Senator Chris Murphy, who’s been looking into the NCAA’s rules against paying student-athletes, is issuing a report today called Madness, Inc.: How is everyone getting rich off college sports—except the players. He thinks something needs to be done, but knows there’s a built-in reluctance for many of his peers.
“When it comes up in casual conversation, I get a lot of nodding heads,” Murphy said. “That being said, the Power Five is the Power Five. The majority of senators have a school that belongs to a Power Five conference. There’s always been a little hesitancy here in taking on the college sports complex.”
How much of that is power taking care of the powerful and how much of it comes from having a direct rooting interest? I have no idea, but note this comment from Murphy in the same article: “I follow recruiting pretty closely…” That may be the first time I’ve ever heard anyone in Congress admit that. Some enterprising marketer at Sports247 or Rivals ought to promote that. I mean, since student-athletes can’t…
Nothing says free market like legislative corruption, oops meant, action.
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Somehow I can see the congressman getting a paying gig talking about croot’n while still leaving the players out to dry and he would never think twice about it.
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