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What is the solution for college sports?
Posted on 6/8/26 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 6/8/26 at 4:23 pm
Should there be a commissioner appointed by the Universities?
Is there a collective agreement that would give the NCAA enforcement privileges and be shielded from judges?
I’m not pro government intervention but is the a singular legislative action that would put college sports back on a student athlete path?
I’m genuinely curious.
Is there a collective agreement that would give the NCAA enforcement privileges and be shielded from judges?
I’m not pro government intervention but is the a singular legislative action that would put college sports back on a student athlete path?
I’m genuinely curious.
This post was edited on 6/8/26 at 4:25 pm
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Posted on 6/8/26 at 4:24 pm to Purple Spoon
Salary cap
Posted on 6/8/26 at 4:28 pm to Purple Spoon
Let's start with a commissioner and collective bargaining agreement to keep the government out.
Anything is better than what we have now.
Anything is better than what we have now.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 4:29 pm to Purple Spoon
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What is the solution for college sports?
Give Texas Tech the Death Penalty
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:16 pm to Purple Spoon
The portal is the biggest issue. Eliminating unlimited transfers and the ability to play immediately would fix a lot.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:16 pm to Purple Spoon
At this point legislation is the only way for college sports to survive. It is unsustainable on its current path. The court system used to give a respectful presumption of validity to the organization's "revered tradition of amateurism" from a case in 1984. Once that went away the NCAA is guilty of numerous antitrust infractions.
Basically in order to stop the free for all, the courts will have to go backwards and start ruling on the side of the NCAA again, not likely, or Congress will have to give the NCAA an anti-trust exemption which would allow them to start enforcing some rules again. The biggest problem I see is that the sports guys don't understand the law and the law guys don't understand sports.
Collective bargaining is almost a non-starter. It is difficult for the professional leagues and their deals last 10 years and take years to negotiate and that is with much more uniformity among the union members. In college, the membership would completely change more than twice over a 10 year deal. And if you have all college athletes represented you would have girl back up goalies for soccer having the same voting power as a heisman trophy contender.
They will have to bring back some notion of amatuerism, otherwise you cannot cap NIL. It would be like the NBA telling Michael Jordan that Gatorade or Nike can't pay him over a certain amount.
Basically in order to stop the free for all, the courts will have to go backwards and start ruling on the side of the NCAA again, not likely, or Congress will have to give the NCAA an anti-trust exemption which would allow them to start enforcing some rules again. The biggest problem I see is that the sports guys don't understand the law and the law guys don't understand sports.
Collective bargaining is almost a non-starter. It is difficult for the professional leagues and their deals last 10 years and take years to negotiate and that is with much more uniformity among the union members. In college, the membership would completely change more than twice over a 10 year deal. And if you have all college athletes represented you would have girl back up goalies for soccer having the same voting power as a heisman trophy contender.
They will have to bring back some notion of amatuerism, otherwise you cannot cap NIL. It would be like the NBA telling Michael Jordan that Gatorade or Nike can't pay him over a certain amount.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:21 pm to Gatorbait2008
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Salary cap
You can't salary cap NIL.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:21 pm to Purple Spoon
quote:That ship has sailed.
What is the solution for college sports?
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:24 pm to Purple Spoon
The libertarian in me thinks that Congress has absolutely no business getting involved.
That being written, the only way there will be any uniformity and a basis to enforce rules is through antitrust legislation.
That being written, the only way there will be any uniformity and a basis to enforce rules is through antitrust legislation.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:33 pm to Purple Spoon
The SEC breaks off from the NCAA with or without the B1G..
Form a set of rules call CFBR or something..
Any other teams or conferences that want to abide by the CFBR Rules & Regulations may join.. If you don’t follow the rules.. blah blah blah
If it’s a team, and not a conference, then I guess they function as an independent? Idk this part.. maybe they don’t have to include this part if is a private league..
This might be a solution?
Form a set of rules call CFBR or something..
Any other teams or conferences that want to abide by the CFBR Rules & Regulations may join.. If you don’t follow the rules.. blah blah blah
If it’s a team, and not a conference, then I guess they function as an independent? Idk this part.. maybe they don’t have to include this part if is a private league..
This might be a solution?
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:41 pm to Purple Spoon
NCAA is dead. Either it gets resurrected with an antitrust exemption or we get a breakaway league. I personally don't see a ton of long-term value with a breakaway league, unsure of what rules and reforms they would put into place, but could be interesting
curious to see where the money goes, people are spending wild levels of cash to chase championships yet there's a huge demographics cliff colleges are going to face and many are already circling in piles of debt. at some point the money train will come to a screeching halt I would think
curious to see where the money goes, people are spending wild levels of cash to chase championships yet there's a huge demographics cliff colleges are going to face and many are already circling in piles of debt. at some point the money train will come to a screeching halt I would think
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:44 pm to BigBro
With unlimited transfers, it’s free agency every single year. It is a house of cards that is going to collapse
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:46 pm to BigBro
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The SEC breaks off from the NCAA with or without the B1G..
That would not fix anything.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:47 pm to New Money
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That would not fix anything.
if you make the players employees and limit/stop transfers, it absolutely does..
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:57 pm to ryanlsu
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Congress will have to give the NCAA an anti-trust exemption
This post was edited on 6/8/26 at 5:58 pm
Posted on 6/8/26 at 5:59 pm to BigBro
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if you make the players employees and limit/stop transfers, it absolutely does..
An SEC/BIG breakaway isn't going to change the antitrust laws.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 6:00 pm to Purple Spoon
I think it's about run its course... Be interesting with all the massive stadiums on campus.... one more big scandal and more expense and it's cooked.
Posted on 6/8/26 at 6:02 pm to New Money
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An SEC/BIG breakaway isn't going to change the antitrust laws.
If you give all teams a path to join, perhaps it does accomplish just that..
Posted on 6/8/26 at 6:14 pm to BigBro
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If you give all teams a path to join, perhaps it does accomplish just that..
LOL. A college sports league can't change federal law.
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