ESPN: Effort to unionize college athletes hits stumbling block

[GopherGrit]

Sports betting effect ? The product is actually pretty crap compared to days gone by, or CFB. In terms of percentage of media viewers not absolute numbers I believe the percentage share is down from the heyday 70s/80s/90s. My 2 cent opinion.

As far as allowing public ownership of entities (and their media partners) granted very sweet antitrust immunity deals

Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas - Wikipedia

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I apologize but I don't really follow your post.

Could you state clearly in words what you believe fans have given up?

 

[GopherGrit]

Before we get too far out in front of our skis on this, I would encourage you all to read the following, by sports law attorney and journalist Michael McCann:

Dept. of Education’s NIL, Title IX Fact Sheet Deserves Scrutiny

While the fact sheet on NIL and Title IX compliance, issued Thursday, has attracted headlines, it's worth pausing to examine what it actually is.

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"Dept. of Education’s NIL, Title IX Fact Sheet Deserves Scrutiny​

There are persuasive arguments that Title IX ought to apply to distributions from the NCAA’s pending settlement to resolve the House, Carter and Hubbard antitrust litigations.

But just because the Department of Education says Title IX applies, according to a fact sheet issued Thursday, doesn’t make it so. The DoE’s Office of Civil Rights published the memo in the waning days of a presidential administration, and it is not a law, regulation, opinion, ruling or other document that shapes the law.

Agencies can, and do, promulgate regulations, which have the force of law. Regulations are borne through a multifaceted rule-making process, which includes opportunities for stakeholders and the public to weigh in on how an agency has interpreted a federal statute. Required procedures are detailed in the Administrative Procedure Act, and they entail public notice via publication in the Federal Register, followed by a comment and review period and then issuance of a final rule that can be challenged in court by opponents. In short, there’s a lengthy, public-facing process with regulations and rules. "


(bold emphasis mine)

 

[Pompous Elitist]

I apologize but I don't really follow your post.

Could you state clearly in words what you believe fans have given up?

The NFL is a monopoly (collude in exceptional ways in a marketplace) and a monopsony (controls who is employed or contracted) that has barred public ownership of franchises. To protect ownership interests and leverage they colluded to ban public ownership of teams. So, the city of Oakland for example could not make the Raider ownership an offer they can’t refuse eg choose to outbid a private entity, enact a profit sharing model.

Green Bay was grandfathered in decades ago. What are the odds the team would still be there without their public ownership/board of directors exception. Zero?

You may be aware (?) but the state of MN was AFAIK coerced to promote public vices (gambling) and/or throw in public money to facilitate the team to stay. Pretty silly, gross, and a situation amenable to legislative efforts. It would be hard for the NFL to make an argument that the Green Bay model hurts the NFL product.