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Video Games Go Varsity
Should League of Legends, a popular video game, be a varsity sport? An Illinois university thinks so.
Opinion
Regulate, Don't Litigate, Change in College Sports
Antitrust lawsuits could force major (and much-needed) change in commercialized college sports -- but some of the results would be bad for athletes, write Matt Mitten and Steve Ross. Congress should step in instead.
Opinion
The Threat to the NCAA
A year after predicting that big-time college sports is invulnerable to legal challenges, Murray Sperber changes his mind.
Amateurism on Trial
As major antitrust class action involving players' likenesses gets under way, NCAA settles related lawsuit over video game images for $20 million.
Opinion
Professors Need Not Apply
The NCAA's new governance model aims to put college sports on a stronger academic footing -- so, Josephine Potuto wonders, why will faculty members have far less authority in it?
New Hurdles for Tressel
The embattled former football coach now has to fend off campus politics and lead struggling Youngstown State University as president.
Northwestern Union Vote on Hold
The full National Labor Relations Board said it will review a regional decision allowing Northwestern football players to unionize. Today's union vote will proceed, but the ballots will be impounded.
Athletic Autonomy Advances
Under a new governance structure endorsed by Division I leaders, universities in the five biggest conferences would be free to make their own rules to spend more money on athletes, and players and athletic directors would have unprecedented voting rights.