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Kinch said:
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More virtue signaling. I don't think anybody is really buying that anymore.

You know...the athletes have the right to just go to college and not play sports if they don't like the terms under which they would be playing said sport. Or they don't have to go to college at all. They can get a job, or go to trade school (where we really need people to take careers), or go directly to one of the professional sports leagues out there, or go pester the NBA and NFL to let them play right out of high school, or try out for an overseas team. Lots of options...
 
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Cave me or whatever, but I’m skeptical of any effort from Ted Cruz to look out for the little guy… be it the athlete or the “tax payer”
 
jbhtexas said:
More virtue signaling. I don't think anybody is really buying that anymore.

You know...the athletes have the right to just go to college and not play sports if they don't like the terms under which they would be playing said sport. Or they don't have to go to college at all. They can get a job, or go to trade school (where we really need people to take careers), or go directly to one of the professional sports leagues out there, or go pester the NBA and NFL to let them play right out of high school, or try out for an overseas team. Lots of options...
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Not sure they’re deserving of antitrust protections just cuz.
 
jbhtexas said:
More virtue signaling. I don't think anybody is really buying that anymore.

You know...the athletes have the right to just go to college and not play sports if they don't like the terms under which they would be playing said sport. Or they don't have to go to college at all. They can get a job, or go to trade school (where we really need people to take careers), or go directly to one of the professional sports leagues out there, or go pester the NBA and NFL to let them play right out of high school, or try out for an overseas team. Lots of options...
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the bit is over, you’re going to have to adjust. College athletes are going to be making millions

Sadly, including divisive and erroneous labor policies in this bill will be its death knell. An easy out for P2 to exploit
 
FinalFourCy said:
the bit is over, you’re going to have to adjust. College athletes are going to be making millions

Sadly, including divisive and erroneous labor policies in this bill will be its death knell. An easy out for P2 to exploit
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So exactly what divisive and erroneous labor policies are you referring to given the bill leaves open the potential for employee unionization?
 
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So exactly what divisive and erroneous labor policies are you referring to given the bill leaves open the potential for employee unionization?
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Some will say that is not enough

Others will say it’s too much

Any and all labor politics are divisive, making it unlikely the bill passes. Should avoid it altogether

The M2 need help via pooling protection. It will be unfortunate when that’s unresolved because the P2 exploit how there’s no agreement on everything else
 
I'm jaded. IMO the only reason Cruz, Cantwell, etc, etc. are pushing this legislation forward is to raise money from special interest groups. And it's an issue a segment of the population has direct interest and politicians can look like they are actually doing something productive.

I have fatigue on everything related to the business side of college sports. And my interest in the games beyond Iowa State is drying up. Just blow it all up:
  1. Make student-athletes employees
  2. Require Athletic Departments/Athletic Programs be for-profit entities.
  3. Allow athletes to collectively bargain.
  4. Implement Sport Specific spending caps (outside NIL directly to player excluded).
IMO the above is where college sports is going to end up, just pull the band-aid off! It would make University President's really evaluate if "where college athletics is going", truly fits within a university's core mission.

I continually see people pushing that athletes need to share in the wealth. I don't disagree. But how about Universities sharing in the wealth? How many athletic departments around the country are sending profits back to the University General fund (and no tuition & room and board don't count).

At some point, University President's need to be held accountable for creating this system and not coming up with solutions on their own.
 
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FinalFourCy said:
Some will say that is not enough

Others will say it’s too much

Any and all labor politics are divisive, making it unlikely the bill passes. Should avoid it altogether

The M2 need help via pooling protection. It will be unfortunate when that’s unresolved because the P2 exploit how there’s no agreement on everything else
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You are completely warped when it comes to the labor issues in this bill. The bill is neutral on labor, it is not divisive and erroneous as you lamely attempt to characterize. I will help you out here as this is straight from the Athletic:

The Protect College Sports Act steers clear of applying definitive non-employee status to college athletes, which was one of the most politically contentious aspects of the SCORE Act. This leaves open the possibility for college athletes to pursue collective bargaining at some point in the future.

“The best way to create the rules was to basically just assume the current status of a student-athlete,” Cantwell said. “And so we were neutral, whereas the House of Representatives took a very erroneous, wrong-headed approach, to try to define the future forever and ever and ever and ever, and we didn’t think that was helpful at all.”
 
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The Cruz-Cantwell bill eliminates Big 10 or SEC adding teams but think other conferences could add teams. This may hurt us.

Pooling revenue means ACC brands stay put. Everybody wants to be with brands. WVU and Cincy want in and are accepted. Utah will do anything to get out of the Big 12 and they go ACC. ACC may want a western pod and make a Cal, Stanford, Utah, SMU, with Arizona State, Arizona, and Colorado. Kansas is a basketball brand and they go too. Possibly ACC invites emerging brands (due to money) of Texas Tech and BYU. That leaves several of us high and dry.

I get it that this is the sky is falling but still a chance. Better play is for the ACC and Big 12 to merge temporarily and then split into 4 regions: West, Central (Big 12 name), Northeast, and Southeast (ACC name).
 
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So Tuberville thinks exemptions for religion, military and pregnancy is a bad thing? That guy is weird. Must be pro God unless it conflicts with Roll Tide.
 
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Sankey just basically told Finebaum that the billionaires supporting my league (Disney) are more righteous than the billionaire on the other side. He just admitted he and Petitti lied so they are throwing out another red herring.
 
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Kinch said:
Sankey just basically told Finebaum that the billionaires supporting my league (Disney) are more righteous than the billionaire on the other side. He just admitted he and Petitti lied so they are throwing out another red herring.
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Good chance Sankey and Petitti don’t understand that. We know their fans don’t, particularly in the media

The P2 was formed out of realignment to make shareholders money. The shares being of a public company not any better than if of a private one
 
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HouClone said:
The Cruz-Cantwell bill eliminates Big 10 or SEC adding teams but think other conferences could add teams. This may hurt us.

Pooling revenue means ACC brands stay put. Everybody wants to be with brands. WVU and Cincy want in and are accepted. Utah will do anything to get out of the Big 12 and they go ACC. ACC may want a western pod and make a Cal, Stanford, Utah, SMU, with Arizona State, Arizona, and Colorado. Kansas is a basketball brand and they go too. Possibly ACC invites emerging brands (due to money) of Texas Tech and BYU. That leaves several of us high and dry.

I get it that this is the sky is falling but still a chance. Better play is for the ACC and Big 12 to merge temporarily and then split into 4 regions: West, Central (Big 12 name), Northeast, and Southeast (ACC name).
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Cleanest would be ACC/B12 merger and create 3 new 11-team conferences. ACC GOR buyout drastically decreases at the same time the current B12 deal expires so strike a deal with ESPN, pool rights and engage CBS/Paramount/TNT and/or Amazon for the following 3 conferences (if B10/Fox and ESPN/SEC won't play ball on 7x10):

ACC: NC State, UNC, Duke, Wake, Virginia, VA Tech, Clemson, Florida St, GA Tech, Miami FL, UCF
Big 12 (old SWC & Big East): TCU, Texas Tech, Baylor, SMU, Houston, West Virginia, Syracuse, BC, Louisville, Pitt, Cincinnati
Big Country (PAC and Big 8): Arizona, Arizona St, Utah, BYU, Stanford, Cal, Colorado, KU, KSU, ISU, OK St

Schedule smartly so that CBS has an attractive GOTW each week from the 3 conferences including non con matchups between the 3. TNT and/or ESPN gets the next best games with the rest on CBSSN, Paramount+ and/or Amazon. You have inventory running from 10 AM CT through 9 PM CT. Play 10 game conference schedules with 3 champs getting CFP AQ.
 
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