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NCAA overhaul coming: Unions, lawsuits, reforms and more
Soon, the NCAA as we know it will be completely different, due to lawsuits, a player labor push, the organization's own realized need for reform, and so on. Follow along as we learn more. For more on the Ed O'Bannon lawsuit, click here.
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May 8, 2014
The NCAA's 3 economics problems
The NCAA's picture of the potential failure of collegiate athletics isn't just dangerous legal ground. It also wouldn't work in econ class.
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April 25, 2014
Northwestern players have voted. What's next?
A look at the scenarios for the future, along with the controversy surrounding Northwestern's position on the day of the vote.
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April 24, 2014
NCAA reforming, but is it too late?
The NCAA recognizes the need for changes. But after waiting until 2014 to make them, its window of opportunity might have passed.
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April 23, 2014
Arian Foster attacks the NCAA
Editorial note: PFT Commenter's strong takes are presented as PARODY. Sorry. Not sorry. All spelling errors are intentional ... we think.
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April 22, 2014
Why scholarships are not enough
What happens when less-qualified students have to compete against more-qualified students? And what does that imply for those athletes whose academic performance lags even further behind?
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April 21, 2014
What you need to know about major NCAA change
Between the five power conferences likely being able to make their own rules and the flurry of unions, lawsuits, and other court battles, the NCAA has reached the end of an era.
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April 18, 2014
Texas AD doesn't have the facts
We run through all the factual inaccuracies the country's most powerful athletic director presents in his case against NCAA reform.
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April 18, 2014
Mark Emmert's very bad CFL argument
The NCAA president is trying out a new rhetorical tactic. It is flawed.
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April 16, 2014
Analyzing union response to Northwestern appeal
CAPA summed up its arguments Wednesday as the case gets sent to the National Labor Relations Board.
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April 14, 2014
The Title IX excuse is done
Non-revenue sports don't have to be casualties of the new NCAA. But if it's actually all about the money, they will be.
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April 13, 2014
NCAA cites self-proclaimed non-expert Swinney
Has every anti-union quote started to sound familiar? There's a reason why.
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April 11, 2014
Jon Stewart's perfect takedown of NCAA's hypocrisy
The NCAA says athletes compete for the love of the sport. "Yes, the love of the sport. Much like the NCAA broadcasts March Madness for the love of the sport, not for a $10.8 billion contract, which they also love."
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April 10, 2014
Where's all that money going?
College football appears to be generating more money than ever before.
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April 9, 2014
Northwestern announces grounds for NLRB appeal
The university thinks a case involving teaching assistants was not properly applied to this one.
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April 7, 2014
Shabazz Napier: 'We have hungry nights'
Before he played for an NCAA title at UConn, Shabazz Napier talked about how he doesn't always have money for food.
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April 7, 2014
What if Northwestern players refuse the union?
One frequently overlooked detail: Northwestern players aren't in a union yet. They're just allowed to choose whether to join one.
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April 6, 2014
Emmert says union "grossly inappopriate"
Emmert spoke out against the recent labor ruling, but sees a shift soon.
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April 3, 2014
How the union can work *for* Northwestern
Northwestern could fight the player union movement all the way to the end. Or it could negotiate a handful of concessions to players and then reap the benefits.
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April 2, 2014
What NOT to say about the Northwestern union
Wondering about the NLRB's decision on Northwestern football players unionizing? Here's a brief primer, with recommendations for what not to say.
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April 2, 2014
How the union could impact 951 other schools
In all likelihood, it won't be this game-changing for every school. But just to show how many moving parts are in play for the NCAA's hundreds of universities, here's one scenario.
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March 31, 2014
5 college football union scenarios
Will a players' union destroy college football? No. Well, probably not. Well, we'll see.
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March 30, 2014
10 worst lines from a Northwestern union hit piece
The Washington Post's Sally Jenkins wrote something we had to double-check was not parody.
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March 28, 2014
The internet commenter's college football history
Things change. Many things that change get better as they change. This is okay.
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March 27, 2014
The fear of amateurism
The NCAA is excellent at preserving its lucrative status quo and creating new rules. It is not nearly as good at knowing what's in its own best interest.
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March 27, 2014
What the college union win means
Kain Colter and the Northwestern football team can unionize. So what does this mean, and what happens next, for the Wildcats and elsewhere?