📡 The pair of U.S. senators sent a letter, dated Wednesday, to SEC commissioner Greg Sankey outlining their current concerns about NIL, asking for help

 

[BamaFan334]

I still don't understand why the federal government is involved.

 

[TerryP]

I still don't understand why the federal government is involved.

In football's current state how else are you going to have every state follow the same rules?

 

[Justneedme81]

I would expect this to be passed before Season is over.

 

[BamaFan334]

In football's current state how else are you going to have every state follow the same rules?

Well the federal government isn't likely to maintain and uphold and only gum up the judicial system with stupid lawsuits and such. Why can't the NCAA re-write their bylaws to have a governing body? This isn't a federal government situation if you ask me. They shouldn't have anything to do with minimalist instances like this.

 

[TerryP]

Well the federal government isn't likely to maintain and uphold and only gum up the judicial system with stupid lawsuits and such. Why can't the NCAA re-write their bylaws to have a governing body? This isn't a federal government situation if you ask me. They shouldn't have anything to do with minimalist instances like this.

"You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube." As soon as Emmert asked Congress for help with the NIL there was only one outcome, right?

Well, I'll call that and raise: when the group of players (ACC) sent the first letter to their Congressmen asking for oversight, there IS only one outcome.

The adults gave up; the kids took charge.

Consider this for a second. Let's assume we saw a suit filed where we had the NCAA rules on the NIL on one side and the state rules on the other. Even with the NCAA being a voluntary membership we'd see the courts rule in favor of the students.

I still believe what I originally did when Congress passed their measures: the only way of any regulation is going to come through a form of unionization and a collective bargaining agreement.

Then the CFB world is going to have to address governance.

 

[BamaFan334]

"You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube." As soon as Emmert asked Congress for help with the NIL there was only one outcome, right?

Well, I'll call that and raise: when the group of players (ACC) sent the first letter to their Congressmen asking for oversight, there IS only one outcome.

The adults gave up; the kids took charge.

Consider this for a second. Let's assume we saw a suit filed where we had the NCAA rules on the NIL on one side and the state rules on the other. Even with the NCAA being a voluntary membership we'd see the courts rule in favor of the students.

I still believe what I originally did when Congress passed their measures: the only way of any regulation is going to come through a form of unionization and a collective bargaining agreement.

Then the CFB world is going to have to address governance.

I gotcha. So what started the whole deal with the states voting on this stuff? I always saw this as it's own organization, so why did the states start voting on NIL rights? Because the NCAA drug their feet too much? I try and see it in simple terms. My company wouldn't go to the federal government for a change in business plans and finding new ways to create revenue, so I'm curious why college football did. Everything seems to go through the conferences and NCAA, so why didn't this, or did it?

 

[TerryP]

I gotcha. So what started the whole deal with the states voting on this stuff? I always saw this as it's own organization, so why did the states start voting on NIL rights? Because the NCAA drug their feet too much? I try and see it in simple terms. My company wouldn't go to the federal government for a change in business plans and finding new ways to create revenue, so I'm curious why college football did. Everything seems to go through the conferences and NCAA, so why didn't this, or did it?

It was "started" with the SCOTUS ruling that the NCAA "couldn't bar players from modest payments." (sic) Remember, this was after the NCAA had lost their "amateur" arguments in Federal court and the appellate process.

Now we're getting into what could have been improper restraint of trade—essentially the same approach seen several decades ago when there was an attempt to cap the coach's salaries.

Yes, a lot of this could have been avoided if the NCAA had been willing to work together starting with the Alston case.

 

[BamaFan334]

It was "started" with the SCOTUS ruling that the NCAA "couldn't bar players from modest payments." (sic) Remember, this was after the NCAA had lost their "amateur" arguments in Federal court and the appellate process.

Now we're getting into what could have been improper restraint of trade—essentially the same approach seen several decades ago when there was an attempt to cap the coach's salaries.

Yes, a lot of this could have been avoided if the NCAA had been willing to work together starting with the Alston case.

Thanks for explaining.

 

[rick4bama]

Government has to be in it or it would go insane.

 

[mando]

Everything the federal government touches gets destroyed. You have morons like Tubbervile up there. Throw in Pelosa and her bunch and you get my point.

 

[TerryP]

Everything the federal government touches gets destroyed. You have morons like Tubbervile up there. Throw in Pelosa and her bunch and you get my point.

Let's take the flip side with no government agencies becoming involved. What options would be left?

Step one: Unionization.
Step two: collective bargaining agreements.

In the end we're still watching the sport head to the same finish line; CBA's.

 

[mando]

take the flip side with no government agencies becoming involved. What options would be left?

Step one: Unionization.
Step two: collective bargaining agreements.

In the end we're still watching the sport head to the same finish line; CBA's.

Never opent the can in the first place but that ship has sailed.