re: NIL saga: AGs of Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, SC file brief in support of NCAA

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How about just let players go pro at whatever age the pros are willing to draft? Otherwise, take the education as your compensation.

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If the NFL really wanted to draft kids right out of high school, or even very many first and second year players, they wouldn’t have a rule against it. Only a handful of skill players would have a chance, and the NFL is better off with a strong college system to develop the players so they can mature enough to compete against grown-arse men. The less developed they are the greater the draft risk and the more time and money they have to spend.

This ain’t the NBA.

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They'll eventually get paid. You can only delay it so long. The amateurism has been gone for a long time.

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This is 100% the truth whether the dumbs on this board want to believe it or not.

It would be much better for ADs and NCAA to get ahead of this rather than having to fight it out in court cases like this.
This is what they get for burying their heads in the sand for so long though.

People have been talking about the need for reform for years, all these new legal cases are simply the chickens finally coming home to roost, and if the ship isn’t steered in the right direction this will be the end of the NCAA.

The amateurism rules are completely nonsensical due to the fact that D1 CFB is not even a fricking amateur league combined with the fact that the NCAA has a complete monopoly on collegiate sports.

If this goes to the supreme court, the NCAA will likely be massively restricted in which rules they can impose on players for state institutions - effectively ending college football as we know it.

It’s my belief that simply allowing profiting off of name and likeness will make the current crop of legal troubles go away. That single, moronic restriction is what is going to kill them.

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It’s my belief that simply allowing profiting off of name and likeness will make the current crop of legal troubles go away. That single, moronic restriction is what is going to kill them.

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Democratic Senators Cory Booker and Richard Blumenthal have introduced a bill in congress.

They call it “The College Athletes Bill of Rights.”

“The most ambitious—and likely the most contentious—provision,” reports The New York Times, “would require colleges to share the profits they make with the athletes who generate them.

In sports where revenues exceed the cost of scholarships across an entire division—at the moment that would be athletes who play football, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball—the profits generated in each sport would be shared equally with the scholarship players.”

“Using data supplied by universities to the Department of Education, Booker said that would mean payments of $173,000 a year to football players, $115,600 to men’s basketball players, $19,050 to women’s basketball players, and $8,670 to baseball players who are on full scholarship,” The New York Times reported.

***The AMOUNTS LISTED ABOVE ARE THE ESTIMATED EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE AVAILABLE PROFIT***

To make sure these salaries are paid and colleges fully comply with Booker’s mandates, the law would also create a Commission on College Athletics.

This commission would consist of nine presidential appointees and would have potentially sweeping powers.

Booker’s bill states in part: “There is established a commission, to be known as the ‘Commission on College Athletics,’ for the following purposes:

(1) To act for the benefit of all college athletes without regard to receipt of grant-in-aid.

(2) To protect the economic interests of college athletes.”

The New York Times noted it would also have the power to “ban individuals from working in college athletics.”

Gross Profit is ALL monies earned after deducting the costs associated with providing its services i.e., marketing the brand, ticket sales, concessions, coaching salaries, utilities, etc.

Net Profit is ALL monies left over after expenses are paid, i.e., building costs, new equipment purchases, updated facilities, etc.

Most will want to be paid on the GROSS, not the NET because you can continually add expenses that someone may not agree to or with.

This will in my opinion devastate college athletics.

Additionally, Bama would rapidly lose the investment advantages in state of the art facilities and in retaining the best overall program, as we are currently one of the highest-earning programs in the country.

We also continually upgrade and invest in state of the art facilities, etc.

If this is passed in the Democratic-led house and senate. It will be signed by President Biden.

It will in my opinion change college sports dramatically and eventually lead to its destruction.

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Would playing in Chicago get a player more media hype than Tebow did at florida or Devonta Smith or Najee Harris dud at Alabama?

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Are you under the impression that playing in Florida is the same as playing in new York?

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Point out a single kid in the history of NCAA athletics who has been exploited.

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The list wouldn’t fit in a single post.
Every starting D1 player that didn’t make the NFL in the past decade was exploited. The helped generated a shite ton of revenue and 98% of then got nothing but a useless degree.

You morons do realize that D1 CFB players academic situation isn’t the same as normal people, right? They are discouraged from pursuing difficult (ie useful) degrees. Their study and sometimes course time is metered and greatly reduced compared to even average students. They are often tutored in ways that don’t benefit them. All of these things are often requirements for pursuing their football career and maintaining their scholarship.

The feel good story of them getting access to a good education through football is often a myth.

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The list wouldn’t fit in a single post.
Every starting D1 player that didn’t make the NFL in the past decade was exploited. The helped generated a shite ton of revenue and 98% of then got nothing but a useless degree.

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What a load of complete garbage.

Are you REALLY trying to tell me these kids would have been better off had they never gone to college?

Of course not.I've known some guys that played big time CFB but didn't graduate and had numerous doors open for them in business and other venues that never would have been available to them otherwise.

BTW the vast majority of school in D1. aren't making "millions"

Stop with the cliches.Your embarrassing yourself.

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No, they would be better off if an organization comprised of state actors (public universities) didn’t conspire to restrict their inalienable right of the pursuit of wealth

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Nice dodge but you still didn't answer the question.

Let's say a school doesn't make "millions" off athletics and actually loses money like almost all did this year or other G5 schools do annually along with a few P5's.

Are they still "exploiting" these kids?

Do you think these kids would be better off if CFB and basketball never existed?

In my big-boy job, my employer will cover tuition costs for a college course. I am taxed on that non-monetary contribution. If we’re gonna allow NIL income to college players, then let’s line all of the following up on ye ole W2 for every scholarship athlete to go along with any monetary NIL income:
1. Tuition
2. Books & Lab Materials
3. Personal Trainer Consultations
4. Nutritionist Consultations
5. Meal Plan
6. Housing & Utilities
7. Educational Support & Personal Tutoring
8. Stipend & Game Day Per Diems

CPAs are gonna have a new client niche. So, I’m all in. We should all pay our fair share. It’s the only way. They are gonna get their NIL money ...and a whole lot more.