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Start the year off right! Understand yourself, set goals & lets just focus on making progress towards those every single day. Small or large steps - it doesn't matter. Just make sure you're stepping in the right direction! @Life101io
Are you ready to get back to saving 💸 after the holidays? NFL player-turned-financial expert @bcope51 answers your questions on healthy money-saving habits.
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As a former player and now a 20+ year veteran coach I say this unequivocally: IT AWLAYS HAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE ABOUT THE PLAYERS!! Protect college sports Bill is a SCAM.
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Today on SPOLITICS Live, I did a deep dive into the Protect College Sports Act. Guests included: @ChrisMurphyCT and athletes.org co-founder and executive director Brandon Copeland youtube.com/live/F4nuhEN6oJ4…
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The Protect College Sports Act sells out athletes and bails out the NCAA. If this bill becomes law, the same actors who exploited college athletes for decades will emerge with more power, and college athletes will emerge with less.
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Made his own ESPN… respect!
“What Kept you up last night?” I LOVED tackling when my body still allowed me to do it! 😂 So I pay close attention to it. Early in the season, DBs gotta understand space, angles, approach & leverage. I picked 4 plays from Week 1 to break down, & @FredTaylor helped me bring the tackling mindset to life. Wish this would’ve helped me get HIM on the ground when we played… ‘cause that’s STILL what keeps me up at night! 😂 @Thepivot “The Pivot Sports” #ThePivot #ThePivotSports #Tackling #NFLfilms youtu.be/WsTBOXN4f9c
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Wondering how much $$ the greatest athletes of our time are owed by the NCAA & hoping they speak up to protect younger versions of themselves from the coaches and leaders in college sports trying to get the government to put a maximum wage on how much athletes can make. @AthletesOrg
The Protect College Sports Act would have major implications for college athletes. Athletes.org published seven reasons to oppose the PCSA, including concerns over athlete compensation and institutional control. Full story: athletes.org/news/pcsa-seven…
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A live look at the counsel advising the @NCAA on legal battles it should stand ten toes down on that CLEARLY have no shot of winning in court Then, charging them millions of dollars in legal fees to help fight the same battles they have already lost bc it was ruled ILLEGAL🚨‼️
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Please stop believing that the NCAA, its conferences and schools are victims of a "bad" court or judge. If you have a friend who shoplifts...and they consistently wind up in court for shoplifting...is it the judges' fault that they convict them of the crime?
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No...we all would have to tell our friend to STOP doing illegal sh*t and you wouldn't be in court. The @NCAA wants to play victim and have Congress legalize its ILLEGAL behavior and that would be an unprecedented overreach Athletes keep fighting for the same rights they have 🦾
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Fair point.👇 Why are athletes the only individuals in college athletics who should have pay capped and regulated by federal law? If costs are truly not sustainable, everyone involved should share the burden of ensuring sustainability.
I read this letter from the NABC and had a visceral reaction . . . In 2025, schools owed $228 million in buyouts to fired coaches (a record by nearly $100 million). Since 2004, schools have paid more than $1.1 billion to coaches not to coach. Thirteen head coaches are making at least $9 million this season. The NABC's very high-minded letter says the sport is on "a trajectory that cannot be sustained." Seems that way. But why ignore the elephant in the room -- obscene amounts of money are going to coaches to sit on their couches? The PCSA has a great deal to say about what athletes may earn. On coaches it contains exactly one provision, and §110 doesn't touch a dollar. In response, it seems quite reasonable for athletes to ask for an amendment to PCSA which provides: (1) A permanent cap on coaching compensation, set as a percentage of athletic revenue. (2) A clearinghouse reviewing every coaching agreement over $600 for valid business purpose and fair market value before funds are disbursed. (3) One penalty-free coaching move; a second costs a season. (4) A five-week window, opening seven days after the final game, during which a coach may be contacted by another school. Outside it, tampering. (5) Coaches' agents capped at five percent, with a public registry and decertification. (6) A limited antitrust exemption, so none of it can be challenged in court. Every one of those is lifted from the bill. Only the subject changes. The NABC closes by saying that "our athletes, coaches, universities and fans simply deserve better." I agree with that sentence more than the letter does. If the problem is unsustainable cost, reform should start with the largest cost. And if the answer is that Congress has no business setting private employment terms -- that's a fair answer. It's also an argument against the rest of the bill.
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A serial antitrust violator is asking Congress for an antitrust exemption. Let that sink in. When given the opportunity to be judge, jury and executioner over college athletes livelihoods and careers, the NCAA will abuse it. The PCSA should be DOA!
The Protect College Sports Act is not the solution college sports needs. It would protect the current system while limiting athlete rights and avoiding the need for meaningful negotiation. Read the full statement: athletes.org/news/the-pcsa-s…
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It never ceases to amaze me, how many adults consistently, confidently and courageously walk out of the bathroom without washing their hands...🤦🏽‍♂️ Don't block me, just don't dap me up either
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“It kinda feels like an obvious thing,” Grace told AO. “It’s like making laws about women without any women in the room. Athletes.org is doing a great job at educating athletes—supporting them and giving them the courage to speak up for themselves.”
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Another bill proposed to limit comp for college athletes with the guise of “saving” college sports — by stepping directly on the athletes themselves. If I’m a college athlete, a parent, or someone who genuinely cares about athlete success, I’m asking one simple question...
The Protect College Sports Act is being marketed as a solution to stabilize college sports, but in reality protects schools and NCAA leadership over athletes. Read the full statement on athletes.org.
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Why do all of these “solutions” target the athlete’s plate? They want to limit how much athletes can earn, restrict where they can transfer, control how long they can play and reduce their freedom to make decisions about their own future.
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None of these bills focus on limiting how much everyone else makes off the backs of athletes generating billions annually. The truth is if athletes weren't worth the 💰 people are willing to pay them, then nobody would pay it. The NCAA wants to 🧢 it. Congress is helping them.
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Tyrell adds, “We are the ones putting it all on the field every Saturday, so there’s no reason we should have no say.” As leaders meet without them, athletes are making it clear: if it affects us, we should have a voice.
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Before going pro, former NFL linebacker @bcope51 competed for the Penn Quakers who won the 2012 Ivy League Championship. In 2013, he signed with the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent. He went on to play for a total of ten years in the NFL before retiring. He is now the Executive Director and co-founder of athletes.org.
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Thankful that @JayBilas addressed this on College GameDay. Suddenly college sports need “saving” because college athletes are being paid and can transfer. Suddenly the NCAA needs antitrust protection. Odd. For decades, while everyone ate off the backs of college athletes, nobody sought federal regulation. Nobody sought an antitrust exemption. The urgency to lobby Congress to "save college sports" only came to be once the college athletes started getting paid. Let that sink in.
The College GameDay crew discuss the current state of college basketball.
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Trump’s Executive Order is just another attempt to control college athletes and restrict their rights and freedom. Read the full statement: athletes.org/news/this-eo-ai…
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Great points by @JayBilas. UNC is "tampering" with coaches under contract. The NCAA isn't busy creating policies to limit that conduct. But it's not OK for players under contract to communicate with third parties because they may benefit? Schools complain about finances, but are on the hook to pay fired coaches tens of millions of dollars. No one is begging Congress to cap coach compensation. But compensation to athletes must be capped? College sports "leaders" need to continue to be called out. For the "SAVE COLLEGE SPORTS" crowd, let's start talking about how much money those "leaders" are earning. Maybe their salaries should be capped, as well?
As @JayBilas correctly points out, there’s a lot of hypocrisy in college athletics right now. It’s only when athletes begin to get paid that it’s necessary to have a federal law to “save college sports.”
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