Jonathan Okanes

AB 252, introduced by District 41 assemblymember Chris Holden, would require payment for college athletes in California, as well as enforce safety and healthcare standards.

FTX and campus announced the 10-year, $17.5 million naming rights deal last August. As part of the deal, LEARFIELD’s Cal Bears Sports Properties, Cal Athletics’ multimedia rights holder, agreed to accept the payment in cryptocurrency, according to a press release announcing the start of the deal.

Behind the hidden curtains of Cal women’s swim and dive, McKeever allegedly turned a competitive atmosphere into a haunting one, changing the tides of many people’s hopeful collegiate swim careers.