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For generations, the NCAA defended one sacred principle: college athletes were amateurs – students first, playing for school pride, tradition, and the love of the game. But now, in 2025, that world has all but disappeared. A series of federal rulings has ushered in an era of athlete sponsorships via Name Image Likeness (NIL), free agency through the transfer portal, and – after this year's landmark House settlement – direct school payments to student athletes. 

For even the most diehard fan, the pace of change has been hard to track. How'd we get here? Who's benefiting – or not? And what does the future of college sports actually look like?

In the one-hour E60 special, Schaap explores and reveals the forces reshaping the billion-dollar industry. Through the biggest names in college sports, he breaks down how schools are now paying players, the explosive rise of the NIL industry, how the transfer portal really works and what the role of the NCAA is in a landscape it no longer fully controls.

In The Oklahoma Standard, E60 explores the Thunder's relationship with Oklahoma City's painful past, with insight from figures like Thunder GM Sam Presti, reigning NBA and NBA Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, All-Star forward Chet Holmgren, center Isaiah Hartenstein, former Thunder superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, Thunder legend Nick Collison, former mayor Ron Norick and current mayor David Holt – plus survivors of the bombing along with family members of those killed by it, and first responders. Through these perspectives, viewers come to understand not only the darkness, but also how a team and a community are bound together with a shared sense of purpose. 

Spanning nearly a century, this film tells two parallel stories: the modern-day resurrection of the Clowns as a charter team in the new Banana Ball League, and their origins as a groundbreaking cultural and athletic force in the segregated South of the 1930s. Known for blending elite baseball with comedic showmanship, the Clowns defied expectations and redefined the sport. The documentary follows the creation of the new team in real time, capturing a diverse group of players and performers as they bring the Clowns back to life. Through candid interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, it highlights the humor, hustle, and heart that connect past and present.

For decades, conventional wisdom has been that performance enhancing drugs are unsafe, unfair, and threaten the spirit of sports. The Enhanced Games, and its billionaire backers, want to change that.

Dubbed by critics as the Doping Olympics, the first ever Enhanced Games took place this past May in Las Vegas. It was an event where athletes taking PEDs competed for world records and millions in prize money. It was also an advertisement for a direct-to-consumer drug business. The company, Enhanced LTD, is using the spectacle of the games to promote an online marketplace, where consumers can purchase many of the same FDA-approved substances that the swimmers, sprinters and weightlifters used in their training. Their goal is to normalize many of the drugs that sports have taught are dangerous, sparking a PED revolution and reaping the financial benefits.

E60 followed several of the athletes from when they trained in Abu Dhabi while using PEDs through the Enhanced Games competition in Las Vegas. The athletes included:

Sprinter Shania Collins, a former USA Indoor Champion who paused her pursuit of a career as a DEA Agent to give athletics one more try.

Swimmer Cody Miller, a gold medalist at the 2016 Olympics.

Sprinter Marvin Bracy-Williams, an Olympian who was later suspended for PED use.

Ukrainian swimmer Andrii Govorov, the current world record holder in the 50-meter butterfly.

Canadian weightlifter Boady Santavy, a two-time Olympian.