Uncommon Knowledge - Pay and Play: Andrew Luck & Condoleezza Rice on the Changing Landscape of College Sports | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

Pay and Play: Andrew Luck & Condoleezza Rice on the Changing Landscape of College Sports | Uncommon Knowledge | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution

11/08/23 • 60 min

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The past several years have seen consequential changes for NCAA schools and their athletes: the introduction of name, image, and likeness rules; the establishment of the transfer portal; and the realignment of the conferences in which all major college teams and athletes compete—and critically, the distribution of the TV monies the conferences generate. To guide us through this sea change, we drafted two of the most knowledgeable people in sports: former US secretary of state, current director of the Hoover Institution, co-owner of the Denver Broncos, and most recently, special advisor on athletics to the president of Stanford University (more on what that means in the show) Condoleezza Rice; and former Stanford and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck (also the number-one pick in the 2012 NFL draft). Together, Rice and Luck explain the new terrain of college athletics, how it affects every sport played in the academic realm, what it means for both the Olympics and pro sports, and most importantly, how it will change the lives of college athletes.

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>> Peter Robinson: The amateur athlete, the student who played for the love of the game. That was the old ideal. Here's a glimpse of the new reality. At the University of Utah, a couple of organizations have just offered each scholarship member of the football team a new pickup truck. On the future of college sports, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former quarterback of the Colts and quarterback of the Stanford University football team where he played r