Just let the NCAA die with dignity.
Link: https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/ncaa-unlikely-to-meet-constitution-deadline-as-hot-button-nil-issue-disrupts-college-athletics/
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I think some people have not faced the reality of what NIL is destined to do to the sport.
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Maybe we should band together with other schools in an organization that sets limits on compensation and transfers.
I'll bet the vast majority want off this merrygoround.
There are really only a handful of institutions that can make it work financially.
Let then have their own professional minor league.
My guess is that their brand will fail in short time, as it has nothing to do with colleges, but is a mere NFL developmental league.
system for players not interested in college or the degree. College football could be a true Student/Athlete endeavor.
breaks away and becomes a stand-alone private enterprise, the separation from universities could lead to less overall interest in the sport. I just don't know if fans will be as interested if a kid really has no real connection to a school other than perhaps wearing a jersey with said college on it. Call me nostalgic, but I think the connection to the university sparks interest.
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I wonder if that new collegiate football organization would need an antitrust exemption from Congress.
“Boosters” are not supposed to be involved in recruiting. NIL is supposed to be between the student and the entity.
NFL, NHL, NBA, etc. system works because there is a collective bargaining agreement. For that to work, players must be “employees” of the University (or conference?)
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Maybe they aren't recruiting, but that certainly will help recruiting, since they made that announcement publicly, and it applies to anyone who commits, as opposed to a particular player's NIL.
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Are there progressive and conservative positions on NIL regulation?
NIL is a libertarian thing. Why shouldn't the athlete be able to market his services to the highest bidder. That is a free market. On that level, I support it, because I am libertarian.
But, I am also traditional. I liked college football better than professional sports, because of the fiction that these were fellow students of my university. Now?...I definitely think college football, as we knew it, is dead. These are just paid athletes, who will enter the portal every year to see if they can get a raise. And why wouldn't they?
I'm not sure why universities should host minor league teams. I guess it raises money. But, honestly, when I go back to ND, I will be more interested in the camaraderie of the tailgater than the live game performance of a bunch of athletes the university is paying to perform. I will cheer for them like I cheer for my local professional team...which is to say, I will cheer for them, but I won't be as excited when they win, and I won't be as crushed when they lose. I just don't get into professional sports that much. (I know others do, and more power to them.) And, I won't want to pay a high ticket price for that. I know my friends will want to, and they will force an expensive ticket on my every now and then, and I will pay them for it...but I will be paying mostly to go with them, and less to watch the game live.