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NCAA rulings are often out of touch


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The NCAA announced Tuesday that Division I programs will be allowed to give athletes (including walk-on athletes) unlimited meals and snacks, according to a report from ESPN. This change comes partially off the heels of Connecticut guard Shabazz Napier’s comments regarding hunger following his team’s NCAA National Championship victory. “Sometimes, there’s hungry nights where I’m […]

Student-athletes must take caution before unionizing


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As the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s March Madness draws to a close — and takes with it millions of adoring college basketball fans — the conversation surrounding student-athletes and how they are treated and perceived on college campuses is only just revving up.   A different college sport, yet one just as lucrative as men’s […]

Questions abound after ruling on union


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On a recent exam in my sports business class, we were asked to answer only one question on the entire test: What would happen if student-athletes were paid? Though the actual prompt was a little more nuanced, that was the gist of it. My answer was — and is — that it would be logistically […]

The Galen Center has had its moments


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Saturday marked the final home game of the 2013-14 season for the USC men’s basketball team, and with it the final home game I (and every other soon-to-be-graduate) will ever attend as a student. I must say, it’s been quite a ride. This is my third and final year at USC (I transferred in after […]

Women’s basketball sees few changes


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Someone once told me that time is a flat circle — that everything we’ve ever done or will do, we’re doomed to repeat over and over again. Okay, admittedly, that pseudo-philosophy didn’t come from the sanest of sources — a suspected murderer on HBO’s excellent new crime thriller True Detective said it — but fans […]