Yeah . They’re loaded .
Arkansas
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The ncaa had every opportunity years ago to get in front of this by allowing actual nil under the Olympic model. Everyone felt this wave coming. They were arrogant and refused to budge. Now we have insanity.
I can almost guarantee you that UK will be one of the last major college athletes programs to eliminate sports that do not make a profit. The term "A day late and a dollar short" comes immediately to mind.
Imagine typing this and thinking its some kind of intelligent point. It wasnt.
Since you insist, your post is so way off the mark it isnt even in the same area code.
The root of everything wrong with modern college athletics is the runaway train they call nil. Literally every other negative turn came from that.
This outcome was totally avoidable. NCAA could've allowed the Olympic model and everyone would've been happy at least a reasonable amount of time PLUS it would've pulled the teeth from the legal arguments that ended up winning.
Instead the ncaa was greedy and arrogant, so we got what we got. This is all on them.
The NCAA is clearly to blame. That has nothing to do with men’s basketball and football making billions and bankrolling whole athletic departments while the players got nothing. That was never going to be allowed forever and is by definition socialism.
They used the Olympic model and it was shot down 9-0 in the Supreme Court. You can not run a sustained business in the USA based off of free labor. It's illegal.
That situation is hilarious to me. Did they just decide what was deemed as racism is okay now? They bit the hand that was feeding them, but now want the hand back.
Sounds like Congress and the president both want to reform college athletics. I personally think college sports doesn't work in the NIL era. I'd be 100% fine with it going back to the old way. In my opinion, colleges have the absolute right to say must be an amateur athlete to play in their league.
I certainly won’t argue your opinion because you have a right to it, but the Supreme Court does not agree with it.
Yes, the Supreme Court doesn't agree based on current law. But Congress is allowed to change the law.
what is a salary cap? what is revenue sharing? what is luxury tax? what is a draft?
I wonder if VB breaks even or even makes money? They consistently draw good crowds.
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The University of Kentucky women's volleyball program is a high-performing, self-sustaining entity, with reported expenses and revenue balancing at approximately $2.43 million. As a premier program, it is among those prioritized for revenue-sharing funds in the 2025-26 season to support student-athletes, with the athletic department adjusting ticket prices for its matches.
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You would have women's, softball, basketball, and then girls' gymnastics (big business for towns and cities) to make the three. After that, maybe track and field for both (Olympic concerns). No more imo
Yeah, I forgot about volleyball so, softball, basketball, and volleyball for the women once/if they were to cut out other men's sports.
The decision itself that everyone cites to wasn't even a direct opinion on the matter. It was a clear warning shot and everyone acted. They never had the Olympic model. It was always just zero.
The House settlement is something else entirely and that's how we got revenue share.
That was the case that was brought before the Supreme Court. However, if you read the opinions of the justices, it's clear that the entire model is not legal. The Olympics is a single event every four years that doesn't prevent competition from forming, The NCAA is a monopoly. It's apples and oranges. I'm not arguing with what you want at all. I want the same thing. I'm just saying I dont see how it's possible.
UK and Vanderbilt are lucky they were already in the SEC because if they were like Oregon State the other major conferences wouldn't want them. They don't bring in major markets not football revenue.
It wasn't. Its just a common misconception. The case was ncaa v alston. It was about a different subject matter labeled as educational benefits. Kavanaugh threw a blurb in (known as dicta) which everyone saw as writing on the wall and triggered everything else.
I do agree the courts need to get some common sense on the topic because they're a big part of the problem. Dicta from kavanaugh resulted in several wild decisions in other courts that basically ended with the NCAA being unable to apply any restrictions whatsoever.
The whole thing is a mess, but it could've all been stopped had the ncaa just allowed an Olympic model when they should've felt headwinds well against them
The problem is it evolved quickly from name image and likeness to pay for play. Had they simply been able to make money off autographs, jersey sales and appearances like they wanted originally dating back to the Obannos it would be different. Maybe. Who knows. But this is crazy when you have college players making more than professionals. It simply isn’t sustainable. Professional sports needs a market correction.