Paying student-athletes Amateurism in college sports has always been akin to puritanism in escort services. But on Thursday, college sports finally gave up the charade. The NCAA and the Power Five athletic conferences agreed to pay student-athletes. And the legal right student-athletes won recently to profit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL) will be the… Read more.
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NIL Money Forces NCAA to Return Bush’s Heisman Trophy
NCAA treated Bush like a servant In 2010, the NCAA made a public show of stripping Reggie Bush of his Heisman Trophy. They condemned him for accepting so-called illegal benefits, claiming that brought the amateur status of college sports into disrepute. Mind you, Bush merely accepted petty cash from boosters to help his poor family make ends meet. Yet,… Read more.
‘Death penalty’ for University of Miami Hurricanes…?
College players accepting perks is as common as restaurant servers taking tips. Indeed, it’s an open secret that “boosters” ply football players with perks. And they do this for one simple, unvarnished reason: to boost players’ performance on the field. Yet the NCAA never fails to feign moral outrage anew every time this open secret makes news. Such was… Read more.