This February, amid the ongoing debate about whether college athletes should be paid, the University of Iowa’s Athletic Director Gary Barta went on TV and said he wasn’t in favor of paying athletes because doing so would be too complicated. Barta appeared on a local talk show and spoke at length about the effects markets […]
Former Missouri defensive end Michael Sam, who in February announced that he was gay, may not be among the 256 men chosen in this year’s NFL draft, which begins Thursday. In fact, based on a historical assessment of players who were rated similarly by media scouting projections, Sam’s chances of being drafted are only about […]
Former Missouri defensive end Michael Sam, who in February announced that he was gay, may not be among the 256 men chosen in this year’s NFL draft, which begins Thursday. In fact, based on a historical assessment of players who were rated similarly by media scouting projections, Sam’s chances of being drafted are only about […]
How much are college athletes paid? And how much would they get on the open market? Those questions gained urgency Wednesday when a regional National Labor Relations Board director in Chicago ruled that Northwestern University football players can vote to unionize. Northwestern plans to appeal to the national NLRB in Washington, and the case could […]
How much are college athletes paid? And how much would they get on the open market? Those questions gained urgency Wednesday when a regional National Labor Relations Board director in Chicago ruled that Northwestern University football players can vote to unionize. Northwestern plans to appeal to the national NLRB in Washington, and the case could […]
