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I’m sure this will all work out fine.
NCAA, Power 5 agree to let schools pay players
The NCAA and its leagues are moving forward with a multibillion-dollar settlement agreement that will allow schools to directly pay players for the first time in the history of college sports.
“College” Athletics
Right? He has no problem paying $10m a year for a coach, but the 85 players who make up the actual team, that's a bridge too far?
Anyone wanna guess who the Big Ten’s highest paid employee was last year?
Jim Delaney, who retired in 2020. He made $5.8mm; or roughly $483,333.00 per month - to do nothing. Know who else despised the idea of paying players? Yup. Same douchebag.
It’s hard to get angry about this knowing how much money has been made by everyone *but* the players. Chickens and roosting and all that. Love it.
More importantly, when the hell do we get our checks?I’m sure this will all work out fine.
NCAA, Power 5 agree to let schools pay players
The NCAA and its leagues are moving forward with a multibillion-dollar settlement agreement that will allow schools to directly pay players for the first time in the history of college sports.
“College” Athletics
...and training costs, medical costs, travel costs, etc.
Not clear how the schools will pay the athletes, only that there will be a certain sum that is supposed to behave like a salary cap.
Schools can say, no, we're not paying you and you can leave, same thing a coach can tell bench ballast.
Sure it would. Tuba player goes to band director. "My Mom saw me on TV during last week's halftime show. Pay me for use of my NIL." Band director, "the value of your NIL to this university is zero, so that's what we're paying you." Tuba player can accept that, or go through the time, trouble, and expense of finding a lawyer who can demonstrate to the courts that his NIL value is greater than zero (and what he's paying his attorney). Good luck with that.
Most BIG schools have more varsity sports than the SEC. So I wonder how they balance heat all out.
Anyone wanna guess who the Big Ten’s highest paid employee was last year?
Jim Delaney, who retired in 2020. He made $5.8mm; or roughly $483,333.00 per month - to do nothing. Know who else despised the idea of paying players? Yup. Same douchebag.
It’s hard to get angry about this knowing how much money has been made by everyone *but* the players. Chickens and roosting and all that. Love it.
Funny how that always happens? You would think by now contracts would have this estimating thing figured out. Just can’t seem to do it.
I know a guy who fenced cars and he did quite well.
JD is a perfect ahole.Anyone wanna guess who the Big Ten’s highest paid employee was last year?
Jim Delaney, who retired in 2020. He made $5.8mm; or roughly $483,333.00 per month - to do nothing. Know who else despised the idea of paying players? Yup. Same douchebag.
It’s hard to get angry about this knowing how much money has been made by everyone *but* the players. Chickens and roosting and all that. Love it.
I don't see how this isn't the death knoll for many non revenue generating sports. If payments are capped at 22 million and institution A has 12 sports and institution B has 22....I'm a blue chip football recruit...its a cinch who will pay me more.
I think this is going to be the outcome. There is a belief that most of the universities are loaded, but it is just the opposite. There is an enrollment drop coming due to demographics and many are not going to survive independent of this situation. my brother lives in Ohio and his view is that inside the next decade that all their public universities will either be an OSU campus or closed completely. their legislature is funding and incentivizing the destruction of campus buildings to prepare for the downsizing of student populations and avoiding the large deferred maintenance.
From the POV of someone who lives in Ohio, I'll note two things--the community college system will continue to thrive as it offers a low(er)-cost education. Many current tOSU students from families living in Columbus started at Columbus State (the local community college). Second, big universities will find other sources of revenue. The big one at tOSU is building lots and lots of dorms and then requiring students to live there for their first two years because ... reasons... (one reason folks are going to community colleges)--as well as focusing on out-of-state students.
One could argue that he does much less damage by doing nothing
I can't wait to see that PR nightmare. The University now admits 100 football players a year. 75 of those guys take student enrollment spots that were previously reserved for 75 non-athletes. That won't cause a stink at an academic institution. Or, even better, because we just took on "several 100" new employees, we raise tuition for the non-athletes to cover the additional athletes/employees who we now have to pay. Yikes.
I think whoever is going to be managing the professional college sports (primarily FB and MBB) will have to get granted some form of anti-trust immunity by the US Congress. Now if the BIG and SEC joined, broke away and formed strong internal governance they could avoid the anti-trust as they would not have the dominant market share used in the AT suits. But assuming there would be a single governing body for all FB, it would be important for this immunity. If you don't have this you have lawyers just using the anti-trust lawsuits to avoid any type of rules or regulations.
Once there are players unions negotiating CBAs with governing bodies, antitrust immunity automatically attaches and there is no need for Congress to act. The reason that the powers that be want legislation is so that they can continue to restrain trade.
