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The NCAA’s House settlement era opened last week, with athletic programs across the country free to start paying millions to their athletes in what has been called the biggest change in the history of college athletics. The end of the NCAA’s longstanding amateur model is expected to cause headaches and disputes among powerhouse schools and [...]
College sports leaders seeking antitrust and other protections from Congress have a potential bargaining chip: school assurances that they will provide funding for their increasingly imperiled Olympic programs, the biggest pipeline of talent for Team USA. Four people familiar with the talks told The Associated Press that lawmakers, mostly from the Democratic side that will [...]
Sydney Moore and Sabrina Ootsburg were surrounded by hundreds of college athletes at a convention in Charlotte when news broke that the $2.8 billion NCAA settlement had been approved by a federal judge. In a room full of college athletes, they felt like the only two people who understood the gravity of the situation. “I’m [...]
The $2.8 billion NCAA settlement awaiting final approval from a federal judge is touted as a solution for thousands of athletes to finally receive the money they say they deserve and provide some clarity to recruiting. For some, it’s too late. Sophomore distance runner Jake Rimmel says he was one of five walk-ons cut from [...]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After a New Year’s Day attack struck at the heart of the French Quarter, officials in New Orleans say they are confident in the security plans they have in place for the Super Bowl. Upwards of 125,000 visitors are expected to converge on the Big Easy this week for parties, concerts [...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Plans for colleges to pay athletes directly for their name, image and likeness deals would run afoul of Title IX, the Department of Education said in guidance issued last week that adds more confusion to the shifting landscape in college sports. The nine-page memo from the department’s Office for Civil Rights [...]
When 2024 drew to an end, it was time to say goodbye, once and for all, to the amateur athlete in college sports. In theory, the concept held on stubbornly via the quaint and now all-but-dead notion that student-athletes played only for pride, a scholarship and some meal money. In practice, the amateurs have been [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Caesars Superdome may be the epicenter for the Super Bowl in New Orleans next month, but Verizon has a game plan to ensure the championship excitement stretches beyond the Big Easy. Verizon will transform stadiums and venues across 30 NFL markets — including Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland and TQL [...]
PHOENIX — Sponsorship deals were far from Jonny Bottorff’s mind when he transferred to Northern Arizona University on a football scholarship. As money-making opportunities for college athletes have boomed since then, the offensive lineman has earned a few hundred dollars through name, image and likeness deals, but nothing that has changed his life. Bottorff, 23, [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — A social media influencer from Texas was disqualified from Sunday’s New York City Marathon and banned from future competitions after he ran the race with a camera crew on e-bikes in tow. New York Road Runners, which organizes the race, said in a statement that Matthew Choi violated the group’s code [...]