As Long as the NCAA Refuses to Pay Players, Journalists Need to Cover it More Critically

By: Tony Biasotti | CJR

University of Georgia running back Todd Gurley, once a Heisman Trophy frontrunner, was suspended by the NCAA for four games for the offense of being paid “more than $3,000” for signing his autograph to football memorabilia over the past two years. When this purported scandal broke, two leading sports news websites covered the story by writing about why the story wasn’t worth covering.