EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer
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Big Ten, SEC Add Long-Missing Support to College Sports Bill and Revive Its Chances in the Senate
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The Big Ten and Southeastern Conferences agreed Friday night to support a Senate bill that seeks to regulate college sports, ending a breakneck week of negotiations and pulling the bipartisan measure out of what looked like a certain death spiral. School presidents from both conferences voted to back the bill after receiving last-minute concessions over…
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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.…