The Man Who Beat the NCAA

The Nod

Gimlet

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Eric talks with Ed O’Bannon, a former professional basketball player whose landmark lawsuit forced a national conversation on whether the NCAA should pay college athletes. It’s a conversation with massive implications for the thousands of unpaid Black athletes whose work makes millions of dollars for their colleges. Strangely, all this started with a video game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Gimlett Media, this is The Nod, a podcast about black culture from Blackness's biggest
0:10.4	fans.
0:11.4	I'm Eric Kennedy.
0:15.5	When I was a kid, I spent most after news at my best friend, John's house.
0:19.4	It was a logical choice.
0:20.6	He had a massive TV.
0:22.9	He always had the latest video game, consoles, and the latest video games.
0:28.2	So after school, we'd race back to his house.
0:30.4	We'd hop on the couch and fire up whatever sports game he had on deck, usually like NBA
0:35.6	live or EA sports, ACA basketball.
0:39.5	Get out of the way, baby.
0:42.1	That was absolutely sensational.
0:45.9	Both teams looking to get things going here.
0:48.0	And if I'm being honest, due to some very bad hand-eye coordination, I actually lost
0:53.1	most days, too, John.
0:55.2	But it's the journey, not the destination.
0:58.6	That's how I feel about it.
1:00.4	It was my thing.
1:01.4	And the only thing that broke up our routine was leaving for college.
1:05.8	So years later, maybe 2010, I was shocked when I got this call from John.
1:11.0	He's like, yo, can you believe it?
1:13.2	They canceled the NCAA basketball games.
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