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The Early Days of College Football and the NCAA Demonstrated that the English Model of Amateurism was a Bad Fit for the United States
The NCAA's notion of Amateurism came from Victorian England and never really fit the athletic model of the United States.
Mark Schipper
Sep 27, 2024


Yale's JJ Hogan Was An Early Name, Image, & Likeness (NIL) Star In College Football
The colleges were making lucrative financial deals with elite football players long before Name, Image, and Likeness existed.
Mark Schipper
Aug 29, 2024


Red Grange, the Iceman, Helped Make the NFL Cool while Showing College Athletes How to Turn Pro
Red Grange of the University of Illinois, known equally well as the Wheaton Iceman and the Galloping Ghost, was turning pro.
Mark Schipper
Aug 27, 2021


Fear Came for College Football: NCAA's TV Takeover Created Conditions for Conference Re-Alignment
By Mark Schipper Within the next four years, whenever the universities of Texas and Oklahoma are allowed to fly from the Big 12 and...
Mark Schipper
Jul 30, 2021
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