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October 24, 2023
Matt Ford
The NCAA’s Plot to Protect Its Riches From Labor Unions
Now that the Supreme Court has upended the labor landscape of amateur sports, the college athletics cartel looks to lawmakers for help.
August 25, 2023
Matt Ford
The One Thing the Supreme Court Got Right: Blowing Up College Sports
The NCAA’s hold on its lucrative status quo looks more vulnerable than ever, two years after the high court ruled against it.
January 7, 2022
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Timothy Noah
The National Labor Relations Board Is Finally Doing Its Job
Jennifer Abruzzo, the NLRB’s general counsel, is making sure Biden’s pro-union agenda actually gets enforced.
June 23, 2021
Timothy Noah
Dismantle the NCAA
As higher education goes broke, expensive sports teams are a luxury that colleges can’t afford.
June 21, 2021
Alex Shephard
The NCAA Is Screwed
The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in NCAA v. Alston has put the end of the organization’s exploitation of college athletes in sight.
August 4, 2020
Nick Martin
The College Athletes Who Refuse to Die for the NCAA
With nobody else looking out for them, college athletes are banding together and taking a stand against the cash-happy league.
March 30, 2017
Sukjong Hong
North Carolina replaces its transgender bathroom bill for the love of ... college basketball.
September 13, 2016
Sarah Jones
The NCAA has declared loud and clear that bigotry has a price tag.
March 21, 2016
Alex Shephard
The March Madness counterrevolution is on.
March 9, 2016
Adam Peck
If your team doesn’t make the NCAA tournament this year, blame Cinderella.
January 27, 2016
Adam Peck
Donald Trump might have just run afoul of the one thing more stubborn than himself: the NCAA.
September 3, 2015
Andy Schwarz
Let the Market Solve the College Sports Problem
September 2, 2015
Theodore Ross
Cracking the Cartel
Don’t pay NCAA football and basketball players.
May 15, 2015
Adam Nathaniel Peck
The Hypocrisy of College Sports Drug Policies, in Two News Stories
November 1, 2014
Brando Simeo Starkey
College Sports Aren't Like Slavery. They're Like Jim Crow.
October 24, 2014
Jason Zengerle
The UNC Scandal Exposes the "Student-Athlete" Lie Once and For All
October 3, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Player Concussions Aren't Just Football's Problem—They're Society's, Too
March 28, 2014
Marc Tracy
Mitch McConnell Bleeds Red. Why Can’t He Admit It?
An only-in-Kentucky college basketball gaffe reveals the senator’s true problem
March 26, 2014
Marc Tracy
College Football Players Are Employees, Says Chicago NLRB
March 26, 2014
Marc Tracy
Three Legal Issues That Could Derail the Blockbuster NCAA Lawsuit
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