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Alabama AD: Cutting Sports Might Be Only Way to Pay Athletes
Posted on 5/30/24 at 10:40 am
Posted on 5/30/24 at 10:40 am
Saw this coming. What I don’t know is how will they get around Title IX…
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I don’t see them being able to cut any women’s athletic teams without facing immediate litigation. Things are going to get messy.
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Amidst the ongoing evolution of NCAA athlete compensation laws, the recent settlement in the House vs. NCAA case has introduced a layer of financial complexity for collegiate athletic departments, particularly highlighted in discussions at this year’s SEC spring meetings in Destin.
The athletic departments are now grappling with a potentially new substantial cost, estimated up to $22 million, a topic that has sparked considerable conversation among attendees. Greg Byrne, the Alabama Athletics Director, remarked on the unconventional nature of the financial mathematics involved, indicating that the challenge goes beyond simple addition and subtraction.
As the impact of the settlement filters through, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey alluded to the tough fiscal decisions lying ahead for schools. These include balancing the new athlete compensation expenses with the need to compensate former athletes as part of the settlement, prompting discussions on the viability of current sports programs. Despite fears surrounding the potential cutting of high-expense, low-revenue sports—a move made by some institutions in the wake of COVID—Byrne expressed a strong desire to avoid such measures, citing the value of supporting Olympic sports within the collegiate model.
Following the meetings, Byrne emphasized to reporters the complexity of the situation, referencing the multifaceted nature of university athletic programs compared to professional sports organizations and highlighting the unique financial pressures they face, including maintenance and operational costs that often remain unseen by the public. He pointed out that only football and men’s basketball generated profits last year, with the rest of the programs operating at a loss, further complicating the financial landscape.
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I don’t see them being able to cut any women’s athletic teams without facing immediate litigation. Things are going to get messy.
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Posted on 5/30/24 at 10:42 am to Darth_Vader
Agreed no sports cut..they will work it out amongst the parties. ...TV included
Posted on 5/30/24 at 10:45 am to Darth_Vader
What a humungous disaster
Posted on 5/30/24 at 10:47 am to Darth_Vader
Still waiting for the trannies to take over softball, volleyball and women's basketball, women's track, ...
Posted on 5/30/24 at 11:11 am to muncy
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What a humungous disaster
I have no idea how all this will sort itself out. But I have a sinking feeling in my gut in the very near future we won’t recognize college football as we’ve known it.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 11:16 am to Darth_Vader
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What I don’t know is how will they get around Title IX
At some point, football has to be exempt from Title IX because there is no female equivalent.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 11:17 am to Darth_Vader
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don’t see them being able to cut any women’s athletic teams without facing immediate litigation. Things are going to get messy.
They will cut both women's and men's golf or tennis for example
Problem solved
Posted on 5/30/24 at 11:19 am to Darth_Vader
Fewer scholarships (players) in football and in women’s sports.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 11:26 am to Darth_Vader
Destroy everything so we can pay football players.
Meanwhile we are also destroying football.
What people don’t recognize is if no bribes were allowed we would cheer on our schools even if it were walk-ons vs walk-ons.
Meanwhile we are also destroying football.
What people don’t recognize is if no bribes were allowed we would cheer on our schools even if it were walk-ons vs walk-ons.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 11:30 am to Darth_Vader
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I don’t see them being able to cut any women’s athletic teams without facing immediate litigation. Things are going to get messy.
How is men's sports in the so-called minor category any less in danger? Full rides are hard to come by in these sports and it takes football money to do it. In a couple more years of NIL, these bidding wars will get NFL stupid if they haven't already and Greg can see the magnitude of NIL money being spent from where he is standing. And so can Brian Kelly and Smart and Hugh Freeze, who I've heard say so much. College sports is in big azz trouble.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 11:45 am to Darth_Vader
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I don’t see them being able to cut any women’s athletic teams without facing immediate litigation. Things are going to get messy.
Its gonna be a mess....lawyers gonna make some serious coin
Posted on 5/30/24 at 11:53 am to HailToTheChiz
quote:I think what Byrne is getting at is the knock-on effects. It's easy to cut college golf programs. But if every school does that, it's going to make the sport's talent pool shrink. With less talent, you get less interest in the sport, which means the professional game (and courses, shops, etc. across the country) suffer.
They will cut both women's and men's golf or tennis for example
Problem solved
Posted on 5/30/24 at 11:55 am to TideCPA
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But if every school does that, it's going to make the sport's talent pool shrink. With less talent, you get less interest in the sport, which means the professional game (and courses, shops, etc. across the country) suffer.
I'm not that familiar with non-pro golf, but if it's anything like Tennis, most of the top pros start in their teens.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 11:56 am to Darth_Vader
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I don’t see them being able to cut any women’s athletic teams without facing immediate litigation.
As was discussed earlier this week on radio here, women's sports won't be cut. Courts will tie you up with that. Men's non revenue producing will be. Men's swimming and diving, mens track, baseball, the goofy hockey team and maybe golf are as good as gone. Byrne has been very open about this.
The way it looks is his feeling is to focus Bama on the high profile mens sports that actually get TV coverage and bring in money. Football and basketball could possibly be the only men's sports at Bama. he knows nobody cares about the other sports mentioned above. I have no problem with that. Due to the no lottery situation those spring sports at Bama are useless anyway.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 11:56 am to Darth_Vader
About to be a whole lot more club teams at universities. Golf, right next to quiditch, how nice that'll be.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:00 pm to TideCPA
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But if every school does that, it's going to make the sport's talent pool shrink. With less talent, you get less interest in the sport, which means the professional game (and courses, shops, etc. across the country) suffer.
There will some universities that will fill that void. If the G5 drop the "lower tier" sports then smaller universities will pick them up, while dropping the "high tier" sports due to cost. An Alabama will keep football, but an Alabama A&M would drop football to spit out higher skilled athletes in the "lower tier" sports.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:02 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
quote:Difference is collegiate tennis isn't really a training ground for professional tennis. Foreign teens come play college golf in America to develop. You cut college golf and America loses any kind of competitive edge it has in the professional ranks.
I'm not that familiar with non-pro golf, but if it's anything like Tennis, most of the top pros start in their teens.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:03 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
I'd hate to see college golf programs cut but it would seem like this would be a good opportunity for the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, and LIV golf to work together to fund that particular men's and women's college sport where it doesn't have to be cut. Work it out where they get some kind of return on their investment.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:25 pm to Darth_Vader
They can cut women’s as long as men’s are cut also. Tennis and track could be victims at some schools. We will end up with some sports only having 4-5 teams and those joining another conference to have a full league. At the lower levels the number of teams in conferences for just one sport is prevalent.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 1:13 pm to AtlantaLSUfan
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Destroy everything so we can pay football players.
Whats funny is all the other athletes thought they were going to get paid as well.
Sorry, no one cares about synchronized water polo.
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