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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

Gauging Gage: Referees are people too

Story by Gage Johnson Sports Editor gjohnson17@murraystate.edu Recently I worked at an AAU basketball tournament in Paducah, Kentucky, covering teams that were there while keeping stats and running scoreboards. I left the event early, but upon returning the next morning, I was alerted of some disturbing news. During the final game of the day on Read More

Just keep doing it

Story by Adam Redfern Staff Writer aredfern@murraystate.edu Nike released its 30th annual “Just Do It” campaign Monday, and this could be the most interesting campaign yet. The face of the campaign is ex-NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. This is an interesting choice, not only because Kaepernick hasn’t played in an NFL game in two years, Kaepernick Read More

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