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Nigel Hayes talks future of college sports

We’ve talked a lot about spring football, football recruiting, and the 2018 NFL Draft over the past few weeks. Of course, there’s more to come, especially for recruiting.

But we’re here to talk about Wisconsin basketball today.

On Tuesday, former Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes spoke on a panel at the Aspen Institute regarding the “Future of College Sports: Reimagining Athlete Pay.”

Asked (at the 1:27:14 mark in the video above) if the team ever discussed boycotting a game, Hayes noted he brought up the idea during his senior year before a game against Syracuse that was part of the Big Ten-ACC Challenge during the 2016–17 season.