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A shorter CrimsonCast today, as the show tackles a few interesting events from the past week. We have first-hand accounts of the Hoosiers Connect NIL event in French Lick, a report from Kirkwood Avenue on a big new addition to the Upstairs Pub, and some thoughts on Dan Hurley and the state of college sports.

Ben Portnoy from Sports Business Journal joins the show again! We talk about the news related to the House vs NCAA settlement, the NCAA's steadfast desire to keep athletes from becoming employees, the core issues with the new $22 million NIL payment structure as it relates to the business of college sports, and a couple of ideas about college sports structure moving forward. 

On this edition of CrimsonCast, the focus turns once again to the changing world of college athletics. While Episode 1098 focused on the basics of the House vs NCAA settlement and some of the big overarching questions, this episode delves more deeply into the "athletes as employees" question, the tricky nature of judging fair market value in business deals, the unusual and damaging incentive structure present in college sports that makes them different from their professional counterparts, and the challenge of having a de facto salary cap when the NCAA cannot legally restrict compensation. All of that and more!

Scott and Galen look back at the 2024 Indianapolis 500 and share their thoughts on how things went. We discuss the long weather delay and how each of us passed the time, the surprisingly efficient reboot of the race for the late afternoon, and some of our reflections on how the race itself went, the strategies and surprises throughout, and the final outcome.

The recent announcement of a settlement in the House vs NCAA case has paved the way for some massive changes to the landscape of college sports. It's time to talk through what those changes are, and how they will directly affect the structure, finances, and core elements of the college sports world. This episode goes through the details of the House settlement, talking about where the case came from, how the parties arrived at the settlement, why schools are paying out money to college athletes from previous years, and how the structure of NIL payments will work moving forward. We also tackle several listener/viewer questions.

It's Memorial Day weekend, and that means it's time for the now-yearly tradition of a CrimsonCast Indianapolis 500 preview podcast. Scott and GC talk about the overall vibe of the series headed into the weekend, the dominance of Penske and the perceptional problems therein, Ganassi's struggles in qualifying, and the likelihood of the race being competitive. We also discuss which driver winning would be the best story, which driver would have the greatest legacy boost from another win, and which cars have a legitimate shot going into Sunday.