In the rapidly changing, chaotic climate of collegiate sport in the USA, we are privileged to be agents of Christ’s peace, perspective, and comforting presence. Let's lean into this situation.
Here's a excerpt from an article recently posted in Slate.com describing the
NCAA and all of college sport's dilemma. The entire article is available at the
link below.
"Some measure of chaos has reigned since then, and the NCAA is now
scrambling to settle things down with a new rule that, in its view, isn’t
really a new rule. The association fought tooth-and-nail for years to keep
athletes from getting paid by third parties, and as it scrapped its way to a
long-inevitable defeat on that front, it declined to do any planning for what
would happen once a new world arrived. Years of living in denial have caught up
with the NCAA in a big way. Third-party payments to players have, in the
absence of clear rules, given rise to the thing the NCAA really abhorred from
the start: players getting paid to play for specific teams. By going all-out
against athlete pay of any kind and declining to engage with even a relative
half-measure like name, image, and likeness payments, the NCAA played
itself."
https://slate.com/culture/2022/05/ncaa-name-image-likeness-athlete-pay-for-play-dilemma.html
The world of sport needs us. Let's serve its people wisely and well.
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