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Gauging Gage: Student-athletes can profit off of their likeness: Here’s what the NCAA isn’t telling us

Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu On Tuesday, Oct. 29, the NCAA’s governing board voted unanimously to allow student-athletes to profit off of their name, image and likeness. However, it’s not as clear-cut as some may think. Initially with the statement from the NCAA and the excerpt from the chair of the board and president of Read More

Gauging Gage: Amateurism is coming to an end in the NCAA

Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu According to bylaw 12.02.11 of the 2019-20 NCAA Division I Manual “A professional athlete is one who receives any kind of payment, directly or indirectly, for athletics participation except as permitted by the governing legislation of the Association.”  While there have been multiple court cases fighting against amateurism, the movement Read More

Blake’s Take: My 10 favorite moments from the 2018-19 basketball season

Story by Blake Sandlin Interim Editor-in-Chief bsandlin1@murraystate.edu For the past two seasons I’ve spent my Thursdays, Saturdays and virtually every day in between covering Murray State’s men’s basketball team as a beat writer. Though it appeared from the beginning that the program had potentially seen its best days after the heralded careers of Isaiah Canaan Read More

Non-conference no more: Grading the Racers through 11 games

Story by Blake Sandlin Sports Editor bsandlin1@murraystate.edu It seems premature, but we’ve finally reached the first major checkpoint for any college basketball program with the conclusion of non-conference play. For Murray State’s men’s basketball team, reaching that milestone with a 9-2 mark means there’s plenty to be excited about, but as Head Coach Matt McMahon Read More

Blake’s Take: Seed Speculation

Story by Blake Sandlin, Assistant Sports Editor With Saturday’s win over Belmont, Murray State punched its ticket to the NCAA tournament. They’ve done all a mid-major school of their stature can do. The only question that remains: Where will they be seeded? As we dive deeper into March and the frontrunners in each respective conference Read More

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