re: What is the solution for college sports?

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.

Well let’s see
Schools bicker within conferences
Conferences bicker amongst themselves
And no conference supports the ncaa
It’s a free for all

The first fix is the transfer portal
If you fix that you eliminate the bidding wars for the most part

The salary structure needs to reward the top players as they progress thru their career and incoming fr should have slot amounts and let them earn their $ as they progress as athletes

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You finally pay players and they still want to sue for more

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Have you seen coaching salaries escalate over the last 30 years?

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At some point schools need to say these are our rules under play for pay and if you don’t like it you can go find another league that will pay non professional athletes

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If you don’t like the players making as much money as they can, then go get Poindexter out of the College of Accounting and see if he can beat Rival U.

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I can't comprehend why people don't understand this. It gets brought up time and time again.

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Thank you.

Likewise, I can't comprehend how people don't understand that conferences can't simply break away and form new rules to stop the madness without changes to federal antitrust laws.