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Universities can now directly pay their student-athletes. How will this play out in Utah?

As part of the “House v. NCAA” settlement, each university can allocate up to $20.5 million per year to pay its student-athletes. Along with the revenue-sharing agreement comes a crackdown on name, image and likeness (NIL) deals.

“The new system attempts to make NIL what it was originally intended to be — sponsorship opportunities for athletes at a true market value,” Joe Coles reports.

Will the revenue-sharing cap and “true market value NIL” level out the playing field of what teams can spend? That’s the hope — but Utah coach Kyle Whittingham says he is unsure if it will work in practice.

Read more about the new frontier of college sports.

Where is the world’s biggest American flag? It may be in Utah

Lee Benson writes:

Kyle Fox wants to put a smile on people’s faces while they’re feeling good about their country.

That, in a nutshell, is why every summer at the entrance to Grove Creek Canyon, in his hometown of Pleasant Grove, Fox flies the world’s biggest American flag and lights it up with the world’s biggest spotlight.

He’s not trying to get in the Guinness Book of World Records. He’s not on a political crusade. He’s not attempting to make anything great again. There is no ulterior motive. No hidden agenda. He’s definitely not trying to get rich. He couldn’t do it without a good day job (he runs an office furniture business).

The simple truth is that Kyle, 46, is a bit of a showman at heart (more than a bit, some would say) and he’s found nothing that makes him happier than making other people happier.

“Joy is what life is all about,” he says. If you’re not having joy, you’re missing it. I like to make people smile.”

Read more about why Kyle began flying the world’s largest American flag.

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