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The Real Crisis in College Sports Isn’t NIL. It’s Coaching Buyouts.
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The Real Crisis in College Sports Isn’t NIL. It’s Coaching Buyouts.

  • What if the real threat to equity in college sports isn’t athlete pay, NIL, or eligibility, but the grotesque spectacle of runaway coaching buyouts?

  • NCAA’s latest G League eligibility decision reinforces a system where amateurism is dead but professionalism lacks structure

  • Legal blow: Cardozo Law Review argues the SCORE Act is unconstitutional

  • NCAA greenlights betting for college athletes

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The Crisis Everyone Sees. And Still Ignores.
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The Crisis Everyone Sees. And Still Ignores.

  • Amid NIL chaos and lawsuits, Title IX noncompliance remains the real crisis

  • What Johnson v. NCAA signals about athlete employment

  • The most honest op-ed yet about Power 4 realignment

  • How  women’s basketball may be writing the next chapter in NIL innovation - but what does that mean

  • Just how many scholarships could James Franklin’s buyout cover

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America’s Favorite Sport: Gridlock
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America’s Favorite Sport: Gridlock

  • The leadership vacuum that is driving college athletics toward gridlock

  • NCAA tightens transfer portal rules, raising legal red flags

  • The NIL era creates new liability challenges for team physicians and trainers

  • NCAA’s move to allow athletes to bet on pro sports sparks legal and mental health concerns

  • Cody Campbell on finding a solution for college sports

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Title IX Rules Are Clear
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Title IX Rules Are Clear

  • Why are student-athletes still getting suspended before investigations are complete?

  • NCAA surprises with a ruling restoring eligibility to a former G League player

  • Universities reframe athletics as strategic marketing engines with innovative partnerships

  • NIL gray-area tactics highlight loopholes in the $600 contract reporting rule

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Growing Pains in Women’s Sports
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Growing Pains in Women’s Sports

  • The successful growth of women’s sports and the growing pains that come with it 

  • More eligibility lawsuits that could redefine how long college athletes can compete

  • The NCAA’s latest attempt to curb player mobility - and why it may backfire

  • New Mexico schools fighting to keep athlete compensation details secret

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The Case for Direct Waivers
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The Case for Direct Waivers

  • Why the NCAA’s school-driven waiver system is fundamentally unjust and how direct waivers could protect athletes

  • The unresolved legal clash over transgender participation in sports 

  • Inside the fight over EA Sports’ College Football 26 deal 

  • Status of the SCORE Act

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