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re: What is the solution for college sports?
Posted on 6/9/26 at 7:41 am to Gatorbait2008
Posted on 6/9/26 at 7:41 am to Gatorbait2008
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Why not? Every pro sports league has a cap. Why can't CFB? I get no min for smaller schools, but a max amount per year is done in pro sports...why can't the NCAA set a limit you can spend on a roster per year? Every pro sport is able to do it.
For one, capping NIL would be contrary to the court ruling that put it in place.
NIL isn't a salary for playing. It's paying the players for the use of their name, image, and likeness. You can't cap what an individual player makes via contracts the school isn't party to.
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Posted on 6/9/26 at 9:37 am to CrewsMissile3
The anti-trust exemption is the only way forward for college sports to remain or return to something that is viable in the long term. You have to return to at least a facade of amateurism which will allow you to say that you can get all the NIL you want but if you do you can't play in our league. You can limit transfers and bring back a semblance of the sport we grew up watching.
The way the NCAA is losing in courts right now makes them unable to enforce anything. But a salary cap is a non-starter without an anti-trust exemption or collective bargaining. Collective bargaining is almost a non-starter because it usually takes a couple of years to come to an agreement on those types of things. The Juniors and Seniors that start negotiating will be out of college before the agreement is signed and then the freshman will not have been a part of most of the negotiations. A few years into the deal and nobody that was part of the negotiations will still be part of the union.
Both sides played a part in where we are now. The NCAA made billions for years and I have no idea where that money went. They should have to put some in a fund and pay for continuing education and healthcare for any injuries that occured while playing. I don't necessarily agree with it but they could also pay a stipend to the athletes along with all of their other perks.
The players are overplaying their hand at this point. True NIL would effect .1% of college athletes. The rest is pay to play. Some of the big donors are already getting sick of it. This amount of money cannot last forever. I have had a discussion with a former LSU player who talked about jerseys with his name on it. He thought they bought it because of him. I said they bought it because of LSU and that he played for LSU. If he played for Texas there would be no jerseys with his name on it in Baton Rouge. He said he would sell a lot in Austin though. I asked how many he would sell if he went to ULL and had a all american season. He said not that many. So he finally admitted it wasn't because of his name or even how he played. It was because he went to LSU.
The way the NCAA is losing in courts right now makes them unable to enforce anything. But a salary cap is a non-starter without an anti-trust exemption or collective bargaining. Collective bargaining is almost a non-starter because it usually takes a couple of years to come to an agreement on those types of things. The Juniors and Seniors that start negotiating will be out of college before the agreement is signed and then the freshman will not have been a part of most of the negotiations. A few years into the deal and nobody that was part of the negotiations will still be part of the union.
Both sides played a part in where we are now. The NCAA made billions for years and I have no idea where that money went. They should have to put some in a fund and pay for continuing education and healthcare for any injuries that occured while playing. I don't necessarily agree with it but they could also pay a stipend to the athletes along with all of their other perks.
The players are overplaying their hand at this point. True NIL would effect .1% of college athletes. The rest is pay to play. Some of the big donors are already getting sick of it. This amount of money cannot last forever. I have had a discussion with a former LSU player who talked about jerseys with his name on it. He thought they bought it because of him. I said they bought it because of LSU and that he played for LSU. If he played for Texas there would be no jerseys with his name on it in Baton Rouge. He said he would sell a lot in Austin though. I asked how many he would sell if he went to ULL and had a all american season. He said not that many. So he finally admitted it wasn't because of his name or even how he played. It was because he went to LSU.
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