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It's true, the portal has changed everything. But the fact that student-athletes have been given the agency to do what is right for them is a change for the better.

No. 27 Yuta Kikuchi’s five-year college tennis career at Cal ended Monday when the senior fell to TCU’s No. 21 Jake Fearnley in the NCAA singles championship’s opening round of 64.

Despite fighting in a tough battle against the USD Toreros, the Bears lost 4-1 in the first round of the NCAA tournament 4-1.

The fifth-seeded Bears fell in the Pac-12 quarterfinals to the fourth-seeded Cardinal, 4-2, ousting Cal men’s tennis from the tournament.

Student athletes may feel afraid of crossing the line and engage in self-censorship due to university administrators and state legislators who are afraid of what student athletes might have to say for themselves.

The US Department of Education, or ED, has released a notice of proposed rulemaking, or NPRM, establishing a violation of Title IX should an educational institution place a categorical ban on transgender students participating in athletics aligned with their gender identity.

Here are three steps the Bears can take to begin the path back to March Madness — or at least out of worst-team-in-the-nation territory.

Representing the Bears in Albuquerque this weekend will be seniors Camryn Rogers and Hakim McMorris. In the women’s weight throw and men’s heptathlon, these two seniors will face off against the nation’s best athletes.

AB 252, introduced by District 41 assemblymember Chris Holden, would require payment for college athletes in California, as well as enforce safety and healthcare standards.

UC Berkeley is continuing their plan to demolish Clark Kerr Campus’s building 21. Chancellor Carol Christ announced a plan to build a beach volleyball facility next to the currently existing facility in 2018 as part of an effort to address issues surrounding gender equity in sports.