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The College Sports Cartel

New York Times - Column

December 31, 2011

In Indianapolis a few weeks from now, a home-grown cartel will hold its annual meeting, where it, too, will be working to collude and fix prices. This cartel is the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Rarely, however, will the cartel nature of the N.C.A.A. be so nakedly on display as at this year's convention. In The Times Magazine this weekend, I lay out a proposal to pay the players in the two big revenue sports, college football and men's basketball, something the N.C.A.A. won't countenance. In the course of my reporting, I gained a new appreciation for the cartel characteristics of sports leagues.

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