Colleges want exemptions from antitrust and labor laws, so they can continue to hoard billions in cash from sports and deny the players their rights. So far, they’ve failed.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Wall Street Hits the Locker Room
Private equity firms are maneuvering to invest in college athletes, their schools, and the conferences they play in. The deals could add risk to the whole system.
Posted inTAP
The Farce of Big-Time College Sports
Today on TAP: One more face of the creeping commercialism of higher education
Posted inEducation in America
Black College Students: An Endangered Species, Unless They Play Ball
The disparity of graduation rates for Black and white scholarship athletes will become more glaring if the Supreme Court ends affirmative action.
Posted inWorking in America
Baker at the Barricades
Outgoing Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker takes the helm at the NCAA just in time for the college athletes’ revolution.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Supreme Court Is Closer to a 9-0 Corporatist Supermajority Than a 3-3-3 Split
No amount of regrouping can obviate the need for Supreme Court reform.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Antitrust Can Address Racial Inequities
‘Let’s not politicize antitrust’ is code for ‘Let’s not use antitrust in a way that upsets the current power imbalance or America’s caste system.’
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Playing Games With College Athletes’ Lives
A premature return to college football during the COVID-19 pandemic will irresponsibly sacrifice the health of college athletes.
Posted inEducation in America
College Athletes Should Be Able to Earn Money From Their Likeness
The NCAA’s feeble attack on a California bill allowing that is full of sound and fury, but little substance.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Using College Athletes as Concussion Test Subjects Makes Nobody Safer
An NCAA/Defense Department joint research program is flawed, because it compares populations of concussion victims that are not comparable.