Our Professor Stephanie Tryce drops wisdom on the origins of the NCAA and NIL. We explore the evolving landscape of college athletics, focusing on the history and legal challenges surrounding the NCAA's amateurism rules, antitrust cases, and the recent shift toward allowing athletes to monetize their name, image, and likeness rights. The discussion concludes with an examination of the sociological and economic factors influencing athlete rights and compensation, including unionization efforts, university funding models, and the increasing financial independence of athletic departments.

12 Inches Over, named from an expression used by basketball coaches endeavoring to move from the assistant coach’s chair, 12 inches over to the head coach’s chair, is a professional development network, primarily composed of men’s and women’s college basketball coaches. Our network has over 1000 years of combined experience as players, coaches, and administrators at the highest levels of basketball and athletics. As an homage to our old head, mentor and coach, Claude Gross, we use storytelling as the cornerstone of a unique brand of professional development to showcase, learn, discuss transformational leadership, and offer grace when needed.