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A Celtics Flop, Best Oscar Story Lines, Planning the Olympics, and the Fall of College Sports With Matthew Belloni and Casey Wasserman

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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Challenges of Paying College Players as Employees

Paying college players as employees could lead to players forming unions and having collective bargaining agreements, which could cause financial strain on universities. The arms race in college sports extends beyond Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) to facilities, coach salaries, infrastructure, and team expenses. This has created a system without salary caps or contracts, where coaches must ensure they cater to the best interests of players, even if it may not align with the team's best interests.

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