How Big Ten expansion helps make the case for athletes as employees

By Michael H. LeRoy, Sportico: The Big Ten conference and its schools are drooling at the imminent prospect of signing a $1 billion-plus media deal, one certainly made more lucrative by the addition of UCLA and USC, which was itself a move to counter the SEC’s addition of Texas and Oklahoma.

Both conferences are preparing for a world where only the financially strongest will thrive.

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How Big Ten Expansion Helps Make My Case for Athletes as Employees

Today’s guest columnist is Prof. Michael H. LeRoy of the University of Illinois. The Big Ten conference and its schools are drooling at the imminent prospect of signing a $1 billion-plus media deal, one certainly made more lucrative by the addition of UCLA and USC, which was itself a move to counter the SEC’s addition of Texas and Oklahoma. Both […]

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