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College Sports
the national interest
Aug. 9, 2023
College Sports Is a Failed Experiment in Anarcho-capitalism
The NCAA has all the money and none of the sense.
By
Jonathan Chait
sports
Aug. 4, 2022
Tuberville and Manchin Offer to Fix the College-Sports Money Mess
Federal legislation on player compensation is needed. But maybe the effort should be led by lawmakers who aren’t so closely aligned with coaches.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Dec. 1, 2021
Socialize College Sports
Universities need to take their athletics back from the free market.
By
Jonathan Chait
games
Aug. 24, 2021
College Football Is the Wild West Now
As a new season kicks off, it’s clear that the Supreme Court–weakened NCAA isn’t really in charge anymore.
By
Will Leitch
games
June 21, 2021
The NCAA Looks Like a Dead Organization Walking
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, of all people, has stuck a dagger into college sports’ unjust business model.
By
Will Leitch
games
May 11, 2021
States Are Starting to Fix the NCAA — For the Wrong Reasons
Competition, not morality, is driving legislation that allows college athletes to make some money.
By
Will Leitch
games
Dec. 8, 2020
How Sports Leagues Are Gearing Up for Another Weird Season
Everyone is hoping for vaccine-enabled normalcy in 2021, but some sports are better positioned than others to wait things out.
By
Will Leitch
games
Mar. 15, 2019
The Varsity Blues Scam Shows Paying Athletes Is Cheaper Than Bribing Coaches
What’s surprising about the college admissions scandal is the going price for college admissions.
By
Will Leitch
Mar. 31, 2018
How to Pay College Athletes Without Ruining NCAA Sports
Less marketization, more protection for overworked athletes.
By
Jonathan Chait
Sept. 27, 2017
Everything You Need to Know About the FBI’s College Basketball Investigation
The feds have exposed the bribery and corruption in the “dark underbelly of college basketball.”
By
Adam K. Raymond
college sports
Sept. 15, 2016
UNH Is Spending a Big Donation From a Library Employee on Its Football Stadium
But don’t worry: University administrators are sure that, by the end of his life, he knew what football was.
By
Jesse Singal
the national interest
Mar. 31, 2016
Women Soccer Players Deserve Equal Pay. So Do Female College Athletes.
Joe Nocera only wants to pay the male athletes. Why’s that fair?
By
Jonathan Chait
Mar. 18, 2016
Joe Nocera on Why the NCAA Is Like Enron
His book
Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA
came out last month.
By
Gabriel Sherman
the national interest
Jan. 11, 2016
To Save College Sports, Have Less Free Marketization, Not More
Joe Nocera’s plan would make college sports more cruel. Here’s how to make it more fair.
By
Jonathan Chait
college sports
Aug. 17, 2015
Football Players at Northwestern Barred From Unionizing
The National Labor Relations Board decided to keep the status quo intact.
By
Jaime Fuller
the sports section
Apr. 20, 2014
Leitch: Can College Sports Survive Collective Bargaining?
College athletics very well might be unfixable; you might have to burn down the whole village.
By
Will Leitch
Feb. 3, 2014
How Unions Can Save College Sports
Not a threat, but a salvation.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Aug. 28, 2013
Markets Are Not the Solution to the NCAA’s Problems
A reply to the cynics.
By
Jonathan Chait