Letter from the Editor: More Than Money

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The name, image and likeness debate has upended the sports world's idea of amateurism and, at a deeper level, left coaches, parents, athletes and fans to reevaluate what sport means to them. So far-reaching are the implications of NIL policies being enacted by the NCAA that the National Federation of State High School Associations has been pressured to take a stand on the new rules.

Regardless of where you fall on the issue of college student-athletes profiting off their participation in athletics, money rules the collegiate arena. The state-of-the-art facilities where fans worship can only be realized in a world of multimillion-dollar broadcasting contracts and steep ticket and concessions prices. However, without the blood, sweat and tears of the athletes who compete in these cathedrals — there is no game.

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