If it now feels like not such a big deal to have an openly gay player in pro sports, that just shows how far we’ve come in a short time. nypost.com/2026/05/12/spo…
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Marc Edelman
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Marc Edelman
@MarcEdelman
Tenured Law Professor. Fulbright Scholar. Sports Ethics Director. Attorney. Former Skadden. I write on Antitrust, IP, Higher Ed and Sports. [email protected]
New York, NY and Canberra, ACT Katılım Haziran 2009
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@CofCAD_JoeHull Joe, let’s be really frank for a moment: you like the old system at least *in part* because for nine years you were paid handsomely based partially off the work product of others. It’s natural to like a system that worked well for you. I would too. But that doesn’t make it right
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@MarcEdelman Interesting take. The “side hustle” you describe has been in place for more than 100 years. Rarely called a side hustle. Perhaps an American treasure, unique in all the world, would be a better, more correct description. Its unique structure makes applying antitrust law foolish.
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Since the colleges’ side hustle is commercialized sports, it needs to be regulated as commercialized sports. Exempting it from antitrust and labor laws is not only legally and ethically absurd, but it also places the side hustle at a competitive advantage to the NFL and NBA.
Marc Edelman@MarcEdelman
The so-called problem of college sports, at its heart, boils down to one thing: about 100 not for profit colleges deciding to operate lucrative commercial basketball and football teams as a side hustle. None of the proposed legislative or executive solutions acknowledge this.
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My sincere advice to @realDonaldTrump:
This is an important week for America. We have the war with Iran. We have high-level meetings with China. Anyone who tells you to devote time this week to a college sports antitrust exemption isn't a friend of you or the American interest.
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The so-called problem of college sports, at its heart, boils down to one thing: about 100 not for profit colleges deciding to operate lucrative commercial basketball and football teams as a side hustle. None of the proposed legislative or executive solutions acknowledge this.
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All of a sudden I am seeing many articles purporting there will be an AI crash much like the dot-com crash. I sold all of my Google and Amazon stock before the dot com crash to reduce what I needed in loans for first year of law school. In hindsight, nobody would say I won.
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@dennisdoddcbs Good man. Great writer. Truly missed. And the best we can do is follow in the footsteps of his work.
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This moment screams for John Feinstein.
Marc Edelman@MarcEdelman
For all of their claims that they should be legally treated as “amateur,” #NCAA members keep voting to become more commercial and less educational focused. And, in earnest, they have been voting this way long *before* the reforms to allow athlete pay. cbssports.com/college-basket…
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In the five plus years since COVID, I have found being a professor — to me, the greatest job in the world — has lost a bit of its luster based on how many little conversations that once happened in person moving to email and online paperwork. I hope there’s a path back to social.
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@rickneaton No, because this tournament now has an extra round. More ‘play-in’ teams means more athletes who can theoretically be out of class even longer if these teams advance. Remember this new round is now typically played on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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@MarcEdelman Thank you for clarifying.
If the 8 extra teams would have played in the NIT, aren't the extra missed class days a wash for them?
I understand your point. I'm just trying to quantify the harm compared to 68 teams now.
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For all of their claims that they should be legally treated as “amateur,” #NCAA members keep voting to become more commercial and less educational focused. And, in earnest, they have been voting this way long *before* the reforms to allow athlete pay. cbssports.com/college-basket…
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@rickneaton Another round means more missed class days. It’s not a percentage of schools in the tournament thing: that’s irrelevant.
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@MarcEdelman Please explain why expanding the hoops tourney means NCAA members are "less educational focused." A greater percentage of D1 teams made the tourney in 1985 when it went to 64 teams than will make it with 76 teams. Perhaps members are more education focused now than in 1985.
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@uptonogoodever Not if you use the literal definition of the word “valuable” it wouldn’t.
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@MarcEdelman Wouldn't the answer depend on the values of the organization? If the priority value is money - football success is king. Other values would result in a different answer.
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Literally. all this means (presuming a non-revenue sport is budget neutral after intangibles) is that the starting WR who costs $2,5M per year generates more than $2.5 M in revenue for the school. 🤔
Professor WildUte@TheWildUte
UNC AD Bubba Cunningham was asked a question that should terrify every non-revenue sport in America: "Is a starting WR who costs $2.5M more valuable [to an athletics department] than your men's and women's tennis programs?" The uncomfortable answer — YES.
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Free market competition is a wonderful thing. 🤔
Lisa Scherzer@lisascherzer
Prize money in golf has skyrocketed since the 2022 emergence of LIV Golf, which launched paying unprecedented $25 million purses at every tournament.
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Many #NCAA college football coaches: These are student-athletes, not employees.
Also NCAA college football coaches’ association: Let’s expand season into spring semester, add teams to end of year tourney, reduce athlete education, health and safety. espn.com/college-footba…
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@samcehrlich I love how the horse racing bill got tacked onto the back of a COVID bill. Wondering how many people remember what the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was tacked onto the back of, and by whom.
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Matt picked up on something I picked up on as well -- the relief college sports is asking Congress for is similar to the "relief" the horse racing industry got in HISA. So he asked horse racing stakeholders what they think. Super interesting read.
Matt Stahl@mattstahl97
NEW: College sports power brokers have been begging Congress for a federal takeover in the name of stability The feds did something similar to horse racing several years ago. It has not, in fact, brought stability. "...they’re in for a world of storms.” al.com/sec/2026/05/co…
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