After more than a century of advocating for student-athletes to go unpaid, the NCAA appears to be making a U-turn and diving headlong into what could be described as unfettered capitalism in college football.
NCAA President Charlie Baker is proposing the creation of a new FBS subdivision that would give college football's elite a greater ability to compensate their athletes.
Multiple reports say Baker — the former governor of Massachusetts — is proposing revisions that would allow schools to pay their athletes directly.
Under current rules, athletes can only be compensated by schools in the form of scholarships and all money for their name, image and likeness (NIL) must be managed through a collective not directly owned by the school.
But Baker's proposals will allow schools to invest money in a trust fund for “at least half of the institution's eligible student-athletes” and will allow schools to enter into NIL deals directly with athletes.
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The NCAA is proposing radical changes that would pay college football players more