Most public universities couldn't survive without federal money unless they had enough wealthy supporters to carry them or tuition was increased to the point few could attend. And I'm not saying the government could keep them from using players that receive NIL money.....they just wouldn't be eligible for federal funding if they did.
My response was to the guy in post #6:
Again, my statement had nothing to do with the amount player could receive or even the continued existence of any NIL program. No school would be denied using NIL paid players and no player would be denied the right to make a billion dollars a year. The only thing that would change is the schools that allowed their student athletes to participate in those programs would be denied federal funding..... for the school.... not the athletic programs. It will never happen but that's the simplest law that could be passed to stop this craziness.
Unfortunately, only Congress can provide the antitrust protection required for the NCAA or any organization to control payments, salary caps, etc AND maintain amateur status.
Don’t hold your breath about the federal government doing anything that makes sense. If a simple rule could have been passed to fix it, they would have done so already. Nothing about this is simple.
You can’t cap NIL. The Supreme Court already ruled on this. As long as collectives can sponsor a kid for a specific team, there will be no salary cap. You can unionize all you want to, but the Supreme Court ruled that you can’t limit a person’s earning potential on NIL.
The pro leagues use collective bargaining agreements between players and teams to prohibit teams from using NIL deals to avoid salary cap issues. In short, the NFL/NBA will (and I think has) come down on teams for shady NIL deals which are designed to overcome salary cap problems for a team.
Probably correct. Unfortunately, for CFB, there will probably be no meaningful action taken to structure better until fans get "less interested" and ratings drop
