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The NCAA's board of governors announced last month that it supports a proposal allowing student athletes to be paid for sponsorships and endorsement deals. Despite widespread public support for student athletes to be paid, former USC standout and NFL running back Reggie Bush expressed his concerns over college players potentially getting compensated for their name, image and likeness. Last month, the NCAA's board of governors announced its support for a proposal allowing student athletes to be paid for sponsorships and endorsement deals. "I missed out on getting guidance. They're about to start paying college athletes. It's going to destroy some people if their foundation is not in the right place," Bush told Playboy.com in a recent interview . "I hired a team, and I allowed my team to make decisions for me. I'm not saying I'm going bankrupt. But if I had the proper knowledge back then, there would be some things that would be different....
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The Wolverines football team won't partake in the 2020 season unless students are back on campus, the school president said. The Michigan Wolverines football team won't partake in the 2020 season unless students are back on campus, according to school president Mark Schlissel. Schlissel told the Wall Street Journal that any decision the school makes for this coming fall will last the entire academic year. “If there is no on-campus instruction then there won’t be intercollegiate athletics, at least for Michigan,” said Dr. Schlissel, who is an immunologist by training. He added that there is currently “some degree of doubt as to whether there will be college athletics [anywhere], at least in the fall.” Michigan president's comments were published just days after the Southeastern Conference presidents voted that they will allow athletes to return to campus for voluntary workouts starting June 8. In doing so, the SEC became the first of the 10 conference...
