Article on the history of the NCAA (spoiler: crooked since the beginning)
Article on the history of the NCAA (spoiler: crooked since the beginning)
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The Big Business of “Amateur” Intercollegiate Sports | Origins
Intercollegiate sports had inauspicious beginnings. The first college football game was played at Rutgers University in the fall of 1869. The home team trounced Princeton six games to four (every sco...