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5 Underrepresented Sports in the NCAA
By Daley Craft|March 29, 2022
College sports fans primarily follow sports such as football, basketball, volleyball, and soccer closely. Many of these games are regularly televised and playoffs are widely watched. College football playoffs and...
Elevating Women's Basketball
Parity: Why Women’s Basketball Is More Unpredictable
By Chloe Singer|March 25, 2022
For over a decade, women’s college basketball has been associated with Geno Auriemma’s University of Connecticut squad. With stars such as Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart, and...
Declining Sports in the NCAA
The Decline of Men’s Swimming and Diving in the NCAA
By Kyle Haflich|March 21, 2022
It seems like every week you see another NCAA team getting cut. There is one common attribute with every sport that gets cut in the NCAA: the fact that it...
Equal Opportunity?
Where Title IX and the NIL collide
By Chloe Singer|March 18, 2022
The approval of the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) policy has granted student-athletes greater financial autonomy. In recent months, the conversations around NIL have shifted from the business of student-athletes...
Money Talk
NIL Opportunity or Inducement?
By Katie Lever, M.A.|March 15, 2022
There’s recently been some controversy regarding college athletes’ name, image, and likeness activity. Some of the deals athletes are signing are organized by boosters and could potentially sway athletes’ decisions...
Basketball
Why Women Are Now Included in March Madness
By Chloe Singer|March 15, 2022
For years, March Madness has represented the excitement, skill, and unpredictability of men’s college basketball. This year, for the first time, the hype will apply to both the Men’s and...
Got Injured?
How Does the NCAA Medical Redshirt Work?
By Ashton Grenon|March 14, 2022
You’ve been recruited to play the sport that you love at the collegiate level, but you’ve also suffered an injury that may hinder your performance or cause you to miss...
Underappreciated Sports
Emerging NCAA Sports
By Catherine Light|March 10, 2022
The NCAA has a plethora of opportunities for athletes to pursue their sport at the next level. They are even adding to that list with numerous entries to the official...
NIL Advantage
How Universities Are Equipping Athletes with NIL Tools
By Celeste Gutierrez|March 8, 2022
Almost a full year into the name, image, and likeness era, it seems as though we’ve seen it all. College football players signing million-dollar deals, female athletes partnering with Gatorade,...
NCAA Governance
The Disintegration of the NCAA: The Price of Rejecting National Governance
By Lilia Farach|March 1, 2022
2aDays partnered with the Drake Group to host a webinar on the disintegration of the NCAA, during which panelists discussed various issues for institutions, college athletes, coaches, and more. The...
Challenging NCAA Policy
The Dystopia of Real-World College Athletics: Why I Wrote Surviving the Second Tier
By Katie Lever, M.A.|February 22, 2022
As someone who writes about college sports on a regular basis, I wish so badly that I could stop writing about the topics the college sports industry compels me to...
Which Athletic Association Should You Target?
NCAA vs NAIA
By Paramveer Chohan|February 3, 2022
If you want to play sports at a 4-year college, you have two options: NCAA or NAIA. These are the two governing bodies of college sports. The NCAA has three...
Women Who Broke Boundaries in "Boys Only" Sports
Women Who Have Made Sports History: Donna Lopiano
By Jaime Evers|February 2, 2022
For National Girls and Women in Sports Day, we are starting a weekly series where we will publish interviews with astounding women in sports every Wednesday. This week’s guest is...
NIL and Recruiting
Should a School’s Brand Deal Influence Where Recruits Commit?
By Macy McHale|January 31, 2022
Three main athletic apparel brands dominate the NCAA Division I landscape: Nike, Adidas, and Under Armour. Although schools will transition between these three brands occasionally, they remain the three primary...
