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UM Opts in to House Settlement

What I don’t get is why we’re all these schools scrambling to get rosters to 105 when they could have more the first year? I have heard msu was very worried about some positions but they couldn’t add more guys because they couldn’t exceed 105 players and as it stands right now they are at 105 couldn’t they add more?
 
Well instead of the collective being an independent entity, it becomes part of Athletics operations. I suspect Haslam will hire a “GM” that will manage the NIL funds coming in and direct where the money goes and how much money each program gets. Then from there it’ll be interesting to see if Athletics has enough money off of what they make to also put towards revenue sharing. If they do it likely won’t be a very big number meaning they’ll still be very dependent on NIL funds from the outside.
I put my application in yesterday. Still haven't heard back.
 
The NIL Collective now becomes part of the athletic department and Athletics can now make decisions on who gets how much and where the money goes.
According to this on the big boy level, sorta: https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...e-sports-enters-historic-revenue-sharing-era/

Doesn't really change much on our level, we'll never approach the allowable 20 million "salary cap" that can be doled out. Not to mention there will now be "true" (lol) NIL on top of the all sports salary cap versus the present NILINO (NIL in name only). It appears the new "true" NILlol will be scrutinized to make sure the deals comply with some notion of "market value" by some new (NCAA?) entity to monitor "compliance". Seems like we've seen that movie more than once.

The article asserts the money will slow down through the next few seasons when we know that is unlikely. Though not a legal eagle several problems seem obvious. The pro leagues get away with a salary cap because of collective bargaining agreements, seems that is likely to follow here. Which leads one to assume the non status as employees the athletes now have will be changing if they get collective bargaining status. Not to mention the elephant in the room, Title IX. Can they justify the unequal distribution of funds to primarily male programs by a public entity?

They minor league moolah involved where we reside seems like it will stay minor league. If the athletes have employee status the cost of worker's comp alone seems like it be extremely detrimental to finances. Seems like opting in will open us up to liabilities a class action suit against the NCAA on these issues. As we know they have a lousy track record in court. In any case another decade of lawsuits seems probable.
 
According to this on the big boy level, sorta: https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...e-sports-enters-historic-revenue-sharing-era/

Doesn't really change much on our level, we'll never approach the allowable 20 million "salary cap" that can be doled out. Not to mention there will now be "true" (lol) NIL on top of the all sports salary cap versus the present NILINO (NIL in name only). It appears the new "true" NILlol will be scrutinized to make sure the deals comply with some notion of "market value" by some new (NCAA?) entity to monitor "compliance". Seems like we've seen that movie more than once.

The article asserts the money will slow down through the next few seasons when we know that is unlikely. Though not a legal eagle several problems seem obvious. The pro leagues get away with a salary cap because of collective bargaining agreements, seems that is likely to follow here. Which leads one to assume the non status as employees the athletes now have will be changing if they get collective bargaining status. Not to mention the elephant in the room, Title IX. Can they justify the unequal distribution of funds to primarily male programs by a public entity?

They minor league moolah involved where we reside seems like it will stay minor league. If the athletes have employee status the cost of worker's comp alone seems like it be extremely detrimental to finances. Seems like opting in will open us up to liabilities a class action suit against the NCAA on these issues. As we know they have a lousy track record in court. In any case another decade of lawsuits seems probable.
Don’t be surprised if Trump makes a push to challenge and end title IX. It would be a bridge too far, but that hasn’t stopped him before
 
So if these funds are now going through the athletic departments public record laws should mean we’ll know exactly what each athlete is being paid, right? A little sunshine is a good thing imo despite concerns about competitive advantages etc.
 
Don’t be surprised if Trump makes a push to challenge and end title IX. It would be a bridge too far, but that hasn’t stopped him before
What would be the gripe with Title IX? To me, it’s become one of the best things ever. Not just for women but for essentially doubling the number of people knowledgeable about and interested in sports in the US. And it has spilled over into the world.
 
What would be the gripe with Title IX? To me, it’s become one of the best things ever. Not just for women but for essentially doubling the number of people knowledgeable about and interested in sports in the US. And it has spilled over into the world.
Agree. Just look at how dominant U.S. women are in international sports.
 
College sports has now become "pay to play", a huge can of worms. Why does everything have to be all about money? Sorry to see this come about.
 
What I don’t get is why we’re all these schools scrambling to get rosters to 105 when they could have more the first year? I have heard msu was very worried about some positions but they couldn’t add more guys because they couldn’t exceed 105 players and as it stands right now they are at 105 couldn’t they add more?
Because the grandfather clause came late in the game. MSU didn't know that they would be able to have more than 105, so they stayed at 105. We weren't going to opt in, so we had 115. When the judge said that the cap doesn't apply in year one, we opted in. MSU was trying to get in under the roster cap and get on the ground floor of the settlement, but they ended up hamstringing themselves.


Don’t be surprised if Trump makes a push to challenge and end title IX. It would be a bridge too far, but that hasn’t stopped him before
I avoid politics on here like the plague, but no, I really don't think he would challenge or end Title IX. His administration is explicitly relying on Title IX for some of their initiatives targeting states over trans athletes. It is pretty integral to some of what they have been doing, there is no indication that the current administration is coming after it, and it would set back some of the things that they already feel they have accomplished.
 
There is no scholarships anymore from my understanding. So part of the funds will come from the scholarships funds. You are allowed now to pay all 105 members on the team. The big sky has put a limit of 63 so I really dont know if we can only pay 63 players or if the new settlement supersedes. I imagine the conference can make the rule so everyone is on a even playing field.
 
There is no scholarships anymore from my understanding. So part of the funds will come from the scholarships funds. You are allowed now to pay all 105 members on the team. The big sky has put a limit of 63 so I really dont know if we can only pay 63 players or if the new settlement supersedes. I imagine the conference can make the rule so everyone is on a even playing field.
There are still scholarships. NIL and revenue sharing remain in addition to those. Whatever the conferences set as the scholarship limit will remain the limit in their conference, but schools can pay kids beyond that.
 
What would be the gripe with Title IX? To me, it’s become one of the best things ever. Not just for women but for essentially doubling the number of people knowledgeable about and interested in sports in the US. And it has spilled over into the w
 
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I wonder how this is going to change the landscape of the FCS. For the past few years the FCS has felt more like the amateur college football from a decade ago while the FBS has felt more like a minor league professionally.
 
Don’t be surprised if Trump makes a push to challenge and end title IX. It would be a bridge too far, but that hasn’t stopped him before
What would be the gripe with Title IX? To me, it’s become one of the best things ever. Not just for women but for essentially doubling the number of people knowledgeable about and interested in sports in the US. And it has spilled over into the world.
I'm assuming that wasn't a serious comment, just baying at the moon for some reason. As you are versed in employment law IIRC from other posts would various athletic departments given Title IX requires equal opportunities (which for the reasons you and Uncle Rico stated I heartily agree with) in athletics be allowed to mete out revenues collected by public institutions on an unequal basis. Numbers in news articles throw out numbers like 90% to FB and men's BB with maybe 5% to women's BB and the rest of the athletic department. I realize the NIL collectives as private entities are not under Title IX constraints, just seems to me as an armchair legal observer bringing them under school auspices changes that. I'm genuinely curious about this stuff and want to hear more from our board legal pros. Seems given the NCAA history (the president of it should walk around with a target stating Sue Me on his back) that the most likely result will be more employment opportunities for attorneys.
 
I wonder how this is going to change the landscape of the FCS. For the past few years the FCS has felt more like the amateur college football from a decade ago while the FBS has felt more like a minor league professionally.
Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Very little of the TV revenue Big Boy football trickles down to this level so not much. The G5 teams with a few exceptions like Boise State are in the same boat. I tend to think from what I've observed that when the Top Dawgs pare their ranks to their chosen 40 or 60 programs that flow of money to the upper level will get worse. Not so good for programs like this one, but that isn't really much different from where it is now. Same boat as peer programs with this one having far greater levels of local fan support.
 
Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Very little of the TV revenue Big Boy football trickles down to this level so not much. The G5 teams with a few exceptions like Boise State are in the same boat. I tend to think from what I've observed that when the Top Dawgs pare their ranks to their chosen 40 or 60 programs that flow of money to the upper level will get worse. Not so good for programs like this one, but that isn't really much different from where it is now. Same boat as peer programs with this one having far greater levels of local fan support.
I personally have liked that the FCS has felt more like the old college football recently and have become more of an FCS and less of an FBS fan as a result.
 
I personally have liked that the FCS has felt more like the old college football recently and have become more of an FCS and less of an FBS fan as a result.
Ditto. While I'll still watch non major FBS, for the major programs I'm watching less and replacing more with the NFL.

If I'm going to watch professional football I might was well just watch the NFL.
 
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