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Dusty May said it “wasn’t an easy decision” to leave Michigan basketball for the Dallas Mavericks. According to his former boss, U-M interim president Domenico Grasso, the current landscape of college sports played a role in May’s decision to leave for the pro ranks.
“Our current system is in dire need of clarity and equitable reform,” Grasso said at a June 25 regents meeting, according to the Detroit Free Press. “Coach May told me that among his reasons for leaving were uncertainties and pressures involving the transfer portal and NIL support for student-athletes.
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“He and I agree that the future of college sports is headed in the wrong direction.”
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While Grasso said the proposed Protect College Sports Act working its way through Congress could provide “greater stability, clearer national standards and more consistent rules” to college athletics, he also said it has “deeply concerning provisions.”
“Rather than looking to conferences such as the Big Ten as models of athletic and academic excellence, it imposes restrictions that disproportionately affect the institution,” he said. “Among the most troubling provisions are targeted limits on conference expansion and realignment, as well as harmful restrictions on student athletes’ ability to benefit from additional NIL opportunities. These measures will reduce universities and conferences’ flexibility to adapt to changing conditions for student innovative opportunities.
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“We want what’s best for the Big Ten and for Michigan. We are not going to sacrifice competitive advantage that we built for more than a century. We stand ready to work with legislators on a bill that will establish a system in which every university can compete and thrive for generations to come.”
May guided the Wolverines to the 2026 national championship in just his second season in Ann Arbor and had agreed most of the parameters of a new contract, but never signed it.
Instead, he left for the Mavericks where he’ll get to…
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