Bob Bowlsby on why cheating pays in NCAA sports

Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby joined the show talk about his comments that “cheating pays” in NCAA sports. Bowlsby explained that sometimes the cheating is very subtle – like signing too many players or breaking the 20-hour practice rule. Bowlsby said that there are more sophisticated ways to break the rules then ever before. Bowlsby…

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Greenstein: Northwestern union could go to Supreme Court

Chicago Tribune columnist Teddy Greenstein joined the show to talk about Northwestern Football voting on whether to unionize today. Greenstein said that we won’t know the results for months because we have to wait for the NLRB to announce the results. Greenstein said this could go all the way up to the Supreme Court some…

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Emmert: NCAA doesn’t want athletes to be employees

NCAA president Mark Emmert joined the show to talk about the hot-button issues in college sports. Dan asked Emmert if he thinks student-athletes should get paid. “I’m in favor of student athletes having all the things that they need to be successful as student athletes,” Emmert said. “The membership is not interested in converting athletes…

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Bob Costas: NCAA “fundamentally corrupt” system

NBC and MLB Network broadcaster Bob Costas joined the show to talk about MLB instant replay and other big sports stories. Costas weighed in on instant replay and said umpires like Jim Joyce wish there was replay so he wouldn’t have blown the Armando Galarraga no-hitter. But he said they still need to tweak it.…

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Clay Travis: NCAA in trouble and they know it

Outkickthecoverage.com and FOX Sports analyst Clay Travis joined the show to talk about the NCAA ruling that athletes will get unlimited food. Travis said that this is nothing … much bigger changes are coming for the NCAA and they know it.

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Clay Travis: NCAA in big trouble

College sports pundit Clay Travis (104.5 The Zone in Nashville, FOX Sports, Outkickthecoverage.com) joined the show to talk about Northwestern players attempting to unionize. “The connection between student and athlete is entirely broken,” Travis said. He said a football player could be the same as a hospital employee and he wouldn’t even need to be…

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