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  • Think NIL blew up college sports? California is going for the knockout with new bill

    05/18/2022 11:34:32 AM PDT · by Nifty · 54 replies
    LA TImes ^ | May 16, 2022 | By J. Brady McCollough
    ..........The amount owed to each athlete would be the half of the sport’s total revenue minus the team’s total student grant-in-aid package divided by the number of players. For instance, each USC football player could make upwards of $200,000 a year. Think about taking $15 million to $20 million that currently has been used to reinvest in football resources and to fund the rest of the athletic department and transferring it to football players, and it’s easy to see why administrators are getting ready for a fight.
  • MMA fighter learns the hard way that you should never dance in the middle of a fight

    02/19/2017 10:01:53 AM PST · by EveningStar · 22 replies
    SB Nation ^ | February 18, 2017 | Nick Pants
    Have you ever wondered what happens to a fighter when he spontaneously breaks out in dance in the middle of an MMA fight? In Saturday’s British Challenge Mixed Martial Arts (BCMMA) 18 event, Joe Harding attempted to taunt Johan Segas in this manner, and it ended just as you would expect.