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Finebaum: 'This is the end of the NCAA as we know it'

June 22nd, 2021

On Monday, the NCAA lost a major Supreme Court fight that figures to change college athletics for ever.

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that student-athletes could receive education-related payments and that the NCAA has illegally restricted education-based benefits.

The decision allows schools to provide their athletes with unlimited compensation as long as it’s connected to their education.

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