re: UAB is joining the union

quote:

---

Everything is moving that way. It’s the only way the portal and NIL are going to get under control

---

The only thing they can do is try to get the actual schools to pay the players which isn't a great solution imo. You pay football players then you have to pay all athletes and for most schools that means shutting down most if not all athletic programs.

I think the solution is 2 year contracts. Have clauses that make low academics or other behavior issues void the contract. Maybe even have coaches leaving void the contract. They don't even need to have money involved. All the contract does is guarantee the athlete 2 years on the team as long as they are in good standing and guarantee the school the athletes services for 2 years without their threat of leaving. At the 2 year mark they can sign to their current school for 2 more years or they can enter the portal and find a new school. The NFL draft (or whatever pro sport draft) would also be a way to void the contract. If they got redshirted, they can enter the transfer portal again after their 4th year and sign a 1 year contract somewhere or stay at their current school. This would mean that the retention efforts only have to be allocated to a certain portion of the roster and not the whole roster every year. NIL would still be its own thing that gets negotiated per athlete.

quote:

---

Everything is moving that way. It’s the only way the portal and NIL are going to get under control

---

think how great we had things prior to ~2018 when we didn't have to worry about shite like this in amateur athletics. Those were the days.