SIAP: Here's how Tennessee will pay players

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Tnphil said:
www.knoxnews.com

House settlement approves revenue sharing. Here's how Tennessee will pay players

University of Tennessee athletes will be paid revenue directly by the school, in addition to third-party NIL income. Here's how the new system works.
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There are still a lot of unanswered questions here. If it’s true that most player contracts will be one year deals, that does nothing to solve the transfer portal issue (which in my view is the major problem right now). And I don’t believe the school can carry a large number of multi-year contracts unless there are reasonable buyout clauses. That could get really expensive if you have a bunch of players that don’t pan out or get injured.
 
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Honestly, if this plays out into some kind of contract restrictions, number and amount of contracts, etc., it could be the start of getting to a "true" level playing field.
 
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This settles nothing. Just gives them a year or two of breathing room. Probably one year -- if they're lucky. And it's complete idiocy for them to use the term "salary cap." Salary caps in sports are designed to maintain competitive balance and control costs. There is no salary cap in college sports. Not so long as the NIL pay-for-play scheme exists. And before anyone trots out the "that's not the schools paying them" nonsense, just stop. That fig leaf couldn't cover a single curly hair of that preposterous justification.

Anything the schools use to control the system will be sued into oblivion. Eligibility rules, real salary caps, transfer rules - all of it. People will carve them up. And that's how it'll be until Congress gives them an exemption to operate outside standard employment law.
 
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Voltopia said:
This settles nothing. Just gives them a year or two of breathing room. Probably one year -- if they're lucky. And it's complete idiocy for them to use the term "salary cap." Salary caps in sports are designed to maintain competitive balance and control costs. There is no salary cap in college sports. Not so long as the NIL pay-for-play scheme exists. And before anyone trots out the "that's not the schools paying them" nonsense, just stop. That fig leaf couldn't cover a single curly hair of that preposterous justification.

Anything the schools use to control the system will be sued into oblivion. Eligibility rules, real salary caps, transfer rules - all of it. People will carve them up. And that's how it'll be until Congress gives them an exemption to operate outside standard employment law.
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If the NCAA had done this ten years ago it would have worked. Not anymore. The first time the panel deems an NIL deal unreasonable, the whole thing will blow up.
 
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B81 said:
The first time the panel deems an NIL deal unreasonable, the whole thing will blow up.
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Exactly. 1000% this. Someone will sue them and they'll lose, and they'll keep losing until they're given exemption. Every issue that could be construed as employment will be used against the NCAA.
 
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It started with Ed Reed, and now the final nail has been driven in the coffin of the college football world that we all used to love. College football is now minor league NFL. And it’s never going back.
 
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Voltopia said:
Exactly. 1000% this. Someone will sue them and they'll lose, and they'll keep losing until they're given exemption. Every issue that could be construed as employment will be used against the NCAA.
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Absolutely the NCAA should have no involvement in any way. They had their chance at this and tried instead tried to impose their will on not paying athletes and lost badly. They will screw up even this small job.
 
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Jbob1871 said:
Fans may have something to say about all this before it's over. We have been ignored
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I agree. As a lifelong vol fan, I never really followed the women’s sports as much as the men’s. With NIL and endless transfers I have found the men’s sports less enjoyable then before and find myself watching and enjoying the women’s sports more. The ladies seem to have more of the play to play the sport mentality as well as more of a team loyalty mentality. I know this will change as women’s sports become more lucrative, but for now it still seems they are playing for the vols and not a paycheck. When the athletes committed to a school back in the day they played for the school, they loved the school and we loved them for it. We watched them grow and develop and cheer their progress, now I no longer care for the player, just the result, and that is not what college sports were about to me. There are exceptions to every one of these but as a whole this is how I feel. Once more fans start feeling this way, their bargaining power will change. I mean who watches minor league baseball? Very few. Once our college teams become that, the money will be gone.
 
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OrangeBeachVol said:
Absolutely the NCAA should have no involvement in any way. They had their chance at this and tried instead tried to impose their will on not paying athletes and lost badly. They will screw up even this small job.
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So now you want the government stepping in? It’s gonna be even worse than it was under the NCAA. Just wait and see.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
So now you want the government stepping in? It’s gonna be even worse than it was under the NCAA. Just wait and see.
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That appears to be what they’re lobbying Trump and Congress to do.

Antitrust exemption for college sports
College players as employees (I mean let’s call that spade a spade at last)
Collectively bargain
 
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Instead of the NFL Draft, it will be the NIL Draft at the end of each season. Players will enter the transfer portal, and each team will draft from that portal based upon how much they…excuse me, the “collectives”…are willing to pay for any given player.
 
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kcvols1 said:
That appears to be what they’re lobbying Trump and Congress to do.

Antitrust exemption for college sports
College players as employees (I mean let’s call that spade a spade at last)
Collectively bargain
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And it will be an even bigger mess than it is now.
 
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SubVet676 said:
Instead of the NFL Draft, it will be the NIL Draft at the end of each season. Players will enter the transfer portal, and each team will draft from that portal based upon how much they…excuse me, the “collectives”…are willing to pay for any given player.
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Oh boy the playing field is gonna get leveled 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
 
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