How paying players has changed the game for college athletes
CBS America · 10 days ago
CBS America
10 days ago
College athletes have been allowed to financially benefit from their name, image and likeness since 2021. Nearly five years later, the athletics landscape looks completely different. Joe Nocera, a senior editor and writer for The Free Press, joins with more.
Breakdown
- Top four seeds in each region won first round games two years in a row 17s
- NIL era allows athletes to be paid and transfer schools more easily 26s
- Fewer small school upsets and Cinderella stories in recent tournaments 1m 10s
- Players now have agents and can negotiate better NIL deals via transfer portal 1m 29s
- Proposal for contracts to stabilize athlete commitments to schools 3m 37s