Exactly, caps on income without collective bargaining would not withstand legal scrutiny in America. The NCAA definitely doesn’t want to go before the Supreme Court again.
It will happen as soon as the power 2 decide their players should unionize. The NFL owners and the player’s union altered the payment terms for first round draft picks in 2011 through collective bargaining.
Here’s an FSU On3 article about it https://www.on3.com/teams/florida-state-seminoles/news/acc-turns-over-espn-tv-contracts-to-florida-attorney-general-see-documents/
They don’t matter and have not mattered for some time now at the schools that are winning and competing for national championships each season. GT is one of the only schools in the P4 continuing to attempt to mix academic (not offering true jock majors) with athletics.
I recently read an article suggesting that if football and basketball players became employees it is likely the school charade ends for the majority of them as they would choose cash over scholarship.
If we make the playoffs and/or manage to have good tv numbers there is hope for us to potentially get a BIG invite. Our biggest issue is we haven’t been relevant in years. The last time we were actually ranked was 2016. Memories are short. Being ranked and having some buzz (pun intended) will...
This was a really good podcast discussion. The first time that I ever heard about UNC being asked to join the SEC in 2009. The former chancellor’s discussion about the dynamics of competing interest for UNC and NC state affiliated board members hit home.
I couldn’t find a copy of the board’s opinion again but this article references the opinion focusing on revenue generation by the basketball team.
https://www.nhbr.com/labor-board-dartmouth-hoop-players-are-college-employees/
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