Revenue sharing with BT players?

jne381

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One source speculated that the Big Ten could avoid Title IX laws by distributing the money through the conference office instead of the schools. In that sense the conference office wouldn't be an educational entity receiving federal funds necessarily subject to Title IX.

I would like to see someone try to make this argument in court. I feel it would get shredded in two seconds, if they even tried. I would like to know who the source is, and if they have a legal background, or if they are just talking out of their butt.

"Why should we be sharing revenue with an athlete who is not creating it?" said one source familiar with the discussions.

Who is this person? Is he saying women don't deserve equal treatment in college athletics?
 

Kawacko71

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Fanaticat98

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I do think the post football health coverage is an impotant issue. Although I had coverage through my employment some may not. I left college with significant football related health issues.
Impotence is a post football health issue now?! That will surely be the death of the sport.
All seriousness though, post football medical coverage for related injuries is a good idea for that revenue.
 
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NUCat320

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I would like to see someone try to make this argument in court. I feel it would get shredded in two seconds, if they even tried. I would like to know who the source is, and if they have a legal background, or if they are just talking out of their butt.



Who is this person? Is he saying women don't deserve equal treatment in college athletics?
I can see the title IX argument being upheld. This would be an entity of athletes getting a piece of the revenue pile negotiated by the conference, which is separate from the individual universities. Being that the contracts are specifically from football revenue, it’s not a huge stretch.

At an individual level, the highest-earning NIL athletes are women’s athletes, who have become influencers through fashion, etc., partnerships.

And, frankly, this matches the professional landscape. Men’s basketball/football players get paid by virtue of their leagues and the viewership they bring in. Their sponsorships are huge, but so are their base salaries. Women’s athletes make their $$ by hustling and stacking sponsorships.

It’s not fair, but it’s the world.

There is nothing in here that will result in universities failing to support women’s athletics.

I hope NU’s football players get involved and stack some of that paper that OSU’s viewership has driven… (NU is trying, but we’re the Pittsburgh Pirates.)

This is only good for college sports in the modern landscape. (Whether the modern landscape is good is a separate discussion.)
 
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Titanium999

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I do think the post football health coverage is an impotant issue. Although I had coverage through my employment some may not. I left college with significant football related health issues.
I was an athlete at NU too and suffered post college! Not from sports 🏀 but from all the rejection I got at sorority parties! Do these therapy bills 💵 get covered somehow too?
 
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I would like to see someone try to make this argument in court. I feel it would get shredded in two seconds, if they even tried. I would like to know who the source is, and if they have a legal background, or if they are just talking out of their butt.



Who is this person? Is he saying women don't deserve equal treatment in college athletics?
That's akin to me saying as a Pa. taxpayer that why should I help fund state-related and state-owned universities when I'm not directly benefitting from them? Same selfish b.s. logic.
 

Williesfan

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I was an athlete at NU too and suffered post college! Not from sports 🏀 but from all the rejection I got at sorority parties! Do these therapy bills 💵 get covered somehow too?
Wait you suffer from rejection at NU sorority parties. That speaks volumes the general consensus has been NU women are not hot. Hmmm.