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Professor Maureen Weston Quoted in "100 Fixes for College Sports" -- The News-Gazette

Professor Maureen A. Weston is quoted in the News-Gazette article, "100 Fixes for College Sports." The article examines if college athletes should be limited to one free ride on the NCAA Transfer Portal. Under current portal guidelines, undergraduate athletes can transfer multiple times and compete without sitting out a year. Prior to the portal, a second transfer came with a penalty for sitting out a full year.

Excerpt from "100 Fixes for College Sports"

A solution: Make athletes commit contractually to more than one year on campus.

"Firm, enforceable, multi-year contracts" are the answer to the portal problem, says Pepperdine law professor Maureen Weston, who sits on the NCAA's Division I Committee on Infractions. "The constant player movement is eroding fan and donor interest."