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re: Honest discussion about NIL. Would love to hear thoughts.
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:13 am to kywildcatfanone
Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:13 am to kywildcatfanone
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I'm not completely against NIL, but I don't like how it's working now. It seems completely one sided, and I wonder when booster fatigue will set in, and maybe that needs to happen sooner rather than later.
The only route to reintroduce rules are the few SEC/B1G programs who can afford to breaking away, classifying players as employees & collectively bargaining with unions. I don’t like it, but haven’t seen any other model that will stand up in court. It’s that, or go be a fan of a smaller school which is still somewhat amateur sports.
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Posted on 4/24/24 at 10:56 am to BevoBucks
quote:Collective bargaining will not solve the NIL problem. No sport that has collective bargaining limits what athletes can earn in sponsorships and such because it would be an anti-trust violation. Think about it. Imagine the NBA telling LeBron you can only earn $X in sponsorships.
The only route to reintroduce rules are the few SEC/B1G programs who can afford to breaking away, classifying players as employees & collectively bargaining with unions. I don’t like it, but haven’t seen any other model that will stand up in court. It’s that, or go be a fan of a smaller school which is still somewhat amateur sports.
The only way to get around this problem is for Congress to pass an anti-trust exemption of some sort for college athletics. That seems very unlikely.
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