The Power Five conferences approved 11 measures in 35 minutes this past week at the annual NCAA convention in Indianapolis. Four of these measures are significant wins for student-athletes. They …
The Great Debate Over Compensation for College Athletes
The NCAA, and really all of intercollegiate athletics, are in flux. It seems that all at once, decades old questions and debates are coming to a head, and sooner rather than later, there may be a …
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New Year, Same Debate: Whether Or Not To Pay College Athletes
There is an enormous, simplistic allure to paying college athletes. Revenues are in the billions, coaches can make millions, so why shouldn't the players get a couple of thousand a game? Like …
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Understanding The Trust Fund Proposal For Compensating Student Athletes
With the massive business college athletics has become and recent court decisions, we are soon likely to be entering the era of paying student-athletes. However, the questions of how to rightfully …
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Evaluating Both Sides of the Pay-for-Play Debate (Part 2)
By: Dan Matheson In the first installment of this two-part series, I broke down four arguments often made in opposition to the pay-for-play concept in college athletics. In this second part, I will …
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Evaluating Both Sides of the Pay-for-Play Debate (Part 1)
By: Dan Matheson I was fascinated this week by the release of notes from interviews conducted with two university presidents, two college athletics directors, and one former athletics director as …
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