Wyatt Wheeler on covering college sports in a new era
College sports don’t look the way they used to, and that shift hits differently when you’ve lived it from the inside. Wyatt Wheeler joins Scott Puryear, Ned Reynolds, and Art Hains in-studio for a sit-down that blends sharp perspective, lived experience, and the kind of honesty you don’t usually hear between segments. With Abby Wheeler along for the ride, the conversation moves effortlessly between the present state of college athletics, the realities of covering it, and the moments that remind you why the job still matters.
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Rather than chasing headlines, this episode leans into what’s changing beneath the surface, power dynamics, pressure points, and why certain decisions in today’s game feel inevitable long before they’re announced. It’s thoughtful, occasionally uncomfortable, and full of perspective you only get when the microphones stay on a little longer than planned.
Part industry check-in, part personal reflection, and part reminder of how fast the landscape is shifting, this is one of those Starting Lineup conversations that lingers well after it ends.
