re: Saban addresses question about players union...

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Who is supposed to monitor that limit? JFF scratched off his autograph on thousands of items in the offseason, out of the goodness of his heart which resulted in a damn 6 month NCAA invesitgation. That's just one QB in one offseason. Who the hell is going to monitor every high-profile QB/WR/RB/LB, etc. that chooses to spend their offseason time at signing sessions?

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IRS filings or self-reporting, which is what Louisiana state politicians are required to do. You could structure it in a way that requires players to make their filings available to the athletic department, and also require that athletic departments can't help their players make money beyond the exposure those players are already getting through their team.

It doesn't mean that you'll never have players try to hide money they are making, just like you're never going to be able to account for every lying politician. But you have that problem already. This is not a panacea. But what it does is allow some leniency in the law, so players who can legitimately make money can do so.