On Thursday, August 7, the NCAA Division I board of directors voted in favor of allowing the Big 5 conferences to make some of their own rules. This vote comes amid a wave of national criticism of the NCAA’s strict adherence to potentially outdated rules. Primarily the NCAA has received criticism over its refusal to share its billions in revenue with the student-athletes who help generate it.
The Big 5 conferences, ACC, Big 10, Big 12, SEC, and Pac 12, will now have broader authority …
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