A new and better FBS thread

[bisonaudit]

I just don't see how that will ever happen. If they leave the NCAA they will lose the ability to call themselves amateur sports and if they stay in the NCAA they have to have at least provide enough table scraps (As 92 described it) for the G5 to play along and not challenge them in court. I don't believe they want to be totally separate. They want the best of both worlds which is to control 90% of the dollars and the power and still be able to be under the NCAA umbrella so they can have the attention/passion/fan interest that is tied to College/Amateur sports. If they leave the NCAA and move further toward semi-professionalism, I think fan interest wanes.

Yes, we do love our public institutions with plantation labor practices. I guess I just don’t see what’s so bad about paying these players what they’re worth. And I don’t understand how doing so would be so damaging to the brands that we’re so attached to.

[ByeSonBusiness]

Revenue sharing works for the NFL.

I think colleges also do revenue sharing of sorts. The conferences negotiate the TV deals rather than the schools (sans Notre Dame and indys). So Rutgers somehow gets a ton of money even though they themselves have limited fan interest.

[scottietohottie]

Reparations for all college athletes eh.

[Kevin]

Reparations for all college athletes eh.

that's only for minorities bro

so basically the white dudes

[taper]

Yes, we do love or public institutions with plantation labor practices. I guess I just don’t see what’s so bad about paying these players what they’re worth. And I don’t understand how doing so would be so damaging to the brands that we’re so attached to.

The funny thing is the NCAA actually is arguing that. Their court filings reference Vanskike v Peters as a previous ruling saying certain workers aren't employees. The problem is this case was prison inmate workers not being employees because the 13th Amendment allows slavery as part of a criminal conviction. The NCAA is literally saying in court that student athletes are slaves. The plaintiff in Johnson v NCAA is black...

[BigLakeBison]

Yes, we do love or public institutions with plantation labor practices. I guess I just don’t see what’s so bad about paying these players what they’re worth. And I don’t understand how doing so would be so damaging to the brands that we’re so attached to.

I'm not arguing for or against paying players. I just believe that the further college athletics venture into semi-professional status, the less engagement fans/alumni may have towards the programs. Right now they have carved out a niche in this country that is unique because of this status. Take that away and I fear that the uniqueness of college athletics will be diminished. Maybe that's totally off base. Whether they decide to pay players is a bit of a separate topic in my mind than the decision of the P5 or the SEC/B1G to separate from the rest. I just don't see the separation coming even if they start paying players.

[scottietohottie]

that's only for minorities bro

so basically the white dudes

The funny thing is the NCAA actually is arguing that. Their court filings reference Vanskike v Peters as a previous ruling saying certain workers aren't employees. The problem is this case was prison inmate workers not being employees because the 13th Amendment allows slavery as part of a criminal conviction. The NCAA is literally saying in court that student athletes are slaves. The plaintiff in Johnson v NCAA is black...

Kevin I'm intouch like audit eh.

PL is getting a new boat bro.

CAS a shit load of jeans eh.

[Hammerhead]

Speaking of athletes not getting paid...

[gabisonfan]

The players should be paid. Instead of paying them the same (scholarships, tutoring etc.).Do an open/free market, pay each individual based on their worth to the University. Calculate how much they contribute to the success of the overall cost of operating a higher level education, then write the check. The tpp handful may be a contributor, the rest are a liability. Charge/ pay them accordingly.

[BigHorns]

The players should be paid. Instead of paying them the same (scholarships, tutoring etc.).Do an open/free market, pay each individual based on their worth to the University. Calculate how much they contribute to the success of the overall cost of operating a higher level education, then write the check. The tpp handful may be a contributor, the rest are a liability. Charge/ pay them accordingly.

St Francis of the NEC announced they are ending all 19 of their Division I athletic programs.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...m/11510364002/

I expect more to come if schools are required to pay athletes. This will have a lot of unintended consequences.