Contracts? Buyouts? Study at 1 school, play for another? Ambitious pitches to revamp college sports

Posted May 13, 2025
As the amateur model of college athletics disintegrates, a handful of unusual ideas have been floated as ways to reign in some of the chaos surrounding the explosion in NIL compensation and a transfer portal that sees thousands of athletes changing schools every season. Whether any of the ideas end up being implemented is unknown. (Associated Press)

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