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College Athletes
November 11, 2019
The NCAA has faced pressure for years to relax its rules on whether or not college athletes can be monetarily compensated beyond their scholarships. The organization brings in around a billion dollars a year and employs some of the highest-paid coaches in sports, professional or otherwise. Critics say if there is money to be made by the athletes themselves, they should be allowed to do so, under certain circumstances.
Now the NCAA is moving to allow players to profit off of their name, image and likeness. We talk with a professor of economy, a representative of Division I student-athletes, and others to learn what these changes might mean for college athletes across the country.
We also talk to the founding dean of a special graduate school dedicated to teacher diversity and teacher retention, about what can be done to keep more teachers teaching.
Guests:
Samantha Horton
Business Reporter, Indiana Public Broadcasting
Josh Boyd
Professor of Communication, Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University
Jared Pincin
Associate Professor of Economics, The King’s College in New York
Morgan Chall
Division 1 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Chair
Dr. Carlotta Cooprider
Dean Fellow at Relay Graduate School of Education