A New Era in College Sports

<p>Throughout its 115-year history, the N.C.A.A.’s bedrock principle has been that student-athletes should be amateurs and not allowed to profit off their fame.</p><p>This week, after years of agitation and legislation, the rule was changed.</p><p>What will this new era of college sports look like?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/alan-blinder?smid=pc-thedaily">Alan Blinder</a>, a reporter covering college sports for The New York Times. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Here’s a breakdown of why the N.C.A.A. finally relented to pressure to<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/sports/ncaabasketball/ncaa-nil-rules.html"> allow athletes to make money</a> beyond the cost of attending their universities.</li><li>Despite the N.C.A.A’s argument that payments would be a threat to amateurism, this month,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/21/us/supreme-court-ncaa-student-athletes.html"> the Supreme Court backed payments</a> to student-athletes.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit </p><p><a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a></p><p>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>