COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football was the last unifying force in this state, and Name, Image and Likeness reform for college athletes was the last bipartisan issue in American politics. Yet the Ohio House of Representatives still managed on Thursday to muck this up. Craven, divisive, last-minute political maneuvering may be typical, but messing with the Ohio State Buckeyes is not. So when state Rep. Jena Powell, a Republican from Darke County, attached an amendment that would ban transgender athletes from competing in high school sports to a hugely popular NIL bill, which would allow college athletes to make money from endorsements, maybe that was normal for politics. But for those of us who don’t follow the ins-and-outs of Ohio politics, because we’d rather bang our heads against walls, this looked like political freeloading on the backs of college athletes. Have a cause? Take a ride on everyone’s favorite…
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