Looking Back: Predicting NCAA Reforms 20 Years Ago

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(Illustration by Deborah Tappan Simmons)
(Illustration by Deborah Tappan Simmons)

College student-athlete welfare advocates gained major ground — and attention — in 2014. There were victories for former UCLA basketball player Ed O'Bannon in his class-action lawsuit against the NCAA's heretofore free use of player likenesses, as well as current Northwestern University football players arguing for the right to unionize.

But the moneymakers among the NCAA membership also scored big this year.

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