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Revenue-Sharing Settlement Approved

The NCAA and all Power Five conferences have approved a $2.78 billion settlement that will lead to colleges paying athletes directly for the first time.

Nothing

Yesterday Kevin Warren had a chance to reassert his leadership as the commissioner of Big Ten athletics after a tumultuous first year. He whiffed.

College Sports

Ohio Considering New Image/Likeness Law

Two days after California's Fair Play Act was signed, Ohio is considering a similar plan to allow student-athletes to sign endorsement deals and profit off their name and likeness.

02 Oct 2019
by Kevin Harrish

152 Comments

Gene Seeking Regulation of Player Benefits

Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith believes it is necessary for name, image and likeness benefits to be regulated and for the same rules to apply to all 50 states.

01 Oct 2019
by Dan Hope

73 Comments

Potential Game-Changer for College Sports

California schools will be prevented from punishing student-athletes for receiving compensation beginning in 2023, presenting a major challenge to the NCAA's amateurism model.

30 Sep 2019
by Dan Hope

136 Comments

The Cold Steel Hand of Robo-Takes

It's been said that advanced AI and automation will soon render human work obsolete, but with the introduction of neural writing networks, the future of sportswriting is now....

28 Jun 2019
by Johnny Ginter

14 Comments

Baseball School?

We regret to inform you that Michigan is no longer a baseball school.

June 27 2019
by Kevin Harrish

14 Comments

UConn Moves On

The Connecticut Huskies are moving back to the Big East, in case you forgot that they left the Big East.

June 22 2019
by Johnny Ginter

11 Comments

Minnesota Wrestlers Arrested

Minnesota's heavyweight superstar Gable Steveson and teammate Dylan Martinez were arrested Saturday night on "probable cause criminal sexual conduct" by Minneapolis Police.

June 16 2019
by Andy Vance

9 Comments

Kevin Warren's To-Do List

As the new Commissioner of the Big Ten, Kevin Warren wields the unlimited power of Midwesternish collegiate athletics. So what will he do with it?

07 Jun 2019
by Johnny Ginter

33 Comments

South Bound and Down

Ohio State began selling alcohol in Ohio Stadium during football games several years ago, and the sky did not fall. Other schools aren't quite as convinced.

31 May 2019
by Johnny Ginter

25 Comments

Back to Basics

There's always a laundry list of items that fans and universities want from their revenue-sport head coaches. Michigan checked off the superficial boxes, at least.

24 May 2019
by Johnny Ginter

85 Comments

BOOMER! SOONER!

University of Oklahoma gave inflated data to U.S. News & World Report for 20 years.

May 23 2019
by Kevin Harrish

23 Comments

Gene to Co-Chair NCAA Working Group

Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has been appointed to co-chair a working group that will examine the NCAA's position on name, image and likeness benefits.

14 May 2019
by Dan Hope

39 Comments

Accidental Javelin Impalement

Georgia sprinter Elija Godwin is expected to make a full recovery after an accidental impalement by a javelin.

May 08 2019
by Kevin Harrish

23 Comments

Making Time for the Buckeyes

Watching college sports is all about how we allocate time, and while Ohio State football is a great investment, men's basketball sometimes wasn't in 2019.

29 Mar 2019
by Johnny Ginter

29 Comments