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Why is WI so high? I thought they lost some key players?

Not trying to argue (in case it sounds that way lol). I just think athletic departments like ours would prefer to tell our football team to keep playing in an uncompetitive landscape while preserving the non-revenue sports, vs. any risk to those just to try and change the football landscape...

How would the details work? If the Gophers and such just don't show up to play Ohio State or Oregon, our athletic department's revenue will crash, along with our athletic department, before the top spenders will feel their hand being forced. Don't our TV contract agreements require us to play...

This is BULLSHIT. Show me the proof those numbers aren't real. I'm waiting. Where's your proof that they aren't real????? Oh, that's right. You have no proof - you just come here to bi!ch about it.

Yeah, but what are their interests? Third party NIL doesn't affect them, and right now no one is forcing them to cover medical or tuition expenses after the athletes leave the school. Seems like they would have a lot to lose and nothing to gain. At least with other "pro" leagues you have the...

Yeah, I have a friend from southern CA. If there's a way to bend a rule to win in football, they'll absolutely do it.

I hear ya, and WI kinda did that for decades, but it almost seems like giving up nowadays. I mean, when WI was doing it, they could get to a valued Rose Bowl with likely just one key upset of Ohio State or Michigan. And they get 10 win seasons from that and people were good with it. Nowadays...

Oh, my bad. That makes a lot more sense, kinda like Cashman being at a spring practice last year.

By the way, does anyone actually have any "THOUGHTS ON KENNY MINCHEY", the original target of this thread? ;)

Was it collectively bargained for?

Well what "right" are you talking about? I have the right to work, but I can't sue if no one hires me. Similarly, high school grads have the right to pursue a college football opportunity, but no one is obligated to give them a spot.

Thanks, that's more clear now. Not being sarcastic, this is a legit question: who would be on the other side? Would the schools form a union also, and the two unions negotiate?

I'll defer to @Bob_Loblaw, but I don't think there's much of a case to say that as a recent high school grad you are having your rights violated by not being offered a spot on a football team. Kinda like when the NBA started taking in players from over seas. Less spots available for college...

Strip clubs? Brothels? On a more serious note, air traffic controllers are forced to retire at like 50 or something like that because they don't want people older than that on the job. Maybe they some how turn it into a job like a politician has, where you know when you'll be leaving before...

You don't think the players now getting at least $75K/year, if not over $500K/year aren't pumped about this? You don't think fans of formerly bad football schools like Indiana and Vandy aren't pumped about this? You don't think the Texas Tech fanbase isn't pumped about this?

??? Could you explain it differently? I don't know what you mean. What "rights" are they looking to have protected that the Supreme Court hasn't already assured them of?

Amazing how this has been said on here multiple times and yet people still think one will just "happen".

It's probably people just not liking the new system and wanting to disparage it, like when my dad was complaining about the 3 extra area codes for the Twin Cities metro and having to dial 10 digit numbers.

Could be lots of reasons. I don't know what my coworkers are making. If I found out, maybe there's a chance I'd get pissed and leave? Or maybe DTA doesn't want to publish what they spend, so as to not turn away the little donations. Right now there might be a bunch of people happy to donate...

Because if your NIL is less than like $400K then the rookie contract is better. Now if fringe day 3 picks are all earning over $500K then you have a great point.