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Mark Schipper
Sep 27, 2024
The Early Days of College Football and the NCAA Demonstrated that the English Model of Amateurism was a Bad Fit for the United States
The NCAA's notion of Amateurism came from Victorian England and never really fit the athletic model of the United States.


Mark Schipper
Aug 27, 2021
Red Grange, the Iceman, Helped Make the NFL Cool while Showing College Athletes How to Turn Pro
Red Grange of the University of Illinois, known equally well as the Wheaton Iceman and the Galloping Ghost, was turning pro.
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