re: You knew it was coming (at least us smart folks did)...college players now unionizing

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Are you willing to forgo your salary tomorrow for bare minimum(?) health insurance, a meal plan and a scholarship?

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Firstly, what "salary tomorrow"? Who's guaranteed future work? Secondly, health insurance, a meal plan and housing along with a college scholarship would entice the vast majority of students/parents to consider attending a school. Finally, as the thread title suggests, the "crack in the door" made by the NIL ruling has, just like daylight follows dark, amateur sports as we know it will no longer exist, and as always, what group of people will be damaged the most?

There needs to be pushback against players. They receive free school, free room and board, a stipend, and the highest social status on every major campus in America. If they feel so marginalized and exploited they should quit the sport and take out student loans like all the normies.

The root of college football's culture is the fans' love for the institution, not their love for individual players who can hit the portal any time they like and suit up for a rival conference foe.

If no one thinks this isn't just the first small crack in the door leading to full blown unionization, you haven't been paying attention to what's going on in the world today. How many "slippery slopes" are we as a country now on? There are Federal laws regulating national unions. And then here comes Congress, that so screwed up entity that is now fricking up the country. Any clue as to which party loves unions & favors giving them every legal break in the world? Picture Pelosi & her DNC getting involved on behalf of the players.

Good

pay normal people and send the bill to the Deep State networks

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Same universe. As most of those guys will lose their scholarships in the future as CFB consolidates.

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I don't think they will at all.

If the B1G is smart(they are) then they will jump on this deal. All the top recruits will swarm the B1G schools like bees on honey.

Fair enough. Though they already get much better medical care than any of us.

But now I want MY slice of the pie. The people of my state donated the land and have supported with monies for over a century to build the structure and facilities of the University. We own the intellectual property. No one would care or watch if these young men played in "NFL developmental league D" or whatever.

Let's get the accountants, actuarials, and lawyers to assess how much of the revenues and risks are due to each party here. Then we'll hand out those monies to all parties.

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will scholarship cost be factored into this?

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If the NRLB is able to classify them as employees and they hence forth can create a union there will no longer be an athletic scholarship. Each athlete would receive a compensation and benefit package per an employment agreement. The benefits would include tuition, room and board, and all other expenses like travel. After that they would receive some type of compensation as an employee.

With that being said since it is no longer a scholarship several other dominoes would follow.

First Title 9 would be irrelevant since athletes are no longer on scholarship the college will no longer need to provide a certain number to female athletes/sports.

Second since Title 9 would have little concern non revenue generating sports in many cases would be dropped as many were only created to address Title 9 for female athletes.

Third is determining if the NCAA has any jurisdiction over the athletes since scholarships are no longer a item so I guess initial counters(25 incoming scholarship players) and 85 max scholarships would be gone.

Fourth would the NCAA have any jurisdiction on recruiting practices since these athletes would be considered employees and have to go through a hiring process.

Other variables that may come into play how would the union determine fair compensation for their employees. As someone mentioned earlier free tuition at Northwestern is far higher than at a public university. Will a an athlete at Alabama demand the same compensation/benefits at an equal rate? Not to mention how would this affect athletes competing in the Olympics and their amateur status or the draft requirements for time in college?