In 2020, will your favorite college football team still exist?
Posted Apr 7, 2014
Currently, there are 120 universities playing NCAA Division I football. If the Northwestern decision is upheld, many schools will drop the sport because they won’t be able to afford it, meaning that fewer jobs will be available at major universities for our young star. Indeed, by 2020, it is possible that only 50 to 60 schools will participate in a system in which they must negotiate working conditions with a union representing football players.
(Washington Post)
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