If Tennessee chooses state law over NIL pledge, it risks being kicked out of SEC

[volfan102455]

Glad we held our ground.

NCAA's House settlement approved, ushering in new era where schools can directly pay athletes

After hanging in limbo for nearly two months, the House settlement is finally approved, which means $2.8 billion in NIL backpay will be distributed to former NCAA athletes.

sports.yahoo.com

Going to be lots of lawsuits forthcoming - expect a lot related to woman's sports when the money is distributed primarily to males. Also will be lots of oversight involved with the NIL deals to make sure they are sound - rather than just a bidding war where the athlete has no responsibility to do anything.

There is also this comment:

"Each school is permitted — not required — to share up to a certain amount of revenue annually with their athletes (the cap)."

Maybe that is there to protect the schools that have no revenue to support paying any athlete anything (i.e. those that have no profit whatsoever). Tennessee is one of the "few" that do. It also, I guess could protect the existence of sports like Men's baseball and Women's softball - which do not generate any revenue but are showing signs of becoming popular in terms of TV ratings and such. And some of the stars of those games are just as recognizable a football player who is not a QB.

 

[S.C. OrangeMan]

Actually no - the one comparison was not logical at all.

It is crazy when folks try to take the past and extend an argument to the modern day. No comparison at all.

What is crazy is trying to excuse exploitation due to recency bias.

 

[volfan102455]

What is crazy is trying to excuse exploitation due to recency bias.

You do realize players come in all cultures, social and economic backgrounds.

For some, they could go to college without a scholarship - for others the scholarship is a way for them to further their education with a hope of doing better than their parents did. And the latter is not limited to a specific group or location.

We should focus on the now and stop trying to take the past and act like that is what today is like - because that is just not true.