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Bernie's Time Machine: Should College Athletes Be Paid?

What the debate looked like a decade ago.

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Bernard Goldberg
Jul 31, 2025
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“They say they’re employees.”

As a result of a recent legal settlement, NCAA college athletes can now be paid directly by the schools they attend (through revenue sharing). This was a big change from the old rules, in which compensation for these students came in the form of scholarships (and some limited NIL deals), but the idea had been around for some…

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