EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer
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Big Ten’s Petitti: No Support for SEC’s At-Large Bid Preference for College Football Playoff
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Big Ten commissioner doubled down on the league’s preference for multiple automatic qualifiers in the next version of the College Football Playoff on Tuesday, increasing the likelihood of a showdown with the Southeastern Conference when the format for 2026 is decided. At the league’s football media days, Tony Petitti said…
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Federal Judge Approves $2.8B House v. NCAA Settlement, Paving Way for Colleges to Pay Athletes Millions
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A federal judge signed off on arguably the biggest change in the history of college sports Friday, clearing the way for schools to begin paying their athletes millions of dollars as soon as next month as the multibillion-dollar industry shreds the last vestiges of the amateur model that defined it for more than a century.…