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Paying college athletes benefits more than just football players

Last week, the NCAA announced that their athletes could “benefit from the use of their name, image, and likeness.” For most schools, their revenue-generating sports will be the only sports that feel its affects. For Stanford, however, their non-revenue generating sports will also be affected.

Katie Ledecky left the 2016 Olympics in Rio with four gold medals and as one of the most well-known names in the world of sports. More importantly, she won in dominant fashion, and ahead of college, expectations were through the roof. Ultimately, she reached those expectations, becoming a NCAA champion in five events as a freshman and in three events as a sophomore.