re: President of NCAA proposes NIL rule change

What does this solve?

My best guess it’s a prelude to some sort of salary cap. To do so creates a monopoly that controls wages. But, what about the NFL? They do it so why not colleges?

It works in the NFL because the players who ARE EMPLOYEES are represented by a players union who has hammered out a collective bargaining agreement with the owners that the players have voted to accept.

College athletes are not employees of any university. So they don’t have a union to bargain for a working agreement with non-existent employers.

So to facilitate this the NCAA member schools will have to add a bunch of employees who then join a union. But wait and correct me if I’m wrong but aren’t most state employees already part of a part of a public employee’s union that has exclusive rights to negotiate on their behalf? Since this influx of players are now employees won’t that make them eligible for employee benefits like health ins, pension, etc…. Oh let’s not forget that since they are now public employees all student athletes regardless of sport will also need to be made employees. I mean how many Democrats are going to vote to allow male football players to become employees and entitled to all the benefits if the members of the girl’s volleyball team don’t get equal treatment. But, there’s even more. If athletes can be employees why not the band? I mean the perform on the same field.Cheerleaders? Dance team:

Said once and I’ll say it again. Dumbest idea I’ve ever heard.