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re: Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville to introduce bill that will regulate NIL
Posted on 8/3/22 at 6:35 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 8/3/22 at 6:35 pm to RollTide1987
I dislike what NIL is doing to CFB as much as anyone else but what grounds does the government have to get involved with this? These players are presumably tax-paying adults making contractual agreements with other adults.
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Posted on 8/3/22 at 6:37 pm to Old Hellen Yeller
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but what grounds does the government have to get involved with this?
Some people like more government in their lives
Posted on 8/3/22 at 7:38 pm to RollTide1987
Is this for Auburn or bama ???? Will he smoke a cigar if ur passes?
Posted on 8/3/22 at 7:39 pm to TutHillTiger
Considering Joe Manchin is the co-author, Saban has definitely been in the loop.
Posted on 8/3/22 at 7:58 pm to RollTide1987
Ehh... Tubbs hasn't been the same since his wife was caught banging that lawyer in Opelika.
Posted on 8/3/22 at 11:44 pm to Sao
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Small government Republican Tubbs, Folks.
Ahh. A federal judicial issue shouldn't be codified by elected individuals responsible for representing their states at the federal level. You're right, what a hypocrite.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 2:00 am to Hater Bait
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First senate bill in history written in crayon
Is that you coach Spurrier?
Posted on 8/4/22 at 2:51 am to Farmer1906
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Scared of A&M it seems.
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Farmer1906
How did you not make the finals of the worst poster on this board???
Posted on 8/4/22 at 5:52 am to Farmer1906
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Scared of A&M it seems.
So are you, or are you not buying recruits?
Posted on 8/4/22 at 6:21 am to Oilfieldbiology
It is out of control, but not sure what rules you can put into place.
The NFL has salary caps, but no cap on outside income based on NIL. Not sure how your legislate that.
The NFL has salary caps, but no cap on outside income based on NIL. Not sure how your legislate that.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 6:31 am to gumpinmizzou
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Given Tubbs' competence level, I'm surprised he even knows how bills come to be introduced
15 years and all those national titles later and Tubs still gets you all hot and bothered.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 6:35 am to gumpinmizzou
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surprised he even knows how bills come to be introduced
Posted on 8/4/22 at 6:37 am to MrLahey
quote:He's a conservative, so I'd say he has gained a new fanbase now.
Do you like tubbs now?
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:11 am to RollTide1987
Just more Big Gubmunt getting involved in our lives.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:16 am to Farmer1906
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Scared of A&M it seems.
A&M with Jimbo…..naw bro. Now A&M with Saban level coach yes.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:27 am to RollTide1987
If done right this might actually make good sense. Easy to forget that NIL currently is governed, not by NCAA, but by state laws, which can differ. Federal law could bring some uniformity and thus competitive balance. Theoretically…
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:31 am to FtHuntTiger
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If done right this might actually make good sense.
1000% chance it won't be.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:37 am to Auburn80
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They should allow the schools to pay the players directly. All this TV money is coming in but it cannot go to players. Players can still do other endorsements but they will be legitimate and not phony like they are at the moment.
Oh yeah, that is EXACTLY the way to fix college athletics.
Posted on 8/4/22 at 8:59 am to RollTide1987
Nothing will come of this.
Tuberville is a junior senator with little clout and not much in the way of committee assignments. Maybe the Senate Health committee might be able to take this up, but he's the next to junior most member, and many of the GOP members are from places where college football isn't important.
Plus, when you think about it, "NIL regulation" is really just a comforting way of saying "socialism." What we have now is a free market; if we really believe in those--and maybe we actually don't and only like to say we do--then why are some of us who claim to be conservative clamoring for the government to reinstitute a cartel?
That's precisely what "NIL regulation" does--it brings back the NCAA cartel and limits the player's ability to make money. It's virulently anti-capitalist. I'm sure that Tuberville's buddies in the coaching ranks really are lost. They've spent their entire lives living in an unconstitutional economic system where they controlled everything. The Supreme Court came and burned that system to the ground. For the first time in their lives they're being exposed to the forces they spent decades trying to avoid. It must be bewildering to them, especially the older ones like Tuberville.
"NIL regulation" isn't going to solve our problems. Finally, what was once a black market has been exposed to the light of day. Now we know what people have been paying. We also know who's getting what, and who's worth it and who's not. Right now, we have unprecedented--and long overdue--transparency into college athletics. Why would anyone want to bring back the bad days of bagmen and black markets? Unless that system benefitted you, of course.
These college presidents aren't going to just jump out there and say it, but what they really want is exemption from antitrust. It was the NCAA's idea to get Congress involved, which should be enough to let you know it's a bad idea. The NCAA and Congress "solving" a problem. What could go wrong?
Tuberville is a junior senator with little clout and not much in the way of committee assignments. Maybe the Senate Health committee might be able to take this up, but he's the next to junior most member, and many of the GOP members are from places where college football isn't important.
Plus, when you think about it, "NIL regulation" is really just a comforting way of saying "socialism." What we have now is a free market; if we really believe in those--and maybe we actually don't and only like to say we do--then why are some of us who claim to be conservative clamoring for the government to reinstitute a cartel?
That's precisely what "NIL regulation" does--it brings back the NCAA cartel and limits the player's ability to make money. It's virulently anti-capitalist. I'm sure that Tuberville's buddies in the coaching ranks really are lost. They've spent their entire lives living in an unconstitutional economic system where they controlled everything. The Supreme Court came and burned that system to the ground. For the first time in their lives they're being exposed to the forces they spent decades trying to avoid. It must be bewildering to them, especially the older ones like Tuberville.
"NIL regulation" isn't going to solve our problems. Finally, what was once a black market has been exposed to the light of day. Now we know what people have been paying. We also know who's getting what, and who's worth it and who's not. Right now, we have unprecedented--and long overdue--transparency into college athletics. Why would anyone want to bring back the bad days of bagmen and black markets? Unless that system benefitted you, of course.
These college presidents aren't going to just jump out there and say it, but what they really want is exemption from antitrust. It was the NCAA's idea to get Congress involved, which should be enough to let you know it's a bad idea. The NCAA and Congress "solving" a problem. What could go wrong?
Posted on 8/4/22 at 9:00 am to NaturalStateReb
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Tuberville is a junior senator with little clout and not much in the way of committee assignments
Most politicians are absolute morons and I have no doubt that even they view Tubs as the Stephen of the group.
This post was edited on 8/4/22 at 9:01 am
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