For my Passion Blog, I’ve chosen to stick with my fall idea of “Real Housewives of the NBA”. For the uninitiated, each week I’ll dive into some juicy NBA drama from the players’ personal or on-court lives, whichever piece of news I find most interesting that week. You don’t need to know basketball to read about the best players to break up with a Kardashian/Jenner.

For my Civic Issues blog, I’m going to choose to discuss the new NIL landscape in college sports. The debate about college athletes being paid has gone on for years and only recently have players been allowed to receive money in exchange for use of their name, image, and likeness. I’d like to discuss arguments both for and against, including the idea that players are already “paid” with full scholarships. There have been some interesting deals based on name puns, and also a whole lot of alumni “funds” that definitely don’t bribe students to attend a certain school.