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This will give them standing. The SEC operates under the purview of the NCAA. It is spitting in all of these judges faces for the NCAA to lose in court and act like SEC is fully independent.
It would be like a court order against Toyota motor company and them trying to say Lexus doesn’t have to follow that court order.

To be honest, I’m ok with RJ not being allowed to play. I think the 2022 athletes have a real case and should be allowed to play. If the SEC is only able to block RJ, we are in great shape.

LSU would have a legal case against the SEC. LSU would argue that they are just following guidelines set by a judge that determined the players eligibility. SEC doesn’t want to risk going to court over a one time blip due to NCAA changing rules.

Saints happy hour recently floated a rumor that the Saints are interested in trading for a pass rusher. They believe Shough is the guy after seeing him perform well against the Jags, Cowboys, and Rams.

Just my opinion, I’m ok with any player to player trade (like the Deion Jones trade) or pickups after cutdowns. But, I really hope we do not use 2027 draft capital. We are in such a healthy position- we have $$ to spend next year, draft that is setting up to be way above average quality, and an ascending team. We have at least two clear needs: pass rusher and secondary. We can address those perfectly in the offseason.
I think we have a hard ceiling this year. There is a tier of teams that are way better than us right now. A pass rusher will not put us in their tier.

According to Ross Jacksom and Nick, Rattler has notably outperformed Wilson in practice.
Glad we have a former QB as HC, OC, and QB coach. I trust them to evaluate QB effectively

I think he’s an average head coach.
He’s notably better than Dennis Allen was. Would take over: Aaron Glenn, Dolphins coach, Zac Taylor, Colts coach, and Dan Quinn.

I’ve just seen no evidence that CFB power brokers are interested in doing collective bargaining. Collective bargaining almost always involves revenue sharing. The SEC is threatening to breakaway bc they don’t want to do revenue sharing.

CFB is desperately trying to get the Government to grant them an antitrust exemption that will allow them to operate as a non-capitalist system. This would allow them to control compensation without players having any bargaining power. The catch is it would involve revenue sharing. SEC is posturing to get the rev share piece out of the legislation. But, the system won’t work without it.

If/when that fails, CFB will either:
1. Try to get a new congress to pass their legislation.
2. Keep this unsustainable model until it implodes. Athletic departments start shutting down bc they can’t keep up with the biggest brands.
3. Move forward with collective bargaining.
Players are adults. In an American economy, you are compensated based on your talents that people are willing to pay for. College athletes are talented enough to bring billions into a system. A collective bargaining system keeps costs uniform, treats players and institutions fairly, and encourages cooperation.

I don’t see this as any type of solution. Without a collective bargaining agreement, a new super league would run into the same issues that tge NCAA has. Member schools and players do not have to abide by any guidelines because they are non-enforceable in court without collective bargaining.
The new league will not have real investigation power just like the NCAA.
I’m for shrinking the power 4 to 50-60 teams after a CBA is created between NCAA and players.

I agree with you. The truth is we don’t have any good moves to make. Better to make no moves than force a bad one.
The disappointment is because there doesn’t seem to be any long term plan. Dumars and Weaver are either: making it up as they go, or lie constantly (for no reason). I get subterfuge is necessary for GM’s but he literally says different things every time he speaks.
Good NBA GM’s are like chess players- they think multiple moves ahead and have counters as the board changes. Dumars seems way out of his depth

The difference is that college football was making billions off of uncompensated players. If the universities were turning those profits into scholarships or education, that would be different.

What you are describing is like an apprenticeship. For example, a master carpenter takes on an 18 year old kid. Pays him next to nothing but gives him the benefit of learning the trade so that he can become a professional carpenter one day. Master carpenter deals with learning mistakes and doesn’t make a ton of money from the inexperienced kid working under him.

That is not what college football was. It was 18-22 year olds with elite talent already. They just couldn’t be compensated for it bc the system kept their profit.