group. Our work with the Mecca Society demonstrates how… Read More »HWS Leaders: Redefining Name, Image and Likeness
On June 20th, I had the honor of supporting our client, The Memorial Foundation, at their innovative Films at the Stone series at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. This groundbreaking program—the first and only outdoor film… Read More »Vincent Strategies Supports Memorial Foundation’s Films at the Stone
As we celebrate Juneteenth in 2025, Ujima National Center for Violence Against Women in the Black Community in partnership with Vincent Strategies, invites you to take a stand for justice. We are using Juneteenth for the launch of an ambitious… Read More »Juneteenth for Justice Marks the Launch of Ujima’s Celebrating the Past, Funding the Future Campaign
In a unanimous decision that will shape the future of employment law and civil rights, the United States Supreme Court recently ruled in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services that claims of employment discrimination should be adjudicated according to… Read More »The Ames Decision: A Victory for Equal Justice and a Rejection of the “Reverse Discrimination” Myth
Washington, D.C. – June 2025 — Howard University’s Mecca Society and the 360 NIL Group are proud to announce a new strategic partnership designed to elevate NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) opportunities for Howard’s scholar-athletes. This collaboration comes at a… Read More »Howard University’s Mecca Society and 360 NIL Group Launch Strategic Partnership to Support Scholar-Athletes