By Zayba Chauhdry, Staff Writer The cool fall breeze, fans cheering, and endless excitement filling the air means one thing and one thing only: Football is back. As the new season commences, there is discussion in Congress about the recent legalization of sports gambling in many states, and the potential […]
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Golfers Beware: You Might Be in Danger of These Legal Hazards
By Nick Frost, Executive Editor One of, if not the most, famous athletes born in Pennsylvania passed away over a year ago, Arnold Palmer. Palmer, nicknamed “the King,” once said, “Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same […]
Pay to Play Scandal a Foul on College Sports World
By Joe Baublitz, Staff Writer A dark day in college sports, September 26th saw the FBI charge college coaches and Adidas shoe executives with corruption for bribing coaches and high school athletes. This “pay to play” scandal has fans facing a harsh reality that college sports may not be […]
The Professional Amateur: Challenging the NCAA’s Amateurism Rules
By George Pappas, Staff Writer The craze of March Madness has come to an end. Brackets have been busted. (Mine included; thanks, Duke.) There have been excitement galore. From one of the biggest upsets in the history of women’s sports, Mississippi State ended UConn’s 111-game win streak, and North […]
NCAA Avoids Major Transformation in Amateur Athletics
By Nick Frost, Staff Writer The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) could have been in for a major destabilization of its amateur system — and it was not because of the landmark 2015 Ninth Circuit decision O’Bannon v. NCAA.[1] (The U.S. Supreme Court declined[2] to pick up petitions from […]