🏈 ironic Mike Garrett wrote an article about keeping Agents off the field.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/opinion/30garrett.html?_r=1

too bad he didn't pay attention when he was the AD at USC.

I don't like his idea, but it certainly is a different take on how to stop agents from anything I've heard.

Here’s a better idea: let’s suppose that the N.C.A.A. were to require athletic conferences to tax their member institutions in order to establish a legal fund to bring mandatory civil suits against agents who interfere with the agreements that the scholarship athletes have with their universities, which are essentially contracts.

In addition to the damages that courts could award to the student-athlete and his college (for loss of service), the trials would help the N.C.A.A. to obtain unprecedented access to sworn testimony and other evidence. In the past, the N.C.A.A. has been hamstrung in its investigations by a lack of subpoena power, but by requiring colleges to bring suits against dishonest agents, the organization would have access to the information disclosed in court proceedings to enable it to take follow-up action.