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☆ Opinion | Ted Cruz Has Some Strong Opinions About College Sports
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Jane Coaston | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

College sports bring in billions of dollars in revenue every year, but until very recently virtually none of it went to athletes. v. Alston that student athletes should be able to profit from their names, images or likenesses, known as NIL. That settlement, which is not yet finalized, will likely change college sports, but many questions about the details of that future remain unclear. Senator Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican, has been trying to help create a solution for college sports. I spoke with him about why he believes preserving competitiveness in college sports is a job for the federal government.

Persons: Alston, Brett Kavanaugh, Ted Cruz, ” Organizations: Texas Republican Locations: N.C.A.A, America

☆ Bill Walton, N.B.A. Hall of Famer and Broadcasting Star, Dies at 71
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Richard Sandomir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Bill Walton, a basketball center whose extraordinary passing and rebounding skills helped him win two national college championships with U.C.L.A. A redheaded hippie and devoted Grateful Dead fan, Walton was a 6-foot-11 acolyte of the renowned U.C.L.A. He was named the national college player of the year three times. Walton’s greatest game was the 1973 national championship against Memphis State, played in St. Louis. Walton — not yet known for his often hyperbolic, stream-of-consciousness speaking manner — refused to say much after the game.

Persons: Bill Walton, Walton, John Wooden, St . Louis, Walton —, —, ” Organizations: Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics, Bruins, Memphis State Locations: San Diego, St ., U.C.L.A

☆ The N.C.A.A. Agreed to Pay Players. It Won’t Call Them Employees.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( Santul Nerkar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The immediate takeaway from the landmark $2.8 billion settlement that the N.C.A.A. and the major athletic conferences accepted on Thursday was that it cut straight at the heart of the organization’s cherished model of amateurism: Schools can now pay their athletes directly. But another bedrock principle remains intact, and maintaining it is likely to be a priority for the N.C.A.A. : that players who are paid by the universities are not employed by them, and therefore do not have the right to collectively bargain. That stance came under greater legal and political scrutiny in recent years, leading to the settlement, which still requires approval by a judge.

Persons: ” John I, Jenkins Organizations: University of Notre Dame

Brent Jacquette knows a thing or two about college sports. A former collegiate soccer player and coach in Pennsylvania who is now an executive at a consulting firm for athletic recruiting, he’s well aware of issues surrounding pay for college athletes. But even for an industry veteran like Mr. Jacquette, the news of the N.C.A.A.’s staggering settlement in a class-action antitrust lawsuit on Thursday came as a surprise, with more than a little anxiety. The first words that came to mind, he said, were “trepidation” and “confusion.”And he was not alone in feeling unsettled. Interviews, statements and social media posts mere hours after the settlement was announced showed that many were uncertain and concerned about what the future of collegiate sports holds.

Persons: Brent Jacquette, Jacquette, ’, Phil DiStefano, Rick George Organizations: University of Colorado Locations: Pennsylvania, University of Colorado Boulder

☆ The N.C.A.A.’s Landmark Athlete-Pay Settlement, Explained
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Billy Witz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

and the major athletic conferences agreed on Thursday night to a $2.8 billion settlement of a class-action antitrust lawsuit by college athletes, it was a pivotal moment in the long history of college sports. agreed to allow colleges and universities to pay athletes directly for playing sports, through revenue sharing plans. Here’s what we know about the settlement and its possible impact. How is this settlement different from other lawsuits and decisions over pay for student athletes? An earlier decision three years ago permitted college athletes to make money on their own by marketing their names and images individually.

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: That college sports association just agreed to a $2.8 billion class-action settlement that, if approved by a judge in California, would pay student athletes after a century of deeming them amateurs. and its member institutions allowing athletes to make money from sports programs that have made millions for their schools. Starting in the fall of 2025, schools could have about $20 million a year to pay their student athletes. payments, giving student athletes a big stream of revenue. And in March, the Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to unionize, adding potentially more pressure on universities to pay athletes.

Persons: It’s Organizations: Dartmouth men’s Locations: California, Southeastern, Atlantic Coast ,

☆ Decades in the Making, a New Era Dawns for the N.C.A.A.: Paying Athletes Directly
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-23 | by ( Billy Witz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Since its founding, the N.C.A.A. has operated with a business model that defined the college athlete as an amateur. But the N.C.A.A.’s $2.8 billion settlement on Thursday night in a class-action antitrust lawsuit represents the heaviest blow — and perhaps a decisive one — to that system. If approved by a U.S. district judge in California, the settlement would allow for the creation of the first revenue-sharing plan for college athletics, a landmark shift in which schools would directly pay their athletes for playing. This sea change, though, also carries its own questions, according to critics.

Organizations: U.S Locations: California

☆ With Caitlin Clark in Town, All Eyes Were on Brooklyn
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Sandra E. Garcia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Some of the raucous crowd was there to watch Caitlin Clark — the Fever’s wunderkind rookie — play her first professional game in New York City, some were Liberty fans, and more than a few seemed to be there to cheer for both sides. There were celebrities sitting courtside, like Billie Jean King, Jason Sudeikis, Megan Rapinoe and the actress Amy Ryan. And there was basketball royalty in the building as well, including Sue Bird, Pau Gasol and Dawn Staley, the coach of the South Carolina women’s basketball team that beat Ms. Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes in this year’s N.C.A.A. tournament final. Every time the Jumbotron flashed one of the famous faces, the crowd seemed to get even more electric.

Persons: Caitlin Clark —, —, Billie Jean King, Jason Sudeikis, Megan Rapinoe, Amy Ryan, Sue Bird, Pau Gasol, Dawn Staley Organizations: Barclays Center, New York Liberty, Indiana, Liberty, Carolina women’s, Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes Locations: New York City

☆ Who Are Key Players in the Menendez Case?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Tracey Tully | Benjamin Weiser | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Who Are Key Players in the Menendez Case? Mr. Menendez goes to trial on May 13 with two of the businessmen, Fred Daibes and Wael Hana. Fred Daibes New Jersey Real Estate Developer Mr. Daibes is accused of giving Mr. Menendez furniture, gold and cash. Nadine Menendez Mr. Menendez’s Wife Ms. Menendez served as a go-between for Mr. Menendez, Egyptian intelligence officials and men who were seeking political favors from the senator, according to the indictment. Defense LawyersAdam Fee Lawyer for Robert Menendez He previously spent five years as a prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District — the same office prosecuting Mr. Menendez.

Persons: Menendez, Robert Menendez, Nadine Menendez, Mr, Fred Daibes, Wael Hana, Menendez's, Daibes, Nadine Menendez Mr, Menendez’s, Ms, Jose Uribe, Uribe, Uribe's, Sidney H, Stein, Bill Clinton, Jennifer Shah, Hassan Nemazee, Damian Williams, Williams, President Biden, Sam Bankman, Fried, Juan Orlando Hernández, Christina Clark, Clark, Charles McGonigal, Catherine Ghosh, Eli Mark, Paul Monteleoni, Robert Hadden, Lara Pomerantz, Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, Norman Seabrook, Daniel Richenthal, Sheldon Silver, Michael Avenatti, Adam Fee, Fee, Avi Weitzman, Lawrence Lustberg Organizations: Democrat, Robert Menendez New Jersey, Senate Foreign Relations, Jersey Real, EG, Prosecutors, United, Jose Uribe Former New, Benz, U.S, Southern, of, Democratic, Attorney, Southern District of, ex, Public, New, New York City Housing Authority, Justice Department, Southern District’s, New York State Assembly, Nike . Defense, Southern District Locations: New Jersey, Manhattan, Jersey, Egypt, Qatar, United States, Jose Uribe Former New Jersey, of New York, Southern District, Southern District of New York, Russian, New York City, Brooklyn, Columbia, New York, U.S, California

☆ The Rise of Sports Betting
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( German Lopez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In the coming days, the country’s best men’s and women’s college basketball teams will clash in the N.C.A.A. For fans, these are some of the biggest events of the year — a chance to see the best young athletes in the highest-stakes games. They are also some of the most lucrative events for sports betting apps. Six years ago, sports betting was illegal under federal law. Commercial sports betting revenue has increased 12-fold since 2019, as this chart by my colleague Ashley Wu shows:

Persons: Ashley Wu Organizations: American Gaming Association

☆ Eclipse’s Path Is Also Leaving a Trail of High Hotel Prices
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Ben Blatt | More About Ben Blatt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A representative from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the parent company of Super 8, said each Super 8 is an individually operated franchise that sets its own rates. However, all franchise owners have access to the same revenue management software that they can use to set pricing strategy. The Ritz-Carlton in Dallas is currently listing a two-night stay at $7,600 for Sunday-Tuesday. One week later, the price for a two-night stay will be $1,329. Even Super 8 hotels in Glendale, Ariz., the site of the men’s N.C.A.A.

Persons: Thelma Diller, “ I’ve, ”, “ Organizations: Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Ritz, Carlton, Masters Locations: Dallas, Glendale, Ariz, Augusta , Ga, Augusta, Malvern , Ark

☆ In the Magnificence of Iowa’s Glow, Albany Catches Some Shade
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Claire Fahy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes watched the clock wind down on their Elite Eight victory in Albany, N.Y., on Monday night, a sarcastic aside suddenly brought unwanted attention to the host city. “Good luck finding something to do in Albany,” she said. In a game that featured 36 fouls, those eight words may have landed the toughest blow. Almost 14,000 fans packed the MVP Arena on Monday, and even more traveled from around the country to crowd Albany’s hotels and restaurants over the weekend to see some of the greatest women’s college basketball teams compete. star who played for the University of Connecticut, later apologized, writing on social media that she was familiar with Albany, having spent a number of weekends there to coach her children’s sports teams.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Clark, Rebecca Lobo, Lobo Organizations: Iowa Hawkeyes, Iowa, ESPN, University of Connecticut Locations: Albany, N.Y, New York’s, ”

☆ L.S.U.’s Kim Mulkey Courts Controversy With Style
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The smog of a Washington Post exposé may have been hanging over Kim Mulkey’s head during the L.S.U. game on Saturday afternoon, but the highest paid coach in women’s collegiate basketball wasn’t going to hide. tournament, she had given a news conference threatening a lawsuit about the article, thus calling to attention to it. In part because there she was, running up and down the sidelines and screaming her head off. A gleaming pantsuit covered in a jumble of Op Art sequined squiggles, as if Big Bird had met Liberace and they’d teamed up for “Project Runway.”

Persons: Kim Mulkey’s, sequined, Big Bird, Liberace, they’d Organizations: Washington

☆ You Can Bet on Caitlin Clark Making Threes. The N.C.A.A. Isn’t Happy.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Santul Nerkar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

women’s basketball tournament this year, with Caitlin Clark, the sport’s shining superstar, finishing with 27 points to help the Hawkeyes cruise past Holy Cross. On FanDuel, one of the main gambling sites, there is a tab on the main page just for Clark’s games. The wagering is the latest signal of the growing popularity of women’s basketball. According to BetMGM, there have been 2.5 times as many bets placed on women’s basketball as last year. Americans will legally wager $2.7 billion on the men’s and women’s N.C.A.A.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Clark, Angel Reese, BetMGM Organizations: Hawkeyes, American Gaming Association Locations: Iowa, Louisiana

☆ The Many Ways Men’s Sweet 16 Players Are Being Paid
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( David A. Fahrenthold | Billy Witz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

$500 signed basketball Branded vodka and coffee “Buzzer beater” quesadillaThe Many Ways Men’s Sweet 16 Players Are Being PaidThis year’s N.C.A.A. basketball tournament is being played amid a revolutionary change in college sports: The best players are now openly recruited, retained and rewarded with cash. — under pressure from the Justice Department and state legislatures — allowed players to be paid for the use of their “name, image and likeness.” The idea was to let players endorse shoes or sports drinks. (The average men’s basketball player with a collective contract at a top school is paid $63,450, according to Opendorse, a company that processes payments to players from collectives. Every team in the men’s Sweet Sixteen has been touched by this change, which has brought windfalls to players but instability to the college game.

Persons: —, ” —, windfalls Organizations: Justice Department

☆ At Oakland University, Students and Alumni Bask in the N.C.A.A. Spotlight
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Anna Betts | Ryan Patrick Hooper | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Before Thursday night, if you were not familiar with Oakland University, you were not alone. Tournament, were asking if “that Oakland was in California” or the Michigan suburb of Rochester. “If people didn’t know who the Oakland University Golden Grizzlies were before last night, they surely know now,” Mr. Hendley said. For all but perhaps close followers of the university, a brief introduction may be in order: It was created in 1957 through a donation to establish a satellite location for Michigan State University. At first, the campus was known as Michigan State University-Oakland, but in 1970, Oakland became an independent university.

Persons: John Hendley, Melissa, Mr, Hendley Organizations: Oakland University, Oakland, reveled, Oakland University Golden Grizzlies, Michigan State University, Michigan State University - Oakland Locations: Detroit, California, Michigan, Rochester, Florida, Oakland

☆ More Teams in March Madness? Say Goodbye to the Cinderella Stories.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Billy Witz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Greg Sankey, the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, is the ultimate soft power player. Instead, he speaks opaquely, often requiring something like a college sports Kremlinologist to interpret his intentions. constitution and scoffing out of existence the possibility that the SEC would be shut out of the football playoff last season. Recently, he teamed up with the Big Ten commissioner, Tony Petitti, to leverage a deal that will award their conferences about 60 percent of the television revenue for the 12-team College Football Playoff that begins next year, leaving crumbs for everyone else. So, when Sankey told ESPN this month that it was time to rethink the N.C.A.A.

Persons: Greg Sankey, coauthoring, Tony Petitti, Sankey Organizations: Southeastern Conference, SEC, Big, Football, ESPN Locations: Oklahoma, Texas

☆ What Would Paying Student Athletes Look Like?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Joe Nocera | Ephrat Livni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Still, it was the latest example of the pressure the association is under to finally abandon “amateurism” — the N.C.A.A.’s long-held dogma that prevents college athletes from being paid. But that’s an ad hoc system, organized largely by supporters of the athletic department, that allows some athletes to bring in millions while others make nothing. It’s not the same as universities paying athletes they employ. The suit alleges that college athletes have been illegally deprived of any payment for having their names, images and likenesses used in promotional broadcasting that have earned millions for big athletic conferences like the Big Ten. remains stubbornly resistant to settling the antitrust cases against it, the prospect of paying billions in damages might finally bring the organization to the table.

Persons: ” Jay Bilas, you’ve, ” “, ”, Bilas, It’s, Jeffrey Kessler, Kessler Organizations: ESPN, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Dartmouth College men’s

The attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia filed suit on Wednesday against the N.C.A.A., saying the body that regulates college athletics has no right to block the increasingly common practice of wealthy boosters paying to attract top recruits. The suit was filed a day after the disclosure that the N.C.A.A. was investigating the University of Tennessee’s football program for recruiting violations involving a donor group that arranges to pay athletes. The driving force behind that change has been donor collectives, which are groups of alumni and other boosters who donate money that is used to compensate top athletes, sometimes in amounts approaching professional levels. In effect, the collectives pay salaries disguised as endorsements, and they now play a central role in the process of wooing players in football, basketball and other sports.

Organizations: University of Tennessee’s Locations: Tennessee, Virginia

The N.C.A.A. Having the booster group pay for the trip by the quarterback, Nico Iamaleava, would be a violation of N.C.A.A. The inquiry comes after the N.C.A.A. penalized Tennessee for different recruiting violations and signals the N.C.A.A.’s growing concern about the scale and influence of the money being injected into college sports by donor collectives. News of the investigation into Tennessee’s athletic program was first reported by Sports Illustrated.

Persons: —, Nico Iamaleava Organizations: University of Tennessee’s, Sports Illustrated Locations: Tennessee

☆ How to Win More Games Than Anyone
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Glenn Kramon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

T Dawg, as VanDerveer is affectionately called on campus, will get there in 45, with 38 of them at Stanford. She will also do it with a higher winning percentage — about 82 percent of her games versus Krzyzewski’s 77 percent. championships, even though many of the nation’s best women’s basketball athletes can’t play for her because they don’t meet Stanford’s academic standards. Now, collectives of big donors at competing schools are paying large sums to attract and keep athletes not just in football but also in other sports, including women’s basketball. But Stanford donors, affluent as they are, have so far not stepped up as much as those of other schools.

Persons: Tara VanDerveer, Mike Krzyzewski, K Organizations: Stanford, can’t Locations: Duke

☆ Opinion | Are We Looking at George H.W. Biden?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

It breaks your heart, but as Carly Simon sang, there is more room in a broken heart. And yet here we are, atoms with consciousness, each of us a living improbability forged of chaos and dead stars. Flagg’s highlight mixtapes are downright gratuitous — look at him reducing these poor kids into piles of gristle and bone! It should honestly come with a content warning.” (Matthew Dallett, Brooklin, Maine)In The Wall Street Journal, Jason Gay rendered a damning (and furry!) Maybe the dog lies down and chews a big stick.” (Paul Shikany, the Bronx)

Persons: Anne Lamott, Carly Simon, ”, Melissa France, Steve Aldrich, Maria Popova, “, “ Oppenheimer, Jo Radner, James Bennet, Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, Trump, Romney, bankrupting bender, Roger Tellefsen, Luke Winkie marveled, Cooper Flagg, Flagg, Matthew Dallett, Jason Gay, Paul Shikany Organizations: Washington Post, Times, Republicans, Duke basketball, Street Locations: Washington, Flemington, N.J, Minneapolis, Bulgarian, Lovell , Maine, Berwyn, Pa, Brooklin , Maine, Bronx

☆ Walter Davis, Basketball Star With a Velvet Touch, Dies at 69
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Richard Sandomir | More About Richard Sandomir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Walter Davis, whose smooth shooting propelled him to basketball stardom with the University of North Carolina and the Phoenix Suns, but who late in his career struggled with drug addiction, died on Thursday while visiting family in Charlotte, N.C. Davis, a 6-foot-6 forward, played at North Carolina from 1973 to 1977 for Dean Smith, one of the most successful coaches in college history. In one of Davis’s signature games, in March 1974, North Carolina was losing to Duke, 86-78, with 17 seconds left. North Carolina went on to win in overtime, 96-92. “I wasn’t trying to bank it in,” Davis, then a freshman, said afterward.

Persons: Walter Davis, Davis, Dean Smith, Bobby Jones, Phil Ford, Mitch Kupchak, “, ” Davis, ” Organizations: University of North, Phoenix Suns, North, Tar Heels, Duke, After North Locations: University of North Carolina, Charlotte, N.C, North Carolina, After, After North Carolina

The key to recruiting top college football players these days is not just a lavish training facility or a storied coach. The rapid rise of big-dollar payments to student-athletes from so-called donor collectives has emerged as one of the biggest issues in college sports, transforming how players are recruited and encouraging a form of free agency for those looking to transfer. And because many of the groups are set up as charities or with charitable arms that make donations tax-deductible, they are drawing scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service. two years ago to allow payments to student-athletes. While in theory they operate independently of athletic programs, collectives have become deeply embedded in the economics of college sports, offering vast supplements to the scholarships that schools provide.

Organizations: Internal Revenue Service

☆ Opinion | College Sports Is Broken. Here’s What Must Come Next.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Jordan Acker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Many student athletes rarely have the chance to step foot in a classroom, attending their classes online and taking proctored exams in hotel ballrooms near the next game site. Say the Big Ten required its TV partners to share 30 percent of its revenues with its student athletes,. The N.C.A.A.’s rules on revenue sharing are driven by their members; this change will not come from the N.C.A.A.’s home base of Indianapolis, but from leaders at member institutions speaking frankly about the challenges to come. It must also take into account the input of student athletes, who are too often shut out of decisions that directly affect them. Make no mistake, the courts are judging the Big Ten Conference, and the other major N.C.A.A.’ conferences, on their behavior.

Persons: Iowa’s, Kirk Ferentz, Jim Harbaugh, Brett Kavanaugh, Alston, ’ Organizations: College, University of Michigan, University of Oregon, Delta Airlines, Big Ten Conference, Rutgers, University of Washington, Big, Big Ten Football Locations: Salt Lake City, Seattle, Detroit, London, Michigan, Ann Arbor, Indianapolis, America

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