Bubba Cunningham Calls for Collective Bargaining in College Sports

Posted May 2, 2025
UNC athletics director Bubba Cunningham can be counted among the prominent NCAA administrators who support the idea of a collective bargaining model for college sports. He effectively made the call for implementing such a system on the school's recent Carolina Insider podcast with Jones Angell and Adam Lucas. (Inside Carolina)

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