CalMatters sues UCLA over refusal to disclose athlete payments
We know two of California’s top public universities are paying tens of millions of dollars a year to student athletes, and now CalMatters is
We know two of California’s top public universities are paying tens of millions of dollars a year to student athletes, and now CalMatters is suing to find out the details of how taxpayer dollars are being spent. As CalMatters’ Adam Echelman explains, in 2021 California allowed college athletes to profit off their own name, image […]
Original reporting: CalMatters.
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