I understand in theory but Education hasn’t been the focus of college sports for a long time. Maybe there was time when that was the case but this a Billion dollar industry now.
Most of these players have grown up gasping things like social media likes , you tube views and so on. They grasp that someone ranked ahead of them and outperforming them will command more money. They all understand that on an NBA roster that not everyone is paid the same. So why would it be different in college?
Eh not really, I know a few sports management majors, and they took a lot of regular classes, I’m talking about scrapping gen eds and everything.
I never said sports leagues can't survive anti trust scrutiny. I said sports leagues can't operate based on free market principles. They must have rules in place to limit wealthy franchises from dominating the league. The NFL does not operate based on free market principles, which is the argument that has been put forth for allowing NIL. The NFL has salary caps that limit each teams spending on players, they must approve the sale of a franchise to a new owner, they must approve a new franchise entering the league, etc,. These rules exist to try and create balance between the teams so a handful or wealthy teams don't dominate the league. Every sports league has anti competitive rules to try and create a more competitive league so fans don't lose interest. Just because the NFL has lost a few anti trust challenges doesn't mean the league operates based on free market principles. Far from it.
It’s worth it if it means that Americans get to have their rights preserved. That’s the bigger picture.
Revenue will not be divided equally. Whatever a player makes through their social media, endorsements, autographs, etc will be there’s. No different than pro sports.
I agree just don't think it will be divided equally. One or two player making more money and then it is divided to rest of team. Just don't see that happening.
Agreed. Probably the 1 and only somewhat positive thing he’s done since in office.
I'll make this point one more time. No one has the right to go to college, play sports in college, earn income while playing sports in college, etc. The challenges to the NCAA and other sports leagues is because of anti trust laws. They have not been challenged based on violation of someone's rights. Playing NCAA sports, or professional sports for that matter, is voluntary. If you choose to do it, you follow the rules of the organization you play for. If you don't like those rules you can choose to play elsewhere or not play at all. No rights have been violated.
That is what i have been thinking. Good points.
Even a Republican governor would have followed suit. A group of KY legislatures are much like the NCAA, they can't be relied upon to make the right decision.
They have their rights now. This is destruction of an institution so a few poor little rich boys can get rich a little sooner.
I get it. But the ncaa has the athletes by the short hairs. If they want to realize their dream then they have no choice but to give up their right to earn a living for up to 4 years. I don’t like it. I don’t like any institution side stepping capitalism in this country.
Your heart is nostalgic and you’re jaded.
Who said they can’t get paid? And you are dead wrong about it thriving in KY. Big markets feed this model.
The biggest markets don’t care about college ball.
Big markets will feed this, you’re right.
So basically you are going to ignore reality, assume things are roses and hope Kentucky can survive in a small rural market. Tell Alice I said hello.
Today it is. Players are basing their decision on quality of the program. When players go to the highest bidder, we’ll be at risk of following Kodak to the graveyard.
They would still be amateur athletes the same way olympians are. They will not be paid to play. They can just get paid for use of their name and likeness. That’s capitalism.
Naive people are so funny. We were Kentucky. Now we will be another team bidding for players. Players will walk through door singing show me da money!! Then as sophomores, the ones that stay, will sing even louder
I said the exact same thing with the same situation. The NIL lovers think it will never happen.
We have the largest college basketball fan base in the world. Please explain why it's local market driven? Nike isn't local, Adidas isn't local, PepsiCo, coca-cola, Gatorade, under armor so on and so on. Those national sponsorships will be interested in teaching the largest fan base with players who not only are on national tv more than most a high percentage end up in the NBA and they can get in early with them. Larger markets have multiple p5 teams multiple pro teams sometimes multiple pro teams in the same sport that decides that money out. For example Texas has 3 NBA teams, 2 NFL teams, a major league baseball team, U Texas, AnM, Houston.
The school cannot be involved thus it is every student athlete for themselves.
It’s not just Central Kentucky though. UK is in one of the more unique situations where the players are marketable everywhere in the state because UK sports culture is strongly pervasive everywhere here. Duke, UCLA, Villanova, etc. don’t have that same luxury because there are other colleges or pro teams.
