More mess for college athletics

Cliffs?

The conferences are trying to achieve some sort of uniformity in the enforcement of the rule and stability in the NIL era of college sport. The states, in this case, Tennessee, want to make sure they can continue to legislate advantages over other states with respect to NIL. People blame the NCAA and players for letting anarchy reign. But state politicians are just as responsible.

For example: The transfer rule was initially just one "free" transfer without having to sit out a year. AGs from multiple states immediately challenged that rule because influential people in the state wanted their favorite schools to have 2x transfers be immediately eligible.

Many of the southern states, where college football support is the biggest, want to continue to foster a favorable "business" environment where players can get paid more than they may be able in other states.

Everyone says they want uniformity...but they really don't. They only are in favor of it until inequity serves to their school's benefit.

I hate college athletics now

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As if it isn't a mess already, the four power conferences are on the verge of making rules that will force universities to violate their own state laws.

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The power conferences are absolutely right to do so. Sooner the better.

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I don’t give a shite what the Supreme Court says

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We've seen this. Louisiana wants to make NIL money tax-exempt. Screw the taxpayers, they just want LSU to win.

There's no such thing as college athletics.

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Obligatory: the Supreme Court never ruled on NIL. It was state legislators, not the Alston decision, that forced the NCAA to allow NIL.

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Correct but the Alston decision telegraphs how the court would likely rule on any attempt to curtail a person's ability to make money just because they play college athletics.