In the five years since student athletes have been allowed to earn money, college sports have become a chaotic and murky marketplace where players can move from team to team chasing a payday.
Stewart Mandel of The Athletic explains why, this week, Washington decided to step in.
Guest: Stewart Mandel, the editor in chief of college football for The Athletic and a host of its college football podcast “The Audible.”
Background reading:
- The Protect College Sports Act wants to fix college sports. Here’s what it actually targets.
- Does your college football roster cost $8 million or $50 million? Read The Athletic’s report on 68 teams.
- Here’s how the football programs blow past limits on what they can pay players.
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