Amateur College Football Officially Dead: Judge OK's $2.8B settlement, paving way for colleges to pay athletes

[pk2]

It almost has to.

Do you think Penn State will fund hockey or wrestling?

In the ‘24-‘25 season, Penn State went to the Frozen Four in hockey.

In the ‘24-‘25 season, Penn State won the NCAA wrestling championship for the fourth straight year, and the 12th time in the last 15 years.

Yeah, Penn State will fund hockey and wrestling.

 

[50PoundHead]

So reading the CBS story, there doesn't appear to be any clearly delineated limitations on NIL so what does this solve other than there will be money for pretty much every player?

 

[Some guy]

Any attempt to artificially limit how much a player can earn via NIL will be doomed

Correct

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

In the ‘24-‘25 season, Penn State went to the Frozen Four in hockey.

In the ‘24-‘25 season, Penn State won the NCAA wrestling championship for the fourth straight year, and the 12th time in the last 15 years.

Yeah, Penn State will fund hockey and wrestling.

I know of their success but then what will they fund less than other Big 10 schools?

You have to figure football will be #1 by a wide margin. Do they walk back funding for basketball? That'd be strange for the Big 10 team.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

Collectives and NIL won't be going away anytime soon.

Agreed.

When we think of the clearinghouse, I hope they think about it in terms of things that could potentially withstand antitrust scrutiny.

 

[GopherGrit]

I think he means without player approval. It's not "artificial" in the NFL because the players collectively bargained for it and agreed to it.



Agreed to by the players. I'm not aware of any attempt by college athletes to get together and propose a limit on their NIL compensation.


Seems kinda ironic, since Congress started this mess to begin with. Plus, how do you pass a law saying one organization can violate anti-trust and not be sued, but everyone else who violates it can be sued? Do you have a link?

While I know it is not the same thing, there was more than zero agreement by players. The players were the class of the settlement and they agreed to the terms of it, as far as the $20.5M starting point went.

If they thought that was too low, why settle?

Like I said, that's not a collective bargain agreement, and probably not by a long shot. But it is something.


This is the Tweet I know of:



Just a bill in the House, for now.

 

[GopherGrit]

Agreed.

When we think of the clearinghouse, I hope they think about it in terms of things that could potentially withstand antitrust scrutiny.

If new law passes granting the NCAA protections from antitrust -- feel free to shoot that down as never going to happen, I have no idea if it has a shot or not -- then I personally like the idea of the clearinghouse being able to reject NIL deals where the player doesn't have to do anything or not very much in order to get the money.

On the other hand, NIL deals where it's a bonafide endorsement deal, like for a TV commercial or something, then great. Glad the player can get that and good for them.

 

[GopherTheJugular]

While I know it is not the same thing, there was more than zero agreement by players. The players were the class of the settlement and they agreed to the terms of it, as far as the $20.5M starting point went.

If they thought that was too low, why settle?

Like I said, that's not a collective bargain agreement, and probably not by a long shot. But it is something.


This is the Tweet I know of:

Just a bill in the House, for now.

That's different from NIL, and NIL is what you were asking about in post #13 in regards to "artificial limits". No college athletes have tried to collectively bargain a cap for NIL.

 

[MNVCGUY]

On the other hand, NIL deals where it's a bonafide endorsement deal, like for a TV commercial or something, then great. Glad the player can get that and good for them.

I don't have high hopes for it happening in sports like football and basketball but would be awesome if they got NIL to the point where NIL deals were actually legit NIL and not Pay for Play.

NIL as designed is a great and long overdue thing for college athletes. The issue is that most of what gets called NIL in football and basketball specifically isn't. If they are able to start monitoring and making sure NIL deals are legit that would be awesome....but again.....not holding my breath.