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Franklin: Revenue sharing is on its way

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State coach James Franklin believes major college football players will inevitably be paid and the sooner it happens the better it will be for all involved with the sport. In an interview this week with The Associated Press, Franklin said that while college sports leaders are focused on finding ways to regulate how athletes are compensated for use of their name, image and likeness, a bigger change is on the horizon. “I also think that ultimately, whether it’s in the next three years or next five years or next two years, there’s going to be some form of ...

Two VCU starters join Rhoades at PSU

From Mirror reports UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State men’s basketball coach Mike Rhoades officially announced the additions of Adrian “Ace” Baldwin and Nick Kern to the Nittany Lion program Tuesday. Baldwin, the reigning Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the ...

Franklin makes the right call on QB battle

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State coach James Franklin wants to make the first quarterback battle his team has had in four years a competition until the season opener. While it’s understandable and maybe even honorable to keep it open, Drew Allar was the favorite to win the job over Beau ...

Franklin splits up Blue, White evenly

UNIVERSITY PARK — One question that may have popped in a lot of minds on Saturday is how Penn State football is divided for the Blue-White Game. From a distance, it may look like the first two players at every position on the depth chart go against everybody else, but it isn’t quite that simple. PSU coach James Franklin said that’s how he used to do it in the past, but it wasn’t the case this season. He tried to make the two teams as evenly matched as possible. Franklin noted at running back the Blue team had both starters in Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen, but there are ...

Lions get VCU transfer

Penn State made its first roster addition under new head coach Mike Rhoades on Sunday, and it’s a player who is already familiar with Rhoades’ system. Reigning Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Adrian “Ace” Baldwin Jr. announced his decision to transfer to the Nittany Lions from VCU on ...

Potts comes home for PSU football

By Chris Masse cmasse@sungazette.com Adversity has knocked down Trey Potts multiple times. Each time, he has come back stronger and kept moving forward. The road has been bumpy, but the former Williamsport all-state running back has stayed the course. And now that road has led Potts ...