Slowly but surely, college athletes starting to level monetary playing field

Source Chicago Sun-Times
Original Load Date Oct. 4, 2021, 9:01 p.m.
Last Updated Oct. 4, 2021, 9:01 p.m.
Original URL https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/10/4/22709880/college-athletics-ncaa-compensation-name-image-likeness-union-collective-bargaining

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Some of this started when Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter tried to get a players’ union going in 2014. Part of it began much earlier, when NCAA autocrat Walter Byers concocted the devious term ‘‘student-athlete’’ to avoid paying workman’s compensation to injured players. (If you’re wondering ...