LOL, only an effin Hawk like yourself would prematurely and gleefully dance on the grave of the Feds getting something done.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Whats worse is you believe your drivel.
Not possible to give human traits to a bot planted on CF by Cody Campbell. No other explanation for a poster that thinks Congress could get bipartisan support for meaningful legislation.
Time for the NCAA & College Presidents to implement needed changes.
You still don’t get it.
The NCAA and Presidents cannot enforce any of their eligibility rules, transfer rules and the House Settlement without an anti-trust exemption and codification of House from the Feds.
Not surprisingly, you are confusing what a limited anti-trust exemption would do for college sports as opposed to what it currently does for the NFL, NBA, etc. And not surprisingly, you are over dramatizing the odds of it not happening.
The primary purpose of a limited anti-trust exemption for college sports would be enablement of the NCAA to set eligibility and transfer rules without getting sued and absent a CBA (which athletes and college administrators don't want).
The NFL, MLB, NBA, etc. currently have a narrow sliver of antitrust protection under the SBA which allows competing teams to sell their rights as a single entity without fear of losing a lawsuit to other pro teams in that sport. There is some opposition to that protection currently but that will be resolved with assurances from those leagues that more games will be OTA for teams in local markets.
And CFB also wants the SBA amended in the same manner for them since without it, billions of $$$ are being left on the table that would prevent the loss of Olympic sports and reduce/eliminate the burden of taxpayer, student fee, etc. support for all FBS sports. It would stupid for any member of Congress to oppose it.
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They should care given JP’s current committee involvement with the Feds and him publicly stating that Fed intervention is the only fix to the current chaos and mess.
Iowa State fans are not the majority of Americans.
Hell I would guess the majority of Americans are not College football fans.
Its just not the most important issue to most Americans, even the ones that care about it, dont rank it at the top of their list of political issues that need to be addressed.
You still fail to understand the difference of wanting something to happen, and actually believing it will happen.
Many of us would love for the government to fix everything, just most of us realize the government rarely does anything, and when they do, it rarely fixes anything.
You say all of us fail to realize this, or dont understand that, or are confused about this and that. No we get it. We totally understand it. But you fail to realize that not only do politicians lie, but they also fake interest in something to pander to voters, knowing nothing will ever actually be done. This is all a game to these politicians. This is the game, get in front of cameras, act like you care about this or that, hell even sponsor bills about them. But in reality knowing that nothing will ever be done, the bill will never get a vote and if it does will never actually pass. Hell even good bills that a lot of people support end up being filled with so much pork, so much that has nothing to do with the actual bill that, it causes people to vote against it. You rarely get a clean bill that people actually vote for. Hell I regularly see politicians talk about how they support something then if a bill actually gets to the floor for a vote, they vote against it. Whats more is something has to get through both houses before it gets to the Presidents desk to actually be signed. I have watched many bills get passed in the House only to be killed in the Senate and vice versa. In many cases the House members will pass something knowing it will be killed in the Senate, but then those members can run to the cameras and say "see I voted for this", when in reality is was all for show, knowing it would never actually pass.
You have some delusions that the government will actually fix something. And I dont care what side of the spectrum you are on, it doesnt matter what side of the isle, both sides do the same thing. Its all political theater, something you fail to comprehend. Which if you have any knowledge of history, especially recent history, you would understand this. I doubt you can name very many things the government has passed in the last couple decades, that have actually fixed anything, let alone made any significant changes to your daily life.
You continue to insult anyone that doesnt believe exactly what you do. You continue to make backhanded remarks at anyone that dares disagree with you. It just makes you look more like an ass than actually convincing anyone of your points.
Many of us would love the government to step in and fix this, hell to fix anything, but we understand reality, we know it will never actually happen.
Realignment and the house settlement is really spooking the low end schools of the SEC and Big 10, even Michigan starting to get a little spooked with NIL. Arkansas dropping tennis is just the beginning in my humble opinion. Only a few schools in the SEC and Big 10 are set up to deal with the arms race. In fact several of the Big12 schools are better set up than Alabama, South Carolina, etc…
Here is what you fail to understand, this board and sports message boards make up a very small fraction of a fanbase. Ya we are way involved in Cy athletics myself included, the majority of people just are not. That is why your pie in the sky attitude about govt help is a massive long shot. Congressman are not going around lobbying for all this change when in the grand scheme of life, is frankly meaningless.
If it's this slam dunk, snap your fingers, easy solution to everything, how come it hasn't passed both houses with unanimous margins?
Look, and I know I'm piggybacking here, but there isn't enough political capital to be gained for anyone to actually get this done. I'd love if the government would step in and level the playing field for both UNI and Iowa State but there's nothing to be gained for the people with the power to make it happen and the opportunity to lose votes exists
SCORE didn't include the SBA amendment which is why nothing has passed yet. It may not get passed this year due to mid-terms but progress is still being made at this point. And no one said it was going to be easy.
If it doesn't get passed by mid-terms that basically means the process starts over.
And with Trump being a lame duck President, unless the Republicans are highly successful in winning seats in both houses, I can't see bipartisan support to pass legislation. Yes, I'm jaded about American politics!
So if college sport is going to be fixed, then the NCAA, Presidents, Commissioners, ADs and some elite lawyers need to build a model that will withstand judicial scrutiny and schools will adhere to structure.
