📡 Cal Football Players Leading Pac-12 Boycott if Players' Demands Aren't Met - Hero Sports (ESPN now reports)

[planomateo]

50% of revenue would never happen. 50% of profits is not even likely. And that whole 6 years of health coverage would destroy schools. This sounds like Bernie Sanders math, which fits since every supporter of his I know of was in college or just graduated.

Well, if you recall, when Bernie's staffers wanted more pay, he cut their hours. The budget is the budget...

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Well, if you recall, when Bernie's staffers wanted more pay, he cut their hours. The budget is the budget...

Real math only matters when he foots the bill. When someone else foots the bill anything is possible.

 

[planomateo]

Real math only matters when he foots the bill. When someone else foots the bill anything is possible.

Legit.

 

[Tidestalker]

Well, if you recall, when Bernie's staffers wanted more pay, he cut their hours. The budget is the budget...

Until the govt prints up some more $$$$ and sends it to its corporate cronies.....

 

[TerryP]

And that whole 6 years of health coverage would destroy schools

That I'm not so sure about. Why, in your view?

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

That I'm not so sure about. Why, in your view?

Compounding costs. Good numbers on things are hard to find and FBS/FCS means little overall to all sports so I am including all D1.

NCAA says D1 has ~170k athletes. Assuming they are evenly split across 5 years of eligibility, that is 34k coming out every year. At around $350 per month for insurance (below the average listed for a 22 year old), that is an extra $856,800,000 per year they would have to pay out (34K*350*12*6). Now, that splits across 231 D1 schools. That comes up to $3.7 million per school. According to statistics, 76% of schools make less than $50 million in revenue per year and 44% make less than $20 million. Which would be cut to $24 million and $9.6 million under that 52% sharing garbage. Bama could handle it. Mississippi State maybe not so much.

 

[Tidestalker]

Big Ten players follow Pac-12, form unity group

Following the lead of their peers in the Pac-12, Big Ten players have formed a unity group to address athlete concerns.

www.espn.com

 

[planomateo]

All about Covid-19 for the B1G.

So much for the Pac-12 / B1G partnership.

 

[TerryP]

All about Covid-19 for the B1G.

So much for the Pac-12 / B1G partnership.

I haven't read it yet, mobile. By demand, how is Schlabach defining that?

 

[planomateo]

@TerryP Suppose demand is the right word...but could be wrong.

Given that the NCAA and conference leadership have not asked for our input, we feel compelled to call for clarity, commitment, and action regarding our common-sense proposal below.

We have started a dialogue in good faith with the Big Ten and hope that the NCAA will follow suit. Given the short time frame, and with our season at stake, this conversation must happen now.

 

[rocknthefreeworld]

Big Ten proposal is realistic. It is focused on the issue at hand (COVID-19) and the impact on the players from decisions made "above their pay grade".

 

[planomateo]

They didn't win anything...ridiculous. NCPA has an agenda and it isn't to better athletes.

They seem to me an awful lot like the democratic party at the moment - who's goal is to defund, dismantle, and destroy.

 

[TerryP]

@TerryP Suppose demand is the right word...but could be wrong.

I don't see "we're going to sit out" if we don't get...

A completely different approach by the B1G here; one grounded in realism.