Did the Supreme Court Just Kill the NCAA?

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Joel Meyer

Sports, Sports News, News

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss NBA injuries, Kevin Durant’s heroics, and Ben Simmons’ struggles. Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern also joins to assess the Supreme Court’s decision in NCAA v. Alston. Finally, David Epstein talks about distance runner Shelby Houlihan, who claims her positive drug test came from eating a burrito. NBA (3:14): What does the data say about NBA injuries? And what happened to the Nets and Sixers? Alston v. NCAA (24:13): Does this week’s unanimous ruling put the college sports business model in peril? Houlihan (46:50): The case against the American track star, and why she might be telling the truth. Afterball (66:33): Stefan on the on-field death of NFL player Chuck Hughes. Podcast production by Margaret Kelley. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.6	Hi, I'm Josh Levine, slates national Editor, and this is hanging up and listen for the week of June 21st, 2021.
0:47.0	On this week show, we're going to talk about whether the NBA is to blame for all the injuries in this year's playoffs.
0:54.1	And we'll look at what happened with Kevin Durant and Ben Sentence.
0:58.3	Slates Mark Joseph Stern will also join us to assess the Supreme Court's decision in NCAA versus
1:05.0	Alston, a unanimous ruling against the college sports business model.
1:09.9	An author David Epstein will be here to assess the strange case of Shelby
1:14.4	Houlahan, the American distance runner who claimed she tested positive for
1:18.7	a steroid because of a burrito. I'm in Washington DC..C. I'm the author of the Queen, the host of
1:24.9	Slowburn at season four. Also in D.C. Stephen Fatsus, author of the book's
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1:33.0	And with us from Palo Alto,
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