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Student-athletes find more power in the changing legal landscape of college sports

  • Written by Joshua Lens, Associate Professor of Instruction of Sport & Recreation Management, University of Iowa
imageMoney disputes abound between players and universities. Aksonov/E+ via Getty Images

Ever since the NCAA permitted college athletes to get paid by companies that use their names, images and likenesses, athletes have tested the limits of their increasing power.

One of the latest examples is Matthew Sluka, the starting quarterback for UNLV’s...

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