NCAA lawsuits

Yep, cultural Marxism applied to college football with the entire black hole singularity being tied to the ‘free market’. The evil NCAA is gutted after all the decades of student athlete exploitation. How dare you say this sucks?! Yay

 

Well, they will eventually kill the 'golden goose'.
Will the world care by then?

 

It’s likely already withering.
Viewing Numbers on this year’s semis will likely be really high. A good mix of teams, great games, the controversy around the picks stirring up more interest…but fans are already tiring of all that’s happened the last few years, the loyalty to the sport is not infinite. They will find that out before long if it isn’t cleaned up.

 

What color is the sky in your world? Cultural Marxism? This is capitalism defined. Every lawsuit is about compensation for services.

Why don't you goofballs go start your revolution and get this over with.

 

Yep. I've never been more down on College Football, but have to admit the idea of the playoff is exciting. It may be the one thing that saves it. Well, sort of. College Football as most of us knew it is dead. This is something new and it's got potential. Just probably not for Gator fans.

 

I just did a wiki look up on the history of US college athletics scholarships.
Looks like it started in the US during the late 19th century. The purpose was to attract abled bodied young men to the rowing and the then new sport of football.

I now wonder, when the Olympic games got their reboot (in 1896), if the athletic scholarships were a way to preserve the athletes amateur status. Back then professional athletes were barred from the Olympic games and golf and tennis tournaments.

Today, this is no big deal, because the Olympics, golf, and tennis now allow the pros to compete. In other words, lets take off the fancy wrapping paper (AKA amatuerism), and let the schools treat their athletes like the pros they are (in many cases).

 

Cultural Marxism? How the hell did you reach that conclusion?
If anything a bit of centralized control is what is called for. It’s a free-for-all right now.

 

Why can't you reply like a normal person with a reasoned, thought out reply instead of just being a jerk?

 

I wonder if the players who don’t receive NIL money will eventually sue those who do receive it to make them share the wealth? The running back who gets a boatload of money might not have gotten as much if the unpaid lineman in front of him had not opened up holes. A star quarterback only achieves massive passing yards if the unpaid receivers actually catch the ball.

It probably sounds crazy, but in today’s climate, who knows?

 

Title 9 really advanced women’s athletics. The USA is better at men’s sports but we dominate women’s

 

Reasoned reply? To idiocy like that? Why?

And what would a reasoned response even look like? Sorry, but stupidity that deep needs to hurt. . . at least a little.

 

Real interesting angle. Not sure that was the driving purpose, but you may be onto something there. How do you keep your swimmers, etc. trained in the 4-year interim.

 

Let me know how your lawsuit against your overpaid CEO to get your "share" goes

 

Today there are only two Olympic sports that do not allow professionals. Boxing and Wrestling.

 

I'm not sure you understood my post but there was some sarcasm there. My point was that there are some people that think this is all great, because despite all the money generated by college football, it was a one way street where the NCAA/colleges/networks reaped the rewards (powerful) and the athletes (powerless) got the shaft. So now the athletes can get money and transfer as much as they want, and the rallying cry for all of it is the 'free market'.

I don't happen to agree with all of that but I am really not sure how it gets fixed. I think the transfer stuff can get worked out, but pay to play (NIL) is a different animal. Sucks

 

Beat

The transfer stuff is going to be much harder to work out once the NCAA inevitably loses this next lawsuit.

 

Interesting stuff. You have to love the forum shopping here. The Plaintiff's lawyers evidently identified a federal district court judge who would give them what they wanted-I suspect they knew that in advance- and fired away. Only the Ohio case is elsewhere.

The US Appeals court for those cases--the 9th Circuit- will probably do the same. Left Coast all the way.

If the NCAA and other defendants fight, and go the distance, this may end up being decided in the Supreme Court.