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40 years ago, the Supreme Court broke the NCAA’s lock on TV revenue, reshaping college sports to this day

Written by Jared Bahir Browsh, Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder

A cameraman films the Ohio State Buckeyes before a 2018 game.Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images

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