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Florida’s Billy Napier, Todd Golden, SEC coaches voice concern with sports betting’s prevalence

When sports betting eventually becomes legal in Florida, the Gators do not expect to be blindsided.

Orlando Sentinel

John Clay: The NCAA is trying to force a legal showdown on NIL. Its strategy is shaky.

Apparently weary of waiting on Congress to clean up its mess, the NCAA has reportedly finally taken action on name, image and likeness. In true NCAA fashion, the action doesn’t appear rooted in reality.

Tribune News Service

New NCAA president Charlie Baker calls for uniform NIL contracts

ORLANDO, Fla. — As a lifelong politician, Charlie Baker knows the importance of remaining connected to your constituents. So during his first 100 days as president of the NCAA, Baker traveled around the country, visiting as many college conferences as possible.

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NCAA President Sides With IRS on ‘Ruling’ About NIL Collectives

NIL collectives were dealt a potentially massive blow by the IRS last week, and Charlie Baker warns stricter guidelines for the nonprofits could be on the way.

Sports Illustrated

College Sports Leaders Play Both Sides of the Aisle in an NIL Pitch Process That’s Turned Political

Some of the biggest names in SEC sports have encouraged lawmakers to pass federal legislation around athlete compensation. How influential were the recent meetings? It depends on who you ask.

Sports Illustrated

College Football’s Biggest Names Land in D.C. for Talks on Athlete Compensation

Nick Saban and others are set to meet with lawmakers after the California State Assembly passed a bill requiring athlete revenue sharing for its D1 schools—thrusting issues like NIL into the spotlight.

Sports Illustrated

NCAA survey shows 58% of 18- to 22-year-olds are wagering; athlete-only study is set for fall

An NCAA-commissioned survey of 18- to 22-year-olds shows more than half acknowledged placing sports wagers and two-thirds of those who live on college campuses saying they engage in betting

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NCAA President Charlie Baker Continues to Push for NIL Legislation With Lawmakers

There is growing bipartisan support for a federal bill to help provide more oversight around name, image and likeness.

Sports Illustrated

Gov. Maura Healey (D) ends COVID-19 public health emergency and vaccine mandate in Massachusetts (2023)

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) on March 15, 2023, announced that Massachusetts’ COVID-19 state public health emergency will end on May 11, 2023, to align with the end of the federal public health emergency. The governor also announced that on May 11 she plans to rescind state Executive Order 595,…

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NCAA Faces New Multimillion Dollar Lawsuit

Less than a day after the doors closed on March Madness, college athletics’ governing body was handed a new legal battle from the firms behind the Alston Supreme Court case.

Sports Illustrated

Luke DeCock: NCAA celebrates basketball amid epochal change, but football pulls strings in the shadows

HOUSTON — The Final Four has taken over Houston, where even the light rail trains are wrapped in the NASA-inspired logo, alongside the logo of one of the NCAA’s “corporate champions,” of course. It’s the same thing in Dallas, where all of the signage at both airports leaves no traveler…

Tribune News Service

NCAA President Says Committee Will ‘Start Talking’ About Basketball Tournament Expansion

Charlie Baker spoke on various topics during Final Four weekend, including NIL legislation, the state of the women’s tournament and transfer rules.

Sports Illustrated

Charles Barkley and the NCAA are missing the point when it comes to the big problem with NIL deals

The thing is only one of them is being willfully obtuse

USA Today Sports Media Group

Charles Barkley Slams NCAA President’s Idea to Talk To Politicians About NIL

"Those people are awful people."

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Notre Dame AD Says NCAA Could Break Apart Without Stronger NIL Guidelines

Jerry Swarbrick suggests to SI that the years-long splintering of the association will reach extremes, with rich, like-minded college programs breaking away.

Manchester Evening News

Teenage influencer makes £90k in THREE DAYS

Charlie Baker, 16, has dreams of getting 'Kardashian level big' with his businesses

Boston Herald

Mass. governor ending COVID-19 public-health emergency, vaccine mandate in May

BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is ending the state’s COVID-19 public-health emergency and vaccine mandate on May 11, coinciding with the feds’ corresponding move.

The Independent UK

Online betting begins in sports-crazed Massachusetts

Massachusetts sports fans raced to their cell phones Friday to begin placing bets as the state allowed online sports wagering just days ahead of tipoff of the NCAA Tournament next week

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New NCAA President Says This Is the Top Issue to Solve in College Sports

As he officially begins his post Wednesday, Charlie Baker outlines his first 100 days in office.

Sports Illustrated

Sources: Florida NIL Amendment to Give Schools More Power

The state is following others who have changed or repealed their NIL laws.

WEKU

'Who the hell would want this job?' Not NCAA President Mark Emmert, apparently

NCAA President Mark Emmert is stepping down from his position amid a turbulent time for the organization.

Boston Herald

Joe Battenfeld: Charlie Baker about to confront heated debate over transgender athletes

Former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will be walking into a buzzsaw of controversy over transgender athletes in his new job as head of the NCAA.

Sports Illustrated

College Sports’ Rapid Winds of Change Blow Through the Big Ten

Former commissioner Kevin Warren led the conference through a momentous three years, but his exit adds another moving part to the volatile college sports landscape.

Tribune News Service

Andrew Carter: What’s next for college sports in 2023? Realignment, NIL and the search for stability.

College athletics changed incrementally for a long time. And then, in the past couple of years, it has changed all at once. Name, image and likeness rights, better known as “NIL,” have entered the college sporting lexicon. So has the phrase “the transfer portal.” A couple of years ago, neither…

The Independent UK

Massachusetts' anti-Trump GOP governor ends time in office

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is wrapping up an easily-won second term as chief executive and anti-Trump Republican

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