College Athletes Are Getting Paid: Now What?

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🗓️ 2 July 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

July 1, 2021 marks a new era in college sports. It’s a day which some believed would never come, because student-athletes are now free to make money off of their name, image, and likeness. Many stars at the collegiate level have already begun to partake in their newfound compensatory freedom, but what will these game changing new laws mean for the collegiate world as a whole? ESPN’s Dan Murphy joins Sarah Spain to answer all of our questions on how schools, players, and fans are being affected by these uncharted waters. Then, Sarah shares her insights on the struggles that Olympic mothers face, as many remain unsure if they are allowed to bring their newborns to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It was just such a crazy moment.
0:09.0	I think that a year ago today, me and Hannah would have no idea that we'd be sitting in this room talking to you guys or signing a deal with Bruce Mobile.
0:17.0	So when we got that deal through the icon source app, it was just such a surreal moment
0:22.3	that I think we will never forget it. That was Haley Cavender, who together with her twin sister
0:28.6	Hannah, star in the back court for the Fresno State Women's Basketball team. The Cavender twins
0:33.9	were among the first student athletes to cash in on the new name, image, and
0:38.9	likeness rules that went into effect yesterday and promised to change college sports as we know it.
0:45.4	Today, ESPN's Dan Murphy breaks down this brave new world and answers all your questions.
0:51.4	What's allowed? What isn't? How are schools angling to get an edge? And just how much
0:56.8	money do the biggest stars stand to make? I'm Sarah Spain. It's Friday, July 2nd. This is ESPN Daily.
1:07.6	Dan Murphy, thanks for taking the time to talk to me today on what is quite literally a historic day in college sports.
1:15.5	Are you hanging in there? I feel like the news is coming fast and furious.
1:19.4	It is drinking out of a fire hose a little bit.
1:22.1	Dan Murphy covers the ongoing changes in the college sports landscape for ESPN.
1:27.0	It's exciting. It's something that people
1:28.5	have been planning for and looking forward to for years, so it's cool to see it finally arrive.
1:33.8	Despite the fact it feels like we've been waiting for this for a long time, there are still
1:37.6	many questions, and we hope you are here today to answer them, because it's the middle of the
1:41.4	afternoon, Thursday, July 1st, and as you wrote in your
1:44.7	piece for ESPN.com, quote, the doors to a new era of college sports officially opened Thursday.
1:51.1	That's because, for the first time, all NCAA athletes are now able to make money from a wide
1:56.7	variety of business ventures without losing their eligibility. So I want you to walk us through
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