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Texas retains WR Xavier Worthy despite reported large NIL offer

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In moving from what Walter Byers, the first executive director of the NCAA, called a neo-plantation mentality to a fully capitalist open market, schools, coaches, and the money-wielding stakeholders are working to manage or in some cases exploit the new system until the new guidelines go into

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May 03, 2022

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Walter Byers, first executive director of NCAA, dies at 93

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One of the original employees of the NCAA was told late Wednesday that Walter Byers -- the NCAA's first executive director -- had died, his son told The New York Times and Associated Press. Byers, 93, passed on Tuesday.

In a statement, current NCAA president Mark Emmert said, "Walter Byers had a lasting impact on college sports, from those who compete on the field to the educators who support them. As the NCAA's first full-time executive director, he shepherded the growing Association by encouraging academic excell

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May 28, 2015

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With 'March Madness' upon us, is it time to pay college athletes?

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Oliver dug deeper and took the argument back all the way to the 1950s, where he explained Walter Byers, the then-executive director of the NCAA, put forth the amateurism/"student athlete" model as a means for universities to avoid covering athletes for workplace compensation, which was also profile

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Mar 16, 2015

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John Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight' NCAA March Madness Takedown: Top 5 ...

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Probably the most compelling argument Oliver made was in regards to the term "student-athlete." Walter Byers, the NCAA's first executive director admittedly thought up the term to deny a student worker's compensation should he get injured and be unable to play.

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Mar 16, 2015

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NCAA president defends amateurism in landmark case

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Mr. Isaacson quoted from Unsportsmanlike Conduct, a book written by former NCAA president Walter Byers, who created the phrase student-athlete in the 1950s to protect the organization against workers compensation litigation. In the book, Byers said, This is not about amateurism. This is about

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Jun 20, 2014

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D'Alessandro: Demands from the union for NCAA athletes, for now, are ...

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And as weve noted before, the man who shaped the NCAA for 37 years a magisterial and very odd fellow named Walter Byers came to recognize the neo-plantation mentality that exists on the campuses, and how amateurism is not a moral issue; it is an economic camouflage for monopoly practice.

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Mar 30, 2014

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NCAA tournament returns to NYC, where it was once the main event

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NCAA officials, most notably the straight-laced Walter Byers were appalled. Viewing New York City as cesspool of gamblers straight out of a Damon Runyon story, the NCAA took the tournament's later rounds out of Manhattan. Even though only Louisville's Freedom Hall could match the Garden's capacity a

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Mar 28, 2014

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Northwestern ruling sends clear message: NCAA, it's time to negotiate

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Back in the 1950s, when former NCAA director Walter Byers coined the term "student-athlete" in order to help schools dodge worker's compensation claims, there was little money in the system. Lawyers could have attacked but would have found only a few drops of blood in the stone. In his 1997 book Uns

Date

Mar 27, 2014

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Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Exploiting College Athletes

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0472084429

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Walter Byers (born March 13, 1922) was the first executive director of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. He served from 1951 to 1988.

Walter Byers Scholarship

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The Walter Byers Scholar (also known as Walter Byers Scholarship, and Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship) program is a scholarship program that recognizes

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William Walter & Co. - "Consider The Price" [12/20...

William Walter & Tucker Rogers - "Consider The Price" live at Byers St...

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03 Jan, 2009

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All of Me by Marks and Simon/arr. Billy Byers

Walter Johnson High School Jazz Ensemble Sherwood Big Band Festival De...

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William Walter & Co. - "Treetop Flyer" [12/20/08]

William Walter & Tucker Rogers - "Treetop Flyer" live at Byers St. Bis...

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William Walter & Co. - "Wonderwall" [12/20/08]

William Walter & Tucker Rogers- "Wonderwall" live at Byers St. Bistro ...

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24 Dec, 2008

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Walter McFarlane fourth of july regatta @ waikiki

novice A one mile race shot by Nay Byers.....

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Walter McFarlane fourth of july regatta @ waikiki ...

this race is the freshmen boat of hui lanakila. it is a one mile race ...

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21 Aug, 2009

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William Walter & Co. - "Happy Times" [11/28/09]

William Walter & Tucker Rogers - "Happy Times" live at Byers St. Bistr...

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Texas retains WR Xavier Worthy despite reported large NIL offer

Walter Byers, first executive director of NCAA, dies at 93

With 'March Madness' upon us, is it time to pay college athletes?

John Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight' NCAA March Madness Takedown: Top 5 ...

NCAA president defends amateurism in landmark case

D'Alessandro: Demands from the union for NCAA athletes, for now, are ...

NCAA tournament returns to NYC, where it was once the main event

Northwestern ruling sends clear message: NCAA, it's time to negotiate

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Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Exploiting College Athletes

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