Athletics
In 2021, the National Collegiate Athletic Association ended its longtime ban on paying college athletes. The NCAA, the nonprofit organization that regulates college sports, changed its rules to allow student-athletes to earn money from their name, image, and likeness — known as NIL. This major shift has transformed the world of athletics in higher education. But there are still unanswered questions, like:
- What’s next for college athlete unionization efforts?
- Why do colleges want to change athletic conferences?
- How will sports betting effect colleges and their students?
Cold Cases
The U. of Pennsylvania appeared to be complying with federal law when it allowed a transgender swimmer to compete more than three years ago. That didn’t stop funding cuts.
Athletics
Following a historic settlement that allows colleges to pay athletes for the first time, programs are taking subsidies from the main campus to cover new costs.
The Review | Opinion
At the University of Colorado at Boulder, athletics gets all the attention — and funding.
Athletics
The so-called House settlement will allow colleges to directly pay their athletes for the first time.
Sports shakeup
After the expected approval of a landmark settlement on money in college sports, many questions will remain unanswered. The White House might take them up.
Campus Crossroads
The Cal State campus is slashing academic programs, laying off faculty, and, in an unusual move, scuttling its entire Division II athletics program.
Purgatory Phase
The final hearing over a proposed settlement in the so-called House case is scheduled for Monday. If a judge approves it, it will remake the top tier of college athletics as we know it.
The Review | Opinion
The administration’s punishment over transgender-sports policies is plainly unjustified.
Athletics
The financial headwinds facing Division I institutions have pushed Saint Francis University to move to Division III.
'Worried and Horrified'
The pause is connected to an investigation into transgender athletes’ participation in sports. As of Wednesday afternoon, the university said it hadn’t heard anything from the federal government.
