college sports

Private Equity and College Sports

By Erik Loomis

In General

On August 3, 2024

Well, college sports is no longer exploitation ball since the players are now getting paid, in many, many cases much more than they will make in the "professional" leagues. This is a good thing in just about every way. There are some down sides to...

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Pathetic

By Erik Loomis

On March 25, 2023

The leaders of Notre Dame got a New York Times op-ed to argue that their incredibly wealthy institution can't possibly treat their athletes as employees. My God. MY GOD! EMPLOYEES!.

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NLRB and Private College Sports

By Erik Loomis

On December 21, 2022

This is pretty interesting: An effort to legally recognize college football and basketball players at the University of Southern California as employees of their school, their conference and the NCAA.

NIL and the Sexualization of White Female College Athletes

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 8, 2022

Here's a problem non-election related for today's discussions. I am fully 100% supportive of college athletes making money. That's a great thing. The NIL thing is a bit of a wild west out there right now. But at least people are making money for their...

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