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When 2025 arrives, so will the end of the amateur athlete in college sports
1 day, 4 hours ago

When 2025 arrives, so will the end of the amateur athlete in college sports

Associated Press  

When the page turns on 2024, it will be time to say goodbye, once and for all, to the amateur athlete in college sports. “We’ve got problems in college football,” Penn State coach James Franklin said. “I don’t know that fans have this really great love for the idea of 100% pure amateurism,” said Nels Popp, a University of North …

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The president of the NCAA calls for a ban on 'prop bets' in college sports
6 days, 18 hours ago

The president of the NCAA calls for a ban on 'prop bets' in college sports

NPR  

The president of the NCAA calls for a ban on 'prop bets' in college sports toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images WASHINGTON — The president of the NCAA appeared on Capitol Hill Tuesday to express support for some federal regulations around sports gambling — including a ban on a type of wager known as "prop bets" in college sports. "We believe …

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College sports reform could advance in GOP-controlled Congress, with Sen. Ted Cruz as NCAA ally
3 weeks, 3 days ago

College sports reform could advance in GOP-controlled Congress, with Sen. Ted Cruz as NCAA ally

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The NCAA’s yearslong efforts to get lawmakers to address myriad problems in college sports could finally pay off in the new, Republican-controlled Congress. “From the standpoint of the NCAA’s perspective, this is sort of an ideal scenario for them.” What’s at stake Cruz and others want to preserve at least parts of an amateur athlete model at the …

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Letters to the Editor: College football has long been ‘just a business’ — but it’s fairer for athletes now
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Letters to the Editor: College football has long been ‘just a business’ — but it’s fairer for athletes now

LA Times  

Notre Dame and Navy face off in an NCAA college football game in Baltimore in 2022. To the editor: I must respectfully challenge the recent opinion piece claiming that “name and likeness” agreements and modern college football economics have corrupted the sport. Ending the NCAA’s nonprofit status and allowing schools to pay athletes directly, just as they pay coaches, would …

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College athletes are getting paid and fans are starting to see a growing share of the bill
1 month, 2 weeks ago

College athletes are getting paid and fans are starting to see a growing share of the bill

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “College athletics hasn’t professionalized as …

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College football super leagues? Pitch details, projected revenues — and roadblocks
2 months ago

College football super leagues? Pitch details, projected revenues — and roadblocks

New York Times  

Over the past two weeks, two proposals to reshape college football have become public. GO DEEPER Inside the CFB 'Super League' pitch some execs see as a way to save the sport Meanwhile, venture capital firm Smash Capital has privately pitched to schools “Project Rudy,” an injection of billions of dollars into the schools that make up the Power 4 …

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Overcoming Big Ten, SEC skepticism is first hurdle for super league proposals
2 months ago

Overcoming Big Ten, SEC skepticism is first hurdle for super league proposals

New York Times  

Len Perna’s job is to embrace change. “I have yet to see a single thing in any plan that I’ve learned details about that contains things that we couldn’t do ourselves and do with other colleagues,” said Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti, seated next to SEC commissioner Greg Sankey at a historic meeting between the leagues in Nashville last week. …

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NCAA's $2.78 billion settlement with colleges to allow athlete payments gets preliminary approval
2 months, 2 weeks ago

NCAA's $2.78 billion settlement with colleges to allow athlete payments gets preliminary approval

Hindustan Times  

A judge granted preliminary approval Monday to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players. NCAA's $2.78 billion settlement with colleges to allow athlete payments gets preliminary approval U.S District Judge Claudia Wilken released an order setting a timeline for a deal that would put millions of dollars into the pockets of …

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NCAA settlement that would allow colleges to pay athletes gets preliminary approval
2 months, 2 weeks ago

NCAA settlement that would allow colleges to pay athletes gets preliminary approval

LA Times  

A judge granted preliminary approval Monday to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players. Former college athletes from as far back as 2016 would be able to apply for their share of $2.576 billion set aside to help them recoup money they could’ve made from NIL deals, which weren’t allowed until …

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Texas swaggers into SEC and midseason break undefeated and in best shape in more than a decade
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas swaggers into SEC and midseason break undefeated and in best shape in more than a decade

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! After winning last season’s Big 12 title in the program’s final season in that league and making the College Football Playoff for the first time, Texas entered this season ranked No. I think we’ve got a pretty cool swagger about us right now,” Sarkisian said before …

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The athletic director of the University of Washington on leading a Big 10 school
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The athletic director of the University of Washington on leading a Big 10 school

NPR  

The athletic director of the University of Washington on leading a Big 10 school As Week 1 of the college football season approaches, NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Pat Chun, athletic director for the University of Washington, about his school's decision to join the Big 10. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Nearly 65,000 miles - that's the combined distance universities of Washington, …

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Analysis: Big 12 must ask not only why UConn, but why now as Yormark remains open for business
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Analysis: Big 12 must ask not only why UConn, but why now as Yormark remains open for business

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! As Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark steps up discussions in the conference about adding UConn, the question isn’t so much why invite the Huskies as why do it now. “There has never been a better time than right now to be part of the Big 12,” …

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Bulked-up Big Ten and SEC set to dominate college football on and off the field
4 months ago

Bulked-up Big Ten and SEC set to dominate college football on and off the field

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “An incredibly strong conference, amazing TV deals, incredible partner, certainly exciting times to be part of the Big Ten,” Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens recent said recently on the Navigating Sports Business podcast. “Now, as a TV guy, if I’m going to pay increasing dollars, I’m …

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Unintended consequences: How NIL in college sports has raised questions about nonprofits
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Unintended consequences: How NIL in college sports has raised questions about nonprofits

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Three years into the new age of college sports, where athletes are allowed to profit from their successes through name, image and likeness deals, everyone is still trying to find out what the new normal will be. Phil Hackney, associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s law school, said the IRS offers tax-exempt status for organizations that …

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75% of US Olympians played in college. Future of Games hinges on fallout from NCAA athlete payouts
4 months, 3 weeks ago

75% of US Olympians played in college. Future of Games hinges on fallout from NCAA athlete payouts

Associated Press  

PARIS — Three-quarters of the nearly 600 American athletes lining up for action at the Paris Olympics honed their skills playing college sports in the United States. “We’re going to keep a close eye on programs being cut, or even talked about being cut.” Four years ago, with the COVID-19 pandemic altering the financial picture in college sports, Stanford startled …

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How college sports video games became the entry point to dismantle the NCAA’s amateurism rules
5 months ago

How college sports video games became the entry point to dismantle the NCAA’s amateurism rules

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I went to him and said, ‘I think these are getting screwed,’” said Vaccaro, the former sports executive perhaps best known for helping Nike sign Michael Jordan out of college. He said, ‘Well, now you gotta find me a guy who’s gonna sue.’” Searching for an …

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USC’s Jennifer Cohen says Trojans are ‘well positioned’ for new revenue-sharing era
5 months ago

USC’s Jennifer Cohen says Trojans are ‘well positioned’ for new revenue-sharing era

LA Times  

Nearly two months after the NCAA and its power conferences agreed to a settlement that would allow college athletes to be paid directly by their schools, USC athletic director Jennifer Cohen still has far more questions than answers about where college sports is headed. Cohen can’t say much right now about the school’s plans for sharing revenue with its athletes …

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SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey: ‘Time to update your expectations for what college athletics can be’
5 months, 1 week ago

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey: ‘Time to update your expectations for what college athletics can be’

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! DALLAS — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey unofficially opened the league’s first football season as 16-team league Monday in a massive hotel ballroom in North Texas, a new setting for SEC Media Days at a time when everything about college sports seems to be in flux. …

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US appeals court says some NCAA athletes may qualify as employees under federal wage-and-hour laws
5 months, 1 week ago

US appeals court says some NCAA athletes may qualify as employees under federal wage-and-hour laws

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — College athletes whose efforts primarily benefit their schools may qualify as employees deserving of pay under federal wage-and-hour laws, a U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday in a setback to the NCAA. The court, in the latest challenge to the NCAA’s long-held notion of “amateurism” in college sports, said that a test should be developed to differentiate between students …

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Down a step from elite college football, officials pitch a model for a new sports landscape
6 months ago

Down a step from elite college football, officials pitch a model for a new sports landscape

Associated Press  

Facing upheaval on the way in college athletics, a handful of administrators and athletes from smaller schools have been working on a new model of governance. It was a way to be proactive -- and potentially head off future lawsuits -- amid seismic changes across college sports that started even before the recent $2.77 billion settlement of antitrust claims agreed …

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The Big 12 needs more money, fast. Is Allstate or private equity investment a good fix?
6 months, 1 week ago

The Big 12 needs more money, fast. Is Allstate or private equity investment a good fix?

New York Times  

Countless stadiums, arenas, golf tournaments and bowl games have sponsors in their titles. “It’s such an obvious opportunity.” USC sports business professor David Carter looks at the plight of the Big 12, which lags hundreds of millions a year in revenue behind the Big Ten and SEC, and sees private equity as a matter of Darwinian survival. Meanwhile, the Big …

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Dan Hurley staying at UConn rather than taking the L.A. Lakers job says something important about college sports.
6 months, 1 week ago

Dan Hurley staying at UConn rather than taking the L.A. Lakers job says something important about college sports.

Slate  

UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley spent the weekend as the subject of an intense courtship by the Los Angeles Lakers. “They’re professional athletes, just not called that, so you might as well go coach professional athletes where it’s real.” Charles Barkley said he understood why Hurley would leave: because college sports had become too chaotic. If Hurley leaving UConn …

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What I heard at Big 12 spring meetings: Settlement fallout, ‘value creation’ on everyone’s minds
6 months, 3 weeks ago

What I heard at Big 12 spring meetings: Settlement fallout, ‘value creation’ on everyone’s minds

New York Times  

— The uncertain future of college sports was on the agenda at Big 12 spring meetings this week. “So I don’t look at it as a bad thing.” Settlement fallout Similar to the vibes coming out of the SEC spring meetings, the unknowns surrounding the House settlement are as important as the facts, though that hasn’t stopped administrators from strategizing …

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SEC Commissioner says frustration with NCAA led to committee with Big Ten, but Division I can work
6 months, 3 weeks ago

SEC Commissioner says frustration with NCAA led to committee with Big Ten, but Division I can work

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “So afterwards, traveling home, like, you know, we have some really big problems,” Sankey said Thursday as he wrapped up four days of SEC spring meetings. And we weren’t even talking in some of those rooms about the really big problems.” Sankey called Big Ten Commissioner …

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