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NCAA Begins Making Its Case for Amateurism

The women’s athletic director at the University of Texas testified Tuesday that paying basketball and football players would tear apart the very foundation the school’s athletics are based upon.

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NCAA Athletes Could Make Big Money Under Plan

University of San Francisco economist Daniel Rascher based his testimony at the NCAA antitrust trial on the 55 percent of broadcast revenue the NFL shares with its players.

Former TV Exec: Paying College Athletes Could Harm Sports

Neal Pilson testified that fans enjoy the concept of young people playing college sports for the love of the game.

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Prothro Goes From ‘The Catch’ to the Courtroom

Football player testifies about facing the 10th surgery on the left leg he had broken and being told that his college benefits were about to run out.

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Author Tells College-Bound Students to Embrace International Challenge

Amanda Ripley urged graduating seniors at the inaugural “Cap & Gown” ceremony of the Capital Partners for Education program not to be daunted by competition from abroad.

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O’Bannon Takes Stand in Landmark NCAA Lawsuit

Five years after the former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon filed his antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA, the trial began Monday in an Oakland courtroom.

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Faculty & Staff

Career Services Associate Director of Career & Pur

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NCAA’s Smaller Schools Hope They Don’t Get Left Behind

Smaller schools are concerned that changes proposed by the five major conferences could prevent them from competing head-to-head against power schools and create greater inequities between the largest athletic programs and those trying to keep up.

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Ohio Bill Says College Athletes Aren’t Employees

COLUMBUS, Ohio ― Ohio lawmakers have passed a budget proposal that says college athletes are not public employees under state law.

U.S. Defense Department, NCAA Collaborating on Brain Injury Research

A joint effort by the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Collegiate Athletic Association on a $30 million investigation of concussion and head impact exposure will study an estimated 37,000 student-athletes.

California’s State Universities Hiring 700 Faculty

California’s state universities plan to hire 700 full-time faculty members, putting the skids on years of class and staff reductions prompted by state budget cuts.

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