Each state passed nil bills to not fall behind other states which did pass them. It would take an act of Congress similar in scope to the bill which established the NFL's protected monopoly to put this arms race aside. We all know that's not happening so long as the blue bloods get what they want. It wouldn't surprise me if instead they passed a bill exempting football from title ix.
You still can’t escape title 9 or the medical costs that way, that’s why that was never happening in the first place.
If they aren't under the NCAA they can do whatever they want, especially when they go to Congress and play the Blue blood angle.
Hahaha no they can’t, they are still institutions getting federal funds, they can’t get around title 9
I am not a fan of employee status either, but based on recent legal challenges it seems like the only way that P4 colleges can take back governance of football and men's basketball. Other than having players as employees, the current pay-for-play version of NIL will exist. Making athletes as employees could also create restrictions to athletes transfer 2+ times over their college experience.
I would change that to say as long as football and men's basketball aren't under university oversight, those sports could fall outside university Title IX regulations. Basically, the colleges could sell-off football and men's basketball to investor groups and receive royalties/rent for use of university name and facilities. How much would Alabama, Texas, Michigan, Ohio State, etc. be worth to an investor group to run as a for-profit entity?
If they get Congress to pass a law they will. With people like Jim Jordan in control, that isn't out of the realm.
Good luck getting any movement on that when it’s a direct attack on women’s sports and Olympic sports. That’s not even close to happening or being based in reality
Have you paid attention to the the tribalism that exists in our politics?
Sports aren’t being spun off from the university, that’s just a horrific take with zero discussion being had around it.
Very closely, again nothing even remotely close to that is in process or has a prayer of happening
We will see what happens after the luminati meeting.
Do you really think ISU fans will just become Iowa or Nebraska fans? Or OK State fans will become OU fans? Or TTU fans will become Texas fans? The XFL just rakes in cash.
They do due diligence for the period that those making decisions are going to be in power. Since it’s pretty much a bunch of old ass dudes, I wouldn’t be too confident in any of their projections of the long-term. It doesn’t mean they’ll be wrong, but when a bunch of guys can retire at any time make financial decisions, and they can get a much bigger piece of the pie for the next few years, you can be sure they don’t give two ***** about the possibility of the pie slowly shrinking over 20 years.
Not at all. I think that if the Big10 and SEC decide to go on their own, it's because the numbers tell them that they don't need Iowa State eyeballs much at all.
And if/when the pie does shrink, they're going to position themselves to take as much of it as they can. And that positioning may include stamping out the competition.
I’ve been going back and forth on this. Not saying super league is going to happen but they would be basically betting that football fans will watch…football.
