Evolving Madness: The Effects of NIL and the Transfer Portal on College Basketball
Justin Loretz Staff Writer March Madness has always been about, well, just that: madness—buzzer beaters, bracket busters, and Cinderella stories
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NIL: How College Athletes are Seizing Opportunity and Stirring Debate
In June of 2021 a groundbreaking move was made that saw the NCAA altering its longstanding rules, granting college athletes the right to profit off their own name, image, and likeness (NIL).
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Female Athletes Are Emerging as Big Winners in the NIL Era
Since the NIL era began in July 2021, the NCAA has surged into a frenzy of endorsements for college athletes at all divisions of play. However, there has been a result of this new era that many did not expect to happen. Female athletes are recognized to be better suited for many endorsement deals and have been coming out on top compared to male athletes.
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NCAA To Adopt Replacement Teams as Needed for March Madness
his past year has been full of never-before-seen changes in the sports world, and this year’s edition of March Madness will be no different. With a plethora of college basketball games being cancelled during the season due to either COVID cases or contact tracing, coaches and teams across the country were wondering how the virus would impact the schedule of the tournament.
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NCAA Looking to Consolidate March Madness into Single Location for 2021
With the NCAA Men’s Division One basketball league resuming play amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, some changes had to be put in place. The biggest of those proposed changes is to confine the NCAA March Madness Tournament into one neutral location.
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