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#LetGurleyPlay

The University of Georgia Athletic Association made $98.9 million in revenues during the 2013 fiscal year, according to this revealing report in the Athens Banner-Herald. The University of Georgia Athletic Association’s main income sources included $21.2 million in direct football revenue, $23.2 million in ticket contributions … Continue reading

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Fair or foul?

According to our friends at ESPN, a federal judge in Northern California has ruled that the NCAA can’t prevent college athletes from selling the rights to their names. Judge Claudia Wilken, in a landmark 99-page decision, has ruled in favor of former UCLA … Continue reading

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Thoughts On Northwestern Football Unionization

Originally posted on Cheap Talk:
These are my thoughts and not those of Northwestern University, Northwestern Athletics, the Northwestern football team, nor of the Northwestern football players. As usual, the emergence of a unionization movement is the symptom of a…

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Justice for Johnny Football?

ESPN is reporting that the college sports cartel otherwise known as the NCAA will suspend Johnny Manziel, the popular quarterback of the Texas A&M football team, for the first half of this Saturday’s season opener against Rice for violating NCAA bylaw 12.5.2.1. … Continue reading

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