College football now has more money - and more problems
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 20 December 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
This weekend, the 2024 College Football Playoff kicks off, featuring more teams, more storylines and a lot more money than ever before. Today on the show, how we got to this moment in college sports, and what could be next.
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In 2021, amateur athletes won the right to profit off sponsorships using their name, image and likeness or NIL). Now, some college football players are able to ink million-dollar endorsement deals with shoe brands and insurance companies. This has led to sweeping changes in college athletics, from how players are recruited to whom teams play against.
Guest host Ava Wallace talks to sports columnist Jerry Brewer and Jesse Dougherty, a reporter covering the business of college sports. They talk about the development of NIL, how conference realignment shaped the 2024 season and what the future could hold for amateur athletics.
Today’s show was produced by Lucas Trevor and edited by Maggie Penman. It was mixed by Ted Muldoon.
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| 0:00.0 | I want to start by playing some audio of Charles Huff, who was the head coach of the Marshall University football team this past season. |
| 0:08.1 | Before a game against Ohio State, he jokingly tried to lure in any potential transfers. |
| 0:13.9 | I would love to have some of those guys from Ohio State, too. |
| 0:16.3 | So if they want to transfer her on down, we've got a Tudor's Biscuit, N-I-L, all you can eat. |
| 0:25.4 | So if any of those guys that run really, really fast at Ohio State, like Tudor's Biscuits, |
| 0:30.6 | I promise you, all you can eat all day if you transfer here. |
| 0:36.1 | I had never heard of Tudor's Biscuits before, but Jesse, it did get me wondering, |
| 0:40.8 | what, if anything, would be an all-you-could-eat-L deal that would convince you to go and play for |
| 0:46.9 | Marshall? |
| 0:47.4 | Oh, man. |
| 0:50.0 | Chicken tenders? |
| 0:51.5 | Just any chicken tender? |
| 0:53.0 | No. |
| 0:54.3 | Tell these chicken tenders from Syracuse where I'm sorry, first of all. |
| 0:56.5 | Tell these chicken tenders from Syracuse where I went to school. |
| 0:56.8 | Okay. |
| 0:58.7 | Well, we've got a 12-year-old with us. |
| 1:08.8 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. |
| 1:10.1 | I'm Ava Wallace. |
| 1:11.3 | I write the Sports Moment newsletter, and I am your guest host today. It is Friday, December 20th. Today I'm talking |
| 1:16.7 | with sports columnist Jerry Brewer and Jesse Doherty, who covers the business of college sports |
| 1:20.7 | for us. We're talking about college football. The playoffs start tonight and the sport looks |
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