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Thomas A. Baker III, John Grady, and Jesse M. Rappole, Consent Theory as a Possible Cure for Unconscionable Terms in Student-Athlete Contracts, 22 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 619 (2012). College student-athletes are required to sign standard-form contracts to be eligible to participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). These contracts include complicated legal terms, including the release of publicity rights. The student-athletes must either sign the contracts or forfeit their ability to participate in NCAA-sanctioned sports. This article examines how the doctrine of unconscionability might apply when most of the student-athletes signing these contracts do …