College Athletics

New Era Dawns for the N.C.A.A.: Paying Athletes Directly

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Since its founding, the N.C.A.A. has operated with a enterprise mannequin that outlined the school athlete as an novice. Through the years, as faculty sports activities advanced right into a mega-enterprise, lawsuits and labor actions chipped away at that mannequin, which got here to be more and more seen as exploitative in big-money sports activities … Read more

After Oakland University Upset Kentucky, Students Bask in the NCAA Spotlight

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Earlier than Thursday evening, if you weren’t acquainted with Oakland College, you weren’t alone. Not removed from the campus, even locals at a Detroit bar, who had been watching the staff shock No. 3 seed Kentucky within the first spherical of the N.C.A.A. match, had been asking if “that Oakland was in California” or the … Read more