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re: The problem isn’t NIL. The problem is no forced player commitment to teams

Posted on 1/11/25 at 4:58 pm to
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2006
34267 posts
Posted on 1/11/25 at 4:58 pm to
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Are we really trying to pretend that the Ohio States of the world are only now becoming a dominant program?
Ohio State has won 1 NC since 2003. Not really dominant.
Posted by FlyDownTheField83
Auburn AL
Member since Dec 2021
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Posted on 1/11/25 at 5:02 pm to
NFL and its current situation are not at all similar to the CURRENT situation in college football. The team owners are part of an association that legally binds them in several ways. There are layers of government laws (mostly state and local) that have been put in place over time that mostly affect taxes (most NFL stadiums are not paying any local taxes, the NFL itself was a tax exempt organization until 2015). The players have bargained seven agreements since 1968, each one evolving the requirements placed on players and the NFL. All of that to say you cannot just directly translate the NFL to college football.
Posted by Diego Ricardo
Alabama
Member since Dec 2020
7788 posts
Posted on 1/11/25 at 5:56 pm to
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NFL and its current situation are not at all similar to the CURRENT situation in college football. The team owners are part of an association that legally binds them in several ways. There are layers of government laws (mostly state and local) that have been put in place over time that mostly affect taxes (most NFL stadiums are not paying any local taxes, the NFL itself was a tax exempt organization until 2015). The players have bargained seven agreements since 1968, each one evolving the requirements placed on players and the NFL. All of that to say you cannot just directly translate the NFL to college football.


You are 100% accurate. My assertion is that something similar to what the NFL has landed on is the target for college athletics. It cannot be a facsimile but some sort of grand compact where players are compensated, teams don’t constantly get their roster and staff picked over by their competitors, but there is even more competitive balance than has ever existed to date in cfb is attainable.
Posted by pankReb
Defending National Champs Fan
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 1/11/25 at 6:28 pm to
But they’re still a top ten program. It’s still basically the same teams at the top.
Posted by FlyDownTheField83
Auburn AL
Member since Dec 2021
919 posts
Posted on 1/11/25 at 10:16 pm to
It will be interesting to see what shakes out. The first CBA for NFL players seemed focused on some fundamental gains for players in terms of earnings and progress towards more control over their careers (before the first CBA there were some anti-union coaches that would just cut players if they thought they were union sympathizers).

There are so many problems with organizing the current college players to even get enough cards signed to have a vote for a union (basic required steps towards a CBA). There are many, many entities with a vested interest in fighting this: player “agents”, universities, what is left of the NCAA, coaches, greedy star players,…..that is why I am not hopeful that a CBA will provide the needed structure.

There are some suits working their way through the legal system that MAY put in place some ground rules.
This post was edited on 1/11/25 at 10:18 pm
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