The most existential threat to the system in 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic. Competing bills introduced in the U.S. Senate would loosen restrictions on football and basketball players' ability to sign endorsement deals and cash in on their names, images and likenesses (NIL). One bill, proposed by Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, calls on colleges to share their profits — a move that could result in six-figure salaries for football and men’s basketball players. Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Notre Dame were named to the college football playoff — a same-ol'-same-ol' mix of teams that set up the possibility of an Alabama-Clemson playoff matchup for the fifth time in six years. "It gives us an opportunity to think about the philosophical approach of what playing sports in school really looks like."

Source: Fox News December 23, 2020 20:03 UTC