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coda wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 12:10 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 8:45 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 8:24 pm

44WeWantMore wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 7:31 pm I am also confident that their lawyers are good, and I believe they can get the NCAA a couple of years of breathing room.

Nothing they are doing would last ten minutes in front of the SCOTUS. But they know it's years before a case would show up there, which is why they're playing this game, imho.

Picture being an NCAA attorney, defending this "new deal" in front of Roberts or Kavanaugh:

Kavanaugh: "So after we told you in the last case you lost that you have to follow US labor laws, and that collusion is illegal...you and your team went back and crafted this deal that....if I have this straight....caps the number of student-employees each member school has, how much they can get paid for their work, and you did all of this without so much as talking with one single student-employee or their Union? Is that right?

Good luck with that, is all I have to say.

They're trying to keep the party going, and keep the money flowing to all these middlemen who have nothing to do with what happens on a field/court. That's all we're seeing now, imho.

Tear it all down. I can personally say as a former college athlete, I never felt I was an employee and I never felt my son was a school employee when he played more recently. I would shut it all down and turn it into club. You want to work as a professional athlete, go play pro ball. Ain’t nobody forcing you to go to college.

I would say the one thing in this fight for rights that I could get behind is medical care, but that seems to be at the bottom of the list

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:51 pm

coda wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 12:10 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 8:45 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 8:24 pm

44WeWantMore wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 7:31 pm I am also confident that their lawyers are good, and I believe they can get the NCAA a couple of years of breathing room.

Nothing they are doing would last ten minutes in front of the SCOTUS. But they know it's years before a case would show up there, which is why they're playing this game, imho.

Picture being an NCAA attorney, defending this "new deal" in front of Roberts or Kavanaugh:

Kavanaugh: "So after we told you in the last case you lost that you have to follow US labor laws, and that collusion is illegal...you and your team went back and crafted this deal that....if I have this straight....caps the number of student-employees each member school has, how much they can get paid for their work, and you did all of this without so much as talking with one single student-employee or their Union? Is that right?

Good luck with that, is all I have to say.

They're trying to keep the party going, and keep the money flowing to all these middlemen who have nothing to do with what happens on a field/court. That's all we're seeing now, imho.

Tear it all down. I can personally say as a former college athlete, I never felt I was an employee and I never felt my son was a school employee when he played more recently. I would shut it all down and turn it into club. You want to work as a professional athlete, go play pro ball. Ain’t nobody forcing you to go to college.

I would say the one thing in this fight for rights that I could get behind is medical care, but that seems to be at the bottom of the list

Yep. That would be reasonable. Telling colleges that they have to have unlimited rosters with an unlimited pay scale for students is ridiculous. Fordham and Georgetown Football are robbing kids by forcing them to play football and not paying them a salary with no limit. $70k a year in Tuition and Room and Board isn’t enough.

a fan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:05 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:51 pm

coda wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 12:10 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 8:45 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 8:24 pm

44WeWantMore wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 7:31 pm I am also confident that their lawyers are good, and I believe they can get the NCAA a couple of years of breathing room.

Nothing they are doing would last ten minutes in front of the SCOTUS. But they know it's years before a case would show up there, which is why they're playing this game, imho.

Picture being an NCAA attorney, defending this "new deal" in front of Roberts or Kavanaugh:

Kavanaugh: "So after we told you in the last case you lost that you have to follow US labor laws, and that collusion is illegal...you and your team went back and crafted this deal that....if I have this straight....caps the number of student-employees each member school has, how much they can get paid for their work, and you did all of this without so much as talking with one single student-employee or their Union? Is that right?

Good luck with that, is all I have to say.

They're trying to keep the party going, and keep the money flowing to all these middlemen who have nothing to do with what happens on a field/court. That's all we're seeing now, imho.

Tear it all down. I can personally say as a former college athlete, I never felt I was an employee and I never felt my son was a school employee when he played more recently. I would shut it all down and turn it into club. You want to work as a professional athlete, go play pro ball. Ain’t nobody forcing you to go to college.

I would say the one thing in this fight for rights that I could get behind is medical care, but that seems to be at the bottom of the list

Yep. That would be reasonable. Telling colleges that they have to have unlimited rosters with an unlimited pay scale for students is ridiculous. Fordham and Georgetown Football are robbing kids by forcing them to play football and not paying them a salary with no limit. $70k a year in Tuition and Room and Board isn’t enough.

No one is telling colleges that. All the SCOTUS is saying is that you can't collude to set wages and employee numbers.

Gtown can do what it pleases. Same as it ever was. In just can't work in concert with other schools to suppress wages or employee numbers...same as it ever was.

You played lacrosse though, right? I'd guess the reason you didn't feel like an employee is that you didn't play in front of 100K people who paid $80 a ticket to get in.....while watching your coach get seven figures, endorsement deals, while your school gets a share of a $1Billion deal with ESPN to show you run around on the field. So you feel you got a fair deal for playing in front of a few hundred fans.

All they're asking for are the same free market labor forces you and enjoy for our work.

That's it, and nothing more. Seems fair, and very American to me. Which means, of course, Gtown football players will be lucky if they keep their scholarships. What you are asking for is happening...they're tearing it all down, whether they know it yet, or not.

a fan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:05 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:51 pm

coda wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 12:10 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 8:45 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 8:24 pm

44WeWantMore wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 7:31 pm I am also confident that their lawyers are good, and I believe they can get the NCAA a couple of years of breathing room.

Nothing they are doing would last ten minutes in front of the SCOTUS. But they know it's years before a case would show up there, which is why they're playing this game, imho.

Picture being an NCAA attorney, defending this "new deal" in front of Roberts or Kavanaugh:

Kavanaugh: "So after we told you in the last case you lost that you have to follow US labor laws, and that collusion is illegal...you and your team went back and crafted this deal that....if I have this straight....caps the number of student-employees each member school has, how much they can get paid for their work, and you did all of this without so much as talking with one single student-employee or their Union? Is that right?

Good luck with that, is all I have to say.

They're trying to keep the party going, and keep the money flowing to all these middlemen who have nothing to do with what happens on a field/court. That's all we're seeing now, imho.

Tear it all down. I can personally say as a former college athlete, I never felt I was an employee and I never felt my son was a school employee when he played more recently. I would shut it all down and turn it into club. You want to work as a professional athlete, go play pro ball. Ain’t nobody forcing you to go to college.

I would say the one thing in this fight for rights that I could get behind is medical care, but that seems to be at the bottom of the list

Yep. That would be reasonable. Telling colleges that they have to have unlimited rosters with an unlimited pay scale for students is ridiculous. Fordham and Georgetown Football are robbing kids by forcing them to play football and not paying them a salary with no limit. $70k a year in Tuition and Room and Board isn’t enough.

No one is telling colleges that. All the SCOTUS is saying is that you can't collude to set wages and employee numbers.

Gtown can do what it pleases. Same as it ever was. In just can't work in concert with other schools to suppress wages or employee numbers...same as it ever was.

You played lacrosse though, right? I'd guess the reason you didn't feel like an employee is that you didn't play in front of 100K people who paid $80 a ticket to get in.....while watching your coach get seven figures, endorsement deals, while your school gets a share of a $1Billion deal with ESPN to show you run around on the field. So you feel you got a fair deal for playing in front of a few hundred fans.

All they're asking for are the same free market labor forces you and enjoy for our work.

That's it, and nothing more. Seems fair, and very American to me. Which means, of course, Gtown football players will be lucky if they keep their scholarships. What you are asking for is happening...they're tearing it all down, whether they know it yet, or not.

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:24 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:05 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:51 pm

coda wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 12:10 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 8:45 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 8:24 pm

44WeWantMore wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 7:31 pm I am also confident that their lawyers are good, and I believe they can get the NCAA a couple of years of breathing room.

Nothing they are doing would last ten minutes in front of the SCOTUS. But they know it's years before a case would show up there, which is why they're playing this game, imho.

Picture being an NCAA attorney, defending this "new deal" in front of Roberts or Kavanaugh:

Kavanaugh: "So after we told you in the last case you lost that you have to follow US labor laws, and that collusion is illegal...you and your team went back and crafted this deal that....if I have this straight....caps the number of student-employees each member school has, how much they can get paid for their work, and you did all of this without so much as talking with one single student-employee or their Union? Is that right?

Good luck with that, is all I have to say.

They're trying to keep the party going, and keep the money flowing to all these middlemen who have nothing to do with what happens on a field/court. That's all we're seeing now, imho.

Tear it all down. I can personally say as a former college athlete, I never felt I was an employee and I never felt my son was a school employee when he played more recently. I would shut it all down and turn it into club. You want to work as a professional athlete, go play pro ball. Ain’t nobody forcing you to go to college.

I would say the one thing in this fight for rights that I could get behind is medical care, but that seems to be at the bottom of the list

Yep. That would be reasonable. Telling colleges that they have to have unlimited rosters with an unlimited pay scale for students is ridiculous. Fordham and Georgetown Football are robbing kids by forcing them to play football and not paying them a salary with no limit. $70k a year in Tuition and Room and Board isn’t enough.

No one is telling colleges that. All the SCOTUS is saying is that you can't collude to set wages and employee numbers.

Gtown can do what it pleases. Same as it ever was. In just can't work in concert with other schools to suppress wages or employee numbers...same as it ever was.

You played lacrosse though, right? I'd guess the reason you didn't feel like an employee is that you didn't play in front of 100K people who paid $80 a ticket to get in.....while watching your coach get seven figures, endorsement deals, while your school gets a share of a $1Billion deal with ESPN to show you run around on the field. So you feel you got a fair deal for playing in front of a few hundred fans.

All they're asking for are the same free market labor forces you and enjoy for our work.

That's it, and nothing more. Seems fair, and very American to me. Which means, of course, Gtown football players will be lucky if they keep their scholarships. What you are asking for is happening...they're tearing it all down, whether they know it yet, or not.

TLD played bball, his son played lax at Princeton.
Could have chosen virtually anywhere.

His comment was rhetorical hyperbole. I'm sure he understands the legal dynamics.

A lot of us, and I assume you as well, don't really want college sports 'torn down', but the superstructure of the NCAA is another matter.

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:25 pm I just don’t see college athletes as employees. Make them pay tuition and room and board like everyone else. Playing a college sport isn’t a livelihood. I would do something but it wouldn’t be a substitute for pro sports. The NFL should do away with forcing kids to wait 3 years after HS before they are eligible.

a fan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:41 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:25 pm I just don’t see college athletes as employees. Make them pay tuition and room and board like everyone else. Playing a college sport isn’t a livelihood. I would do something but it wouldn’t be a substitute for pro sports. The NFL should do away with forcing kids to wait 3 years after HS before they are eligible.

You're ignoring the flip side: what about the wages for Admin, coaches, and middle men? Are the kids the only people who should be capped?

UMich's Conry makes twice what many tenured professors make at Michigan...many are world class departments, top of the heap. That doesn't seem out of whack to you? Taxpayer on the hook for a $200k+ wage for a sport that loses money?

College sports lost its way....and it's the coaches and admin. making 100% of the choices as to where it is headed. The kids don't have a say in any of it.

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:34 pm

I would let the air out of the balloon. That includes bloated athletic departments. Use the money to buy down the cost of attendance and improve the physical plant. I don’t see college athletes as employees. If these people don’t see the value of a degree from Georgia Tech, that’s their problem. Go to the NFL or the NFL or MLB (where they all have a wage scale), don’t go to college.

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:34 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:41 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:25 pm I just don’t see college athletes as employees. Make them pay tuition and room and board like everyone else. Playing a college sport isn’t a livelihood. I would do something but it wouldn’t be a substitute for pro sports. The NFL should do away with forcing kids to wait 3 years after HS before they are eligible.

You're ignoring the flip side: what about the wages for Admin, coaches, and middle men? Are the kids the only people who should be capped?

UMich's Conry makes twice what many tenured professors make at Michigan...many are world class departments, top of the heap. That doesn't seem out of whack to you? Taxpayer on the hook for a $200k+ wage for a sport that loses money?

College sports lost its way....and it's the coaches and admin. making 100% of the choices as to where it is headed. The kids don't have a say in any of it.

I would let the air out of the balloon. That includes bloated athletic departments. Use the money to buy down the cost of attendance and improve the physical plant. I don’t see college athletes as employees. If these people don’t see the value of a degree from Georgia Tech, that’s their problem. Go to the NFL or the NFL or MLB (where they all have a wage scale), don’t go to college.

wgdsr wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:52 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:34 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:41 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:25 pm I just don’t see college athletes as employees. Make them pay tuition and room and board like everyone else. Playing a college sport isn’t a livelihood. I would do something but it wouldn’t be a substitute for pro sports. The NFL should do away with forcing kids to wait 3 years after HS before they are eligible.

You're ignoring the flip side: what about the wages for Admin, coaches, and middle men? Are the kids the only people who should be capped?

UMich's Conry makes twice what many tenured professors make at Michigan...many are world class departments, top of the heap. That doesn't seem out of whack to you? Taxpayer on the hook for a $200k+ wage for a sport that loses money?

College sports lost its way....and it's the coaches and admin. making 100% of the choices as to where it is headed. The kids don't have a say in any of it.

I would let the air out of the balloon. That includes bloated athletic departments. Use the money to buy down the cost of attendance and improve the physical plant. I don’t see college athletes as employees. If these people don’t see the value of a degree from Georgia Tech, that’s their problem. Go to the NFL or the NFL or MLB (where they all have a wage scale), don’t go to college.

in no world would universities be paying down the cost of attendance. and they've shown they have no inclination to let the air out of bloated athletic departments.

you're postulating on czar-like status, not real world. my 1st move as czar would be to fire brian kelly after entrapping him in an ethical or embarrassing sex scandal. but no one is elevating me to czar.

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:55 pm

wgdsr wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:52 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:34 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:41 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:25 pm I just don’t see college athletes as employees. Make them pay tuition and room and board like everyone else. Playing a college sport isn’t a livelihood. I would do something but it wouldn’t be a substitute for pro sports. The NFL should do away with forcing kids to wait 3 years after HS before they are eligible.

You're ignoring the flip side: what about the wages for Admin, coaches, and middle men? Are the kids the only people who should be capped?

UMich's Conry makes twice what many tenured professors make at Michigan...many are world class departments, top of the heap. That doesn't seem out of whack to you? Taxpayer on the hook for a $200k+ wage for a sport that loses money?

College sports lost its way....and it's the coaches and admin. making 100% of the choices as to where it is headed. The kids don't have a say in any of it.

I would let the air out of the balloon. That includes bloated athletic departments. Use the money to buy down the cost of attendance and improve the physical plant. I don’t see college athletes as employees. If these people don’t see the value of a degree from Georgia Tech, that’s their problem. Go to the NFL or the NFL or MLB (where they all have a wage scale), don’t go to college.

in no world would universities be paying down the cost of attendance. and they've shown they have no inclination to let the air out of bloated athletic departments.

you're postulating on czar-like status, not real world. my 1st move as czar would be to fire brian kelly after entrapping him in an ethical or embarrassing sex scandal. but no one is elevating me to czar.

I believe I used the word “I”.

wgdsr wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 5:00 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:55 pm

wgdsr wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:52 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:34 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:41 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:25 pm I just don’t see college athletes as employees. Make them pay tuition and room and board like everyone else. Playing a college sport isn’t a livelihood. I would do something but it wouldn’t be a substitute for pro sports. The NFL should do away with forcing kids to wait 3 years after HS before they are eligible.

You're ignoring the flip side: what about the wages for Admin, coaches, and middle men? Are the kids the only people who should be capped?

UMich's Conry makes twice what many tenured professors make at Michigan...many are world class departments, top of the heap. That doesn't seem out of whack to you? Taxpayer on the hook for a $200k+ wage for a sport that loses money?

College sports lost its way....and it's the coaches and admin. making 100% of the choices as to where it is headed. The kids don't have a say in any of it.

I would let the air out of the balloon. That includes bloated athletic departments. Use the money to buy down the cost of attendance and improve the physical plant. I don’t see college athletes as employees. If these people don’t see the value of a degree from Georgia Tech, that’s their problem. Go to the NFL or the NFL or MLB (where they all have a wage scale), don’t go to college.

in no world would universities be paying down the cost of attendance. and they've shown they have no inclination to let the air out of bloated athletic departments.

you're postulating on czar-like status, not real world. my 1st move as czar would be to fire brian kelly after entrapping him in an ethical or embarrassing sex scandal. but no one is elevating me to czar.

I believe I used the word “I”.

you did. hard to believe, but the crazy thing is we're just getting started. buckle up!

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 7:03 pm

wgdsr wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 5:00 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:55 pm

wgdsr wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:52 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:34 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:41 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:25 pm I just don’t see college athletes as employees. Make them pay tuition and room and board like everyone else. Playing a college sport isn’t a livelihood. I would do something but it wouldn’t be a substitute for pro sports. The NFL should do away with forcing kids to wait 3 years after HS before they are eligible.

You're ignoring the flip side: what about the wages for Admin, coaches, and middle men? Are the kids the only people who should be capped?

UMich's Conry makes twice what many tenured professors make at Michigan...many are world class departments, top of the heap. That doesn't seem out of whack to you? Taxpayer on the hook for a $200k+ wage for a sport that loses money?

College sports lost its way....and it's the coaches and admin. making 100% of the choices as to where it is headed. The kids don't have a say in any of it.

I would let the air out of the balloon. That includes bloated athletic departments. Use the money to buy down the cost of attendance and improve the physical plant. I don’t see college athletes as employees. If these people don’t see the value of a degree from Georgia Tech, that’s their problem. Go to the NFL or the NFL or MLB (where they all have a wage scale), don’t go to college.

in no world would universities be paying down the cost of attendance. and they've shown they have no inclination to let the air out of bloated athletic departments.

you're postulating on czar-like status, not real world. my 1st move as czar would be to fire brian kelly after entrapping him in an ethical or embarrassing sex scandal. but no one is elevating me to czar.

I believe I used the word “I”.

you did. hard to believe, but the crazy thing is we're just getting started. buckle up!

Remember I am the guy that said I would rule this country with an iron fist until I was eventually assassinated. I probably have some dictator in me.

coda wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 8:35 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 7:03 pm

wgdsr wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 5:00 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:55 pm

wgdsr wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:52 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:34 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:41 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:25 pm I just don’t see college athletes as employees. Make them pay tuition and room and board like everyone else. Playing a college sport isn’t a livelihood. I would do something but it wouldn’t be a substitute for pro sports. The NFL should do away with forcing kids to wait 3 years after HS before they are eligible.

You're ignoring the flip side: what about the wages for Admin, coaches, and middle men? Are the kids the only people who should be capped?

UMich's Conry makes twice what many tenured professors make at Michigan...many are world class departments, top of the heap. That doesn't seem out of whack to you? Taxpayer on the hook for a $200k+ wage for a sport that loses money?

College sports lost its way....and it's the coaches and admin. making 100% of the choices as to where it is headed. The kids don't have a say in any of it.

I would let the air out of the balloon. That includes bloated athletic departments. Use the money to buy down the cost of attendance and improve the physical plant. I don’t see college athletes as employees. If these people don’t see the value of a degree from Georgia Tech, that’s their problem. Go to the NFL or the NFL or MLB (where they all have a wage scale), don’t go to college.

in no world would universities be paying down the cost of attendance. and they've shown they have no inclination to let the air out of bloated athletic departments.

you're postulating on czar-like status, not real world. my 1st move as czar would be to fire brian kelly after entrapping him in an ethical or embarrassing sex scandal. but no one is elevating me to czar.

I believe I used the word “I”.

you did. hard to believe, but the crazy thing is we're just getting started. buckle up!

Remember I am the guy that said I would rule this country with an iron fist until I was eventually assassinated. I probably have some dictator in me.

They need to separate revenue sports from non-revenue sports. I have said NIL in lax is on of the dumbest things ever. I kind of preferred when it was called bag money, at least that was honest

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 8:47 pm

coda wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 8:35 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 7:03 pm

wgdsr wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 5:00 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:55 pm

wgdsr wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:52 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:34 pm

a fan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:41 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:25 pm I just don’t see college athletes as employees. Make them pay tuition and room and board like everyone else. Playing a college sport isn’t a livelihood. I would do something but it wouldn’t be a substitute for pro sports. The NFL should do away with forcing kids to wait 3 years after HS before they are eligible.

You're ignoring the flip side: what about the wages for Admin, coaches, and middle men? Are the kids the only people who should be capped?

UMich's Conry makes twice what many tenured professors make at Michigan...many are world class departments, top of the heap. That doesn't seem out of whack to you? Taxpayer on the hook for a $200k+ wage for a sport that loses money?

College sports lost its way....and it's the coaches and admin. making 100% of the choices as to where it is headed. The kids don't have a say in any of it.

I would let the air out of the balloon. That includes bloated athletic departments. Use the money to buy down the cost of attendance and improve the physical plant. I don’t see college athletes as employees. If these people don’t see the value of a degree from Georgia Tech, that’s their problem. Go to the NFL or the NFL or MLB (where they all have a wage scale), don’t go to college.

in no world would universities be paying down the cost of attendance. and they've shown they have no inclination to let the air out of bloated athletic departments.

you're postulating on czar-like status, not real world. my 1st move as czar would be to fire brian kelly after entrapping him in an ethical or embarrassing sex scandal. but no one is elevating me to czar.

I believe I used the word “I”.

you did. hard to believe, but the crazy thing is we're just getting started. buckle up!

Remember I am the guy that said I would rule this country with an iron fist until I was eventually assassinated. I probably have some dictator in me.

They need to separate revenue sports from non-revenue sports. I have said NIL in lax is on of the dumbest things ever. I kind of preferred when it was called bag money, at least that was honest

And a “revenue sport” doesn’t mean a “profit sport”.

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 1:21 am https://athleticdirectoru.com/articles/ ... l-recruit/

Anyone here know of enterprises that pay “employees” on average more than their expected contribution? Brett Kavanaugh may say college football should operate that way.

OSVAlacrosse wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 10:50 am

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 1:21 am https://athleticdirectoru.com/articles/ ... l-recruit/

Anyone here know of enterprises that pay “employees” on average more than their expected contribution? Brett Kavanaugh may say college football should operate that way.

Who the heck is Brett? Don't tell me there is another one. Is he a 2026 headed to ND?

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 1:21 am https://athleticdirectoru.com/articles/ ... l-recruit/

Anyone here know of enterprises that pay “employees” on average more than their expected contribution? Brett Kavanaugh may say college football should operate that way.