re: The political economics of college athletics

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bamafan1001
The political economics of college athletics
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quote:I think the time that the money made from it be distributed to the athletes who make it possible is long over due. Hell will literally freeze over long before the U.S. Department of Education ever allows this to happen.


They don't have that authority

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You do understand that the USDOE is the branch of the federal government that enforces Title IX, right? And that the USDOE is the agency that allocates federal dollars to universities, right?

The USDOE has a helluva lot more authority than the NCAA. In fact, any authority the NCAA may have only derives from whatever authority the USDOE allows the NCAA to have. The NCAA can't just set aside federal law.

Dig around a little bit. Look into the group that organized the College Athletes Players Association. See if you can find anyone who has either owned or conceived a uterus. There's a reason why.

From their webpage, here's the bio of the founder:

"Huma also co-authored groundbreaking studies that made national headlines such as “The $6 Billion Heist: Robbing College Athletes Under the Guise of Amateurism”. The study estimates that the fair market value of FBS football and men’s basketball players is approximately $137,000 and $289,000 respectively; and that the NCAA will deny these athletes approximately $6 billion of their fair market value between 2011-15."

The guy apparently has never, ever, heard of Title IX.

If the question is, should all athletes...male and female...be paid a $1,000 a month stipend, for example, then yes, that's a discussion that can be had and the NCAA could approve.

If the question is, should football players and basketball players be paid their "fair market value" or should more money be "distributed to the athletes who make it possible", it's a pointless discussion until Title IX is overturned, which won't happen until after hell freezes over.

Personally, I don't understand why there is so much discussion of paying players according to their "market value"...as if such a thing would be possible even if the NCAA was 100% in favor of it. It's as if some people, including sportswriters at the national level, have never even heard of Title IX.

Now, maybe when the GOP takes back the Senate in November and the White House in 2016...