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NCAA sues Ohio governor over order on eligibility for Class of 2022 athletes

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Covered by 5 outlets, mostly right-leaning (80%).

8 articles in total. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

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Five outlets, including Straight Arrow News, Fox News and the New York Post, report that the NCAA filed a federal lawsuit against Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine over an executive order he signed earlier this week. The order lets Ohio public and private colleges allow otherwise eligible athletes from the high school class of 2022 to compete despite NCAA eligibility guidance. The NCAA says the order gives Ohio schools an unfair advantage and undermines uniform national rules, and NCAA President Charlie Baker called the suit an “extraordinary step.” DeWine has said fairness must remain part of the equation, arguing that the Class of 2022 should have the same opportunity as athletes covered by the NCAA’s new eligibility model, which generally allows up to five seasons of competition.

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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. The NCAA filed a federal lawsuit against Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.

    Reported byCenter1Right2Far Right2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    Straight Arrow News
    Right
    The Center Square, New York Post
    Far Right
    Just the News, Fox News
  2. DeWine signed an executive order earlier in the week allowing Ohio colleges to let otherwise eligible Class of 2022 athletes compete.

    Reported byCenter1Right1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    Straight Arrow News
    Right
    The Center Square
    Far Right
    Just the News
  3. The order lets schools compete despite NCAA eligibility guidance that excludes players who have already completed four seasons.

    One outletStraight Arrow News· Center

  4. The NCAA said the order gives Ohio schools an unfair advantage and undermines uniform national rules.

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    Center
    Straight Arrow News
    Right
    New York Post
    Far Right
    Fox News
  5. DeWine said when signing the order that fairness has to remain part of the equation.

    One outletStraight Arrow News· Center

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

  • The order gives Ohio schools an unfair competitive advantage.

    The NCAA says it does and that it undermines uniform national rules. DeWine says the order gives Class of 2022 athletes the same opportunity as athletes covered by the NCAA’s new eligibility model.

How each side tells it

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Every side present reports that the NCAA sued Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine over his order on Class of 2022 eligibility. Right-side outlets stress the NCAA’s unfair-advantage claim and the governor’s party, while the center outlet emphasizes the order’s fifth-year eligibility and DeWine’s fairness argument.

  • the left

    No coverage yet

    No left-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

  • the center

    1 outlet

    Straight Arrow News reports the suit in neutral terms and frames the order as granting fifth-year eligibility to Class of 2022 athletes.

    NCAA sues Ohio governor over fifth-year eligibility order
    Straight Arrow NewsCenterAll center headlines
  • the right

    4 outlets

    Right-side headlines lead with the lawsuit against the governor; the far end adds his party and says the order lets schools ignore the NCAA rule, while mainstream outlets use plain “sues” wording.

    NCAA sues DeWine over eligibility executive order
    The Center SquareRightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

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Words that carry a judgement beyond the facts. Tap a highlighted word anywhere on the page to see why.

  • Left

    Has not covered this story.

  • Center0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Right2

    in defiance ofmisguided

In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded verb

    in defiance ofMore neutral: that lets athletes play despite

    Describes the order as opposing the NCAA rule in the outlet’s own voice, which presents the governor’s intent as settled.

    …athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 to play a fifth year in college in defiance of the NCAA’s new eligibility rule.

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

  • Loaded modifier

    misguidedMore neutral: new

    Calls the order wrong in the outlet’s own voice, with no speaker identified for the judgement.

    NCAA suing Ohio gov over ‘misguided’ executive order allowing schools to ignore new eligibility rule

    Used byNew York Post (Right)

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Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

0 outlets

No left-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • fifth-year eligibility
  • NCAA’s uniform national rules
  • DeWine’s fairness argument
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From the right

4 outlets

Leads with

  • NCAA’s claim of unfair advantage
  • governor’s Republican affiliation
  • schools ignoring the new rule
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Articles you open from here build My Mix, a private picture of how your reading spreads across the spectrum, kept on this device. What is My Mix?

The left is Far Left and Left together. The right is Right and Far Right together. Every outlet keeps its own five-point rating.

Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Center

    1 day 18 hr later

    Its first report, Oct 18, 10:00 AM EDT

  • Right

    First to report

    The Center Square, Oct 16, 3:20 PM EDT

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  1. The Center SquareRightOct 16, 3:20 PM EDT
  2. New York PostRightOct 16, 4:52 PM EDT
  3. Fox NewsFar RightOct 16, 11:00 PM EDT
  4. Straight Arrow NewsCenterOct 18, 10:00 AM EDT

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