Although marijuana is illegal on the federal level, states have loosened restrictions on marijuana when it comes to medical or recreational use. It appears that the NCAA, the governing body of collegiate athletics, may be…
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Biden’s labor board lays groundwork for unionization of NCAA athletes
Under the Biden administration, there has been a re-emergence of labor strikes and settlement of labor disputes in favor of labor unions. The most recent example is an announcement by the National Labor Relations Board…
Pandemic hysteria takes out NC State’s baseball team
The NCAA College World Series finished in Omaha, Nebraska, but it was not immune from the coronavirus pandemic hysteria gripping American higher education institutions. This time, pandemic testing led to the men’s baseball team from…
NCAA threatens states over women’s sports, transgender laws
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), an organization often maligned for its bureaucracy and lack of meaningful reforms, warned lawmakers across the country about enacting laws barring transgender women from participating in K-12 and college…
Higher education blasts voter integrity laws
Several states, including Georgia, Texas, and Arizona are reforming their election and voter integrity laws. However, the Republican-led efforts did not escape the notice of the mainstream media, “woke” corporations such as Coca-Cola, or higher…
Liberals fail to cancel Christian university for its March Madness success
Cancel culture, which is not going away anytime soon, has also made its way into college basketball. Liberal outcry ensued after the men’s college basketball team for a Christian university, Oral Roberts University, advanced deeper…
Following Stanford, George Washington University drops seven sports
After Stanford University announced it will eliminate eleven of its varsity athletic programs due to the coronavirus pandemic, no other higher education institution issued a similar announcement for several weeks. Now, George Washington University said…
NCAA athletic scholarships potentially at-risk during pandemic
2020 has been a very unusual year for the world, if not the United States, and it extends to U.S. higher education and K-12 schools. With ongoing uncertainty about the upcoming 2020-2021 school year, there…
College football season shortened to conference-only games
College football, an annual sports tradition that kicks off the fall season, will be much different than in past years due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. At least two college conferences, the Big Ten and…
Ohio State creates Pay to Play Model for NCAA athletes
Paying NCAA college athletes has become a controversial topic in the sports world, and Ohio State University economists proposed the so-called “pay to play” model for the entire college athletics system to use, Inside Higher…