Myth Of Amateurism: ACC Nation Podcast - a podcast by ACC Nation, LLC

Special guest Bob Lewis with The Virginia Mercury joins Jim and Will on this week's ACC Nation Podcast. Bob talks about his recent article, 'The Myth of Amateurism: Virginia Considers Letting College Athletes Earn Money From Name, Image and Likeness'. California led the way with ground-breaking legislation in 2019 and Virginia along with 7 other states are pushing for laws that is ruffling feathers at the NCAA. What else is cooking?







Well, it's all about ACC sports, as always. Jim shares preseason polls from indoor track and field and baseball where conference teams are No. 1. You'll find out how ACC wrestling teams are ranked and we'll share the non-conference team sport rankings for gymnastics and ice hockey.







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Myth Of Amateurism







Before we talk with Bob about the potential for a new Virginia law will impact college athletes Jim and Will take a look at ACC women's basketball.







ACC Women's Basketball







Three teams from the conference were in the AP Top 25 last week and ten teams (1-68) in the NCAA RPI. We'll take a look at the latest Charlie Creme bracketology for women's hoops later this week.







How are the top 3 teams performing? Will breaks it down and takes a look at a number of other conference teams as well.







When it comes to NCAA men's basketball, Andy Katz couldn't have put it more aptly. Find out how Katz summed up last week's mayhem in six words.







Special Guest: Bob Lewis







Will Virginia move toward allowing college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness?







Find out how Virginia, Virginia Tech, the ACC and the NCAA reacted to Bob's article, 'Myth Of Amateurism' in the Virginia Mercury.







One lawmaker calls the NCAA, 'Tone Deaf' when it comes to this subject.







Who is Tim Nevius and what is he doing for college athletes and their families?







ACC Men's Basketball







The number of ACC teams in the AP Top 25 last week was whittled down to three. The numbers in the NCAA NET aren't encouraging.







What's going on in the ACC? The once proclaimed conference of basketball is falling short this season.







Buddy 'Natty Bo' Boeheim lights it up against the Hokies.







Will breaks down Duke, Florida State and Louisville plus some additional thoughts on Virginia, Virginia Tech and NC State.







Jim questions Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's complaint over the physicality aspect of the game with Louisville.







Our Twitter (un-scientific) poll indicates close to 80% of respondents don't think Josh Pastner is the man for the job at Georgia Tech.

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