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Multiple-transfer athletes can play next fall while a lawsuit continues, the NCAA says

4:00pm March 14, 2024

by John Raby, Associated Press

With college basketball’s portal season about to tip off, athletes who have transferred multiple times can compete in the next academic year if they meet conditions while a lawsuit continues agains

Duke's Kyle Filipowski (30) drives against North Carolina's Armando Bacot

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper rescinds 2021 executive order setting NIL guidelines in the state

11:04am March 11, 2024

by Associated Press

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper rescinded an executive order from 2021 on Friday that established guidelines for allowing college athletes to profit from their fame.

Rutgers guard Geo Baker, seen here last month, is one of the college basketball players leading a protest against the NCAA's rules preventing players from profiting from their own name, image and likeness.

Before March Madness, College Athletes Declare They Are #NotNCAAProperty

4:43pm March 18, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

"Players ISOLATED entire year to help make this tournament happen," tweeted Rutgers senior Geo Baker. "NCAA: rewarded w/ $900 million. Players: rewarded w/ free deodorant and small boxed meals."

Troyce Manassa #4 of the Savannah State Tigers shoots a layup against the Memphis Tigers at FedExForum in Memphis in 2016.

Challenging The NCAA: HBCUs Say No More Discrimination In Academic Rules

12:56pm December 11, 2020

by Tom Goldman

Lawyers filed a lawsuit against NCAA on Thursday over its system to enforce academic performance, which allegedly discriminates against Black athletes and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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Attacker Katie Hoeg, center, is a senior on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill women's lacrosse team. She is hoping to continue playing for the Tarheels after graduating this spring.

With College Sports Shut Down, NCAA Hopes To Give Senior Athletes A 2nd Chance

10:49am March 20, 2020

by Tom Goldman

Student athletes normally are ineligible to continue playing after graduation. But with college careers cut short by the coronavirus, the NCAA may allow Division 1 seniors to play next year.

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Texas A&M is holding an auction and a lottery to determine who can stay at a new hotel that's being built across from the school's football stadium. Here, the facility is seen in an artist's rendering.

Gig 'Em: $100,000 Will Let Texas A&M Fans Sleep In Hotel Across From Stadium

3:34pm November 07, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Football fans who pay for first dibs on rooms in a new luxury hotel get another perk: the money is tax deductible, as a gift to the school.

NCAA Will Require Athletes And Coaches To Complete Sexual Violence Education

5:36pm August 10, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

In the wake of a series of sexual assault allegations, college athletes, coaches and athletics administrators at NCAA member schools must now complete annual training in preventing such attacks.

Court Rules Against Paying College Athletes

5:11pm September 30, 2015

by Laura Wagner

A federal appeals court in California upheld a lower court's decision that profiting from athletes' likenesses violated antitrust laws, but vacated a plan that would pay them up to $5,000 per year.