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  • ️Tue Sep 28 2021

Race, money, and equity in college sport

  • The Houston Cougars are backed my a multimillion dollar business

    The case for big-time college sports helping academics remains weak

    The University of Houston is hoping an extra boost to its teams will increase the school’s standing. But athletics can lead to even more debt

  • The permanent population of Clemson could fit into Memorial Stadium several times over

    16,000 people, 81,000-seat stadium: what happens when college football dominates a town

    Clemson home games are worth millions of dollars to the town. But that also left it vulnerable when Covid swept through the season

  • Southern California players enter the stadium before an NCAA college football game against San Jose State Saturday

    Race, money and exploitation: why college sport is still the ‘new plantation’

    Athletes are now able to make money from sponsorship. But many players believe that the NCAA maintains racial dynamics that are endemic in the US

  • Cedric Ogbuehi, pictured during his time with the Jacksonville Jaguars, was persuaded to stay at Texas A&M by a loss of value policy

    College athletes are unpaid. What if injury ruins their chance of turning pro?

    As professional sports grew ever more lucrative, the risk of losing out on a fortune became a threat to the credibility of the NCAA amateur ethos

  • John Shoop (middle) during his time as North Carolina offensive coordinator in 2007

    ‘I couldn’t keep quiet’: The college coach exiled after standing up for players’ rights

    John Shoop was a veteran of NFL and college coaching rooms. But when he started to question the status quo he found himself out in the cold

  • Haley (left) and Hanna Cavinder in New York to announce their new endorsement deals

    Why women and social media stars are becoming college sports’ big winners

    New rules means college athletes can now make money from their name and likeness. But it is not the football and basketball stars’ lives who will change the most

  • RK Russell was one of the few college players to make the jump to the professional ranks

    The main lesson I was given as a college football star? Sports trump academics

    RK Russell

    Schools like to pretend their athletes are also students. But we were never given the impression that we should concentrate on the classroom

  • Martin Jenkins – a former University of Clemson football player, in Atlanta

    Should top college athletes earn $800,000 a year? Some believe so

    Former players such as Martin Jenkins fought for their fellow athletes’ right to make money from their names. But salaries could be even more valuable

  • College football

    How US college sport became an $8bn inequity racket. And why it may fall

    There are signs the NCAA’s cartel is cracking and the 115-year-old monopolistic grip is loosening