OT: John Feinstein previewed his WaPo article (out later tonight) about what should happen to the NCAA....

[Midnighter]

Says Emmert leaving is the perfect time to blow up and restructure the NCAA. Likely won't happen (who doesn't want to continue to collect a fat paycheck for essentially doing nothing...?), but his suggestion is to cut the NCAA up into three parts, each overseen by a 'commissioner' of sorts - you have football, basketball, and non-revenue sports. Different rules for each since trying to govern all three within one framework is how we got to the mess we're in now. I think it's a great idea. NIL *has* to be standardized across schools/states IMO - I think we all (mostly) want to see players compensated for their work, but trying to play it straight by having collecives operate 'at arm's length' from schools is a farce (we know the most successful collectives are working with schools to identify and sign players before they sign NLIs). There also needs to be a reckoning with NCAA football and separating the cream from the crop. I think there are no more than 25 schools who can realistically compete for a NCAA football championship.

Will link the article once published.

Thoughts?

 

[Zenophile]

I think we all (mostly) want to see players compensated for their work

In what may be a distinction without a difference, what I *actually* want to see is college athletes having the ability to profit from their name, image and likeness while still remaining amateurs as it relates to their direct participation in college athletics.

 

[Midnighter]

In what may be a distinction without a difference, what I *actually* want to see is college athletes having the ability to profit from their name, image and likeness while still remaining amateurs as it relates to their direct participation in college athletics.

What do you mean? Do you still see (or prefer) football/basketball players as students? Or better as employees?

 

[psuro]

What happened to @BostonNit? He had mentioned some former CFB player who had an idea about connecting pro football teams with college programs. I wanted him to provide the name of the book this guy wrote - have not seen him respond.

 

[Zenophile]

Do you still see (or prefer) football/basketball players as students?

Yes.

Or better as employees?

No.

The Pennsylvania State University is an academic institution and is not an NFL minor league team. The NBA has a model that the NFL absolutely has the resources to emulate should it be necessary or desirable to do so.