“All the things I believed in for all these years, 50 years of coaching, no longer exist in college athletics,” former Alabama head football coach Nick Saban told a panel on Capitol Hill that’s looking into the future of college athletics.
The Southeastern Conference and the Big Ten are formally trying to find solutions to the issues facing college sports.
NCAA President Charlie Baker is asking members to make one of the most dramatic shifts in the history of college sports by allowing highly resourced schools to pay some of their athletes.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) have reached out to college sports leaders for ideas on how to regulate the way college athletes are compensated for their names, images and likenesses.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law a bill that would allow college athletes in the state to earn money from endorsement deals. The law goes into effect in July 2021. By then, both the NCAA and Congress could have national legislation in place to lift restrictions on college athletes being paid for the use of their names, images…
