- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Perfect Summary “the NCAA is particularly incapable of seeing around corners,"
Posted on 8/24/26 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 8/24/26 at 12:51 pm
As a group, the NCAA is particularly incapable of seeing around corners," said attorney Tom Mars, who has specialized in NCAA cases but isn't involved with Wright's.
Curse the current state of college sports but the blame belongs at the feet of Emmert, college presidents and AD’s.
Preserving the quaint idea of the amateur student athlete while collecting billions in revenue through media rights, merchandising and raising coaches’ salaries to obscene levels.
NCAA leadership is an oxymoron.
Curse the current state of college sports but the blame belongs at the feet of Emmert, college presidents and AD’s.
Preserving the quaint idea of the amateur student athlete while collecting billions in revenue through media rights, merchandising and raising coaches’ salaries to obscene levels.
NCAA leadership is an oxymoron.
6
Posted on 8/24/26 at 12:53 pm to JohnnyU
quote:
Preserving the quaint idea of the amateur student athlete while collecting billions in revenue through media rights, merchandising and raising coaches’ salaries to obscene levels.
If I'm being honest, that's what I want. It's what I always wanted.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 12:56 pm to JohnnyU
maybe but judges and Congress have no business interjecting themselves into the NCAA rules.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:01 pm to faraway
quote:
maybe but judges and Congress have no business interjecting themselves into the NCAA rules.
That’s not the point. By twiddling their thumbs, the NCAA invited legal action which they were bound to lose.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:02 pm to JohnnyU
They’re just lazy and negligent. They don’t care anymore.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:06 pm to moneyg
quote:
If I'm being honest, that's what I want. It's what I always wanted.
It was never going to last. You couldn’t legally keep players from making money from their own name, image and likeness while programs raked in large sums of revenue. It’s been likened to a “sweat shop” system.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:09 pm to JohnnyU
quote:
That’s not the point. By twiddling their thumbs, the NCAA invited legal action which they were bound to lose.
It was a pretty good racket.
The NCAA, the conferences, and the schools could college millions in revenue from football and men's basketball while pretending the players played little to no role in generating the massive revenue. As the inequity grew bigger, the NCAA didn't address the impending flashpoint.
The 2020 happened and the NCAA, just like so many in the world that year, lost all ability to utilize any sense of forethought and just operated in a reactionary "we have to do something...we're all in the together" manner. Without considering what could be the repercussions of that action, they unintentionally opened the flood gates. NIL was already going to happen. But by and large players and coaches were in an uproar over the one year transfer penalty rule...until the NCAA waived it "temporarily". That combination opened the door.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:10 pm to JohnnyU
But that isn’t what we got, it was just a way to open the door for a takeover of the sport.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:14 pm to JohnnyU
quote:They weren’t. Somehow people started believing that players were forced to participate in NCAA athletics, like it was a military draft or something.
You couldn’t legally keep players from making money from their own name, image and likeness
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:14 pm to Alt26
Letting it get to the courts was the mistake. It guaranteed the corruption of what NIL was supposed to be.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:17 pm to JohnnyU
quote:
It was never going to last. You couldn’t legally keep players from making money from their own name, image and likeness while programs raked in large sums of revenue. It’s been likened to a “sweat shop” system.
Why not? No one was forcing them to play football/basketball/baseball
They were giving them an opportunity to play in their league under the stipulations that you play by their rules.
This is the argument I've always tried to make... this isn't slavery... its school. Look at college football as being just another part of education and job preparation. At one point, a college degree did have value, but the NCAA devalued it by caving to this bullshite.
This post was edited on 8/24/26 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:18 pm to JohnnyU
quote:
It was never going to last. You couldn’t legally keep players from making money from their own name, image and likeness while programs raked in large sums of revenue. It’s been likened to a “sweat shop” system.
...a voluntary sweat shop system.
You bleeding hearts can't get out of your own way.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:19 pm to JohnnyU
Government/bureaucracies cannot help but damage everything they come into contact with.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:19 pm to JohnnyU
All EA sports had to do was put some long haired white guy as PF on UCLA’s 1995 team and this stuff could have been put off for another 20 years.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:21 pm to JohnnyU
quote:
Curse the current state of college sports but the blame belongs at the feet of Emmert, college presidents and AD’s. Preserving the quaint idea of the amateur student athlete while collecting billions in revenue through media rights, merchandising and raising coaches’ salaries to obscene levels.
I mean, schools were also spending hundreds of millions of dollars to keep up with the Jones’ with facilities and amenities. The head coach salaries become irrelevant because the foundations pay everything above 500k. You also have the fact that they are contracted employees and are not considered amateur coaches…
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:23 pm to Bob the Terrible
This was intentional not a bureaucratic mistake. The design of NIL was to control the players, separate them from the coaches and programs so you could gain control of the sports that make money. It’s no coincidence the portal and NIL hit at the same time. Now you’re seeing hedge funds and financial institutions either outright purchasing athletic programs like in Utah or “partnering” with them like Ohio State. This is a corporate takeover of college sports and NIL was always designed as the Trojan Horse to make it possible. Within a few years a group will purchase the super conference teams and reformat them into a league.
This post was edited on 8/24/26 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:27 pm to Tigerfan14
quote:
I mean, schools were also spending hundreds of millions of dollars to keep up with the Jones’ with facilities and amenities. The head coach salaries become irrelevant because the foundations pay everything above 500k. You also have the fact that they are contracted employees and are not considered amateur coaches…
The school foots the bill for nearly everything.
-Scholarships
-Room and Board
-Tutors
-Learning Centers
-Nutrition Centers
-Athletic Training
-Weight Training
-Equipment
-Lounge Rooms
-Hot Tubs
-Cold Plunges
-Barber Shops
-Movie Theaters
-Gaming Rooms
Were they (legally) getting money put in their hands? No... but to act like an athlete at a major university was struggling is mind numbingly dumb.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:31 pm to JohnnyU
quote:
It’s been likened to a “sweat shop” system.
God I wish I could’ve been involved in any major football program’s “sweat shop”
The benefits the players received before this are and will continue to be obscene
Too bad I wasn’t good at football
This post was edited on 8/24/26 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:33 pm to The Eric
quote:And the only evidence you need to know is the fact that they continued to line up by the thousands to participate because the positives (everything you listed and more) outweighed the negatives (no salary nor NIL).
but to act like an athlete at a major university was struggling is mind numbingly dumb.
They were always free to take pay for their NIL, they weren’t going to be arrested and thrown in jail. They just forfeited their NCAA eligibility in return.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:38 pm to The Eric
I wonder how much each individual player cost a high level SEC school when you add in all of the direct benefits. Even if you take out the community stuff, just looking at tuition, nutrition, gear, books, room and board etc.
Page 1 of 2
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News