📡 A new federal college athletics bill was introduced. (And it's dead on arrival.)

[TerryP]

Limiting how much a coach can make. Nope. Ain't gonna happen.

 

[rammerjammer]

I'm sure this will go over like a turd in a punch bowl at a church social.


I have no problem with the coach being limited money wise......but it ain't going to happen.
I do like some of the ideas, but they need to limit transfers or have the NIL contracts written to be punitive if you transfer.

 

[Rsedge72]

The schools don’t pay the majority of the coaches salary anyway. So I don’t understand the whole limiting a coaches salary bs. I think sabans salary from u of a athletics dept was like $275,000 to $300,000.

 

[OldPlayer]

Schools must be in the same time zone? I think that destroys all but the Ivy League.

 

[mando]

Congress involvement will be a disaster!!!!!

 

[rammerjammer]

Schools must be in the same time zone? I think that destroys all but the Ivy League.

Agree.....It should probably be limited to 2 time zones.

 

[mando]

Congress involvement will be a disaster!!!!!

I know it is necessary given the circumstances but why do they have to just do stupid things as they are trying to solve the real problem?

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

If you guys just want the meat out of the sandwich here it is this... Baumgartner has had a hot stick up his ass since conference expansion and his alma mater, WSU, got left in the dust. That's all this is about.

 

[TerryP]

I have no problem with the coach being limited money wise

What? A cap on how much money a person can make? Come on, D. You can't be serious.

 

[Crtuneman]

I have been saying for years that it is blatantly obvious that the political class in the US is dumber than a box of rocks, and this just makes my point. It's astonishing how ignorant and clueless this is. I would love to see every member of congress forced to take an IQ test and see how many were in the single digits.

 

[OldPlayer]

I have been saying for years that it is blatantly obvious that the political class in the US is dumber than a box of rocks, and this just makes my point. It's astonishing how ignorant and clueless this is. I would love to see every member of congress forced to take an IQ test and see how many were in the single digits.

The strategy is to pack a lot of stupid things into the bill so when it’s “negotiated” you can remove things that don’t matter and people think they have a win.

 

[TerryP]

I have been saying for years that it is blatantly obvious that the political class in the US is dumber than a box of rocks,

I'm going off the top of my head here.

Back in the DuBose era (1998) the same type of legislation was being fought; "The Law vs NCAA." I remember the year, specifically, because of a someone I met watching the Vandy game that season. I remember the case was concluded just after A-day: maybe the very next week.

The "law" in question was called "REC." (Ironic, to a degree.) It was an acronym for "Restricted Earnings Coach." It may have been Oklahoma where it started; somewhere in that area of the country. The court ruled the REC was unconstitutional. It was a violation of the Sherman Act. So, the REC was "killed."

They appealed. I remember it went to the 10th circuit on appeal and the appeal lost.

It was, and is, unconstitutional, just as the appellate court ruled. It is a violation of the "Sherman Antitrust Act."

That was my original point, supported by yours? "....dumber than a box of rocks."

It's been ruled upon. There is precedence, on the books, that the idea is wrong. It's been proven.

But, what the hell...let's propose something.

 

[Justneedme81]

What? A cap on how much money a person can make? Come on, D. You can't be serious.

Not only that that creates a dangerous precedent not just in sports but in business word. Can you imagine capping a teachers salary at 45k?

 

[TerryP]

Not only that that creates a dangerous precedent not just in sports but in business word. Can you imagine capping a teachers salary at 45k?

It was, and is, unconstitutional, just as the appellate court ruled. It is a violation of the "Sherman Antitrust Act."

 

[TerryP]

"Unconstitutional" is likely the wrong word. But, the point remains. It's been ruled on, by two courts of law, as a violation. It's a law. A Federal statute.

 

[mando]

the political class in the US is dumber than a box of rocks

This 100% and that is grading on a curve....

 

[TerryP]

Schools must be in the same time zone? I think that destroys all but the Ivy League.

"Go west, young man. Go west."

 

[TerryP]

Continuing my little rant...reason #2 this is dead on arrival.

5. Require all athletics revenue to be equally distributed among schools and athletes.

Let's not waste our time trying to find the logic in Lauren Hall (Bama rowing team) is on the same level as Ryan Williams in terms of NIL and their impact at UA.

Schools? UGA and OSU led the way last season in viewers. Should they be expected to split, equally, the revenue with Marshall?

 

[ElephantStomp]

This bill is idiotic and the dumbasses that created it have their heads up their asses. They want all this “everybody gets a ribbon” and to cap a coaches salary meanwhile every damn one of those idiots in congress trade on the stock market and are worth three times as much as they were when they entered congress.

 

[mando]

This bill is idiotic and the dumbasses that created it have their heads up their asses. They want all this “everybody gets a ribbon” and to cap a coaches salary meanwhile every damn one of those idiots in congress trade on the stock market and are worth three times as much as they were when they entered congress.

Yeah how is that the case? I assume you are not a DOGE fan but would love for someone to look into that. Gotta be some shady stuff going on there and doubt it is isolated to one party.