Perspective: Don't let NCAA suits decide college sports' future without athletes having a role
With the decade closing and four college football teams about to engage in a playoff that annually generates $450 million for people who wear either headsets or suits but not shoulder pads, consider some questions: At this point in 2029, will college sports be plugging along with the same old outdated structure in which the athletes who produce the product are excluded from the billions of dollars of revenue they generate? Or, a decade hence, will some radical overhaul have...
“I think it’s time for us to recognize that student athletes need to get a little bit more than they [have] today, that they receive a little bit more protection, financially and otherwise,” Murphy said.Later, during a panel discussion at the Aspen Institute across town, Emmert spoke about his meeting with the senators: “I said, ‘We need your help right now.’”
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