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Protect College Sports Act

likely will cause a split in the sport. it seeks to prevent sec/b1g from adding teams or merging. also SEC and B1g would be minority voters even tho they are the majority money makers.

what will happen if this passes is the sec/b1g schools will spin off their teams into a pro league and the private equity will be the main buyers. the colleges will license their brand to the teams. ticket prices go way up. moves to streaming cuz now its not a college sport so its not limited by this congressional act.

once again congress goes too far, sometimes simplest is the best. they learned nothing from any of their past blunders like obama care. no one wanted forced HC coverage. what they wanted was access guaranteed and cheaper prices. could have gotten that by removing state czars allowing ppl to effectively join collectives to negotiate better rates and the second thing Insurance companies could not discriminate for birth defects.

but thats not what this act will do. it goes way overboard. just need to give NCAA the right to manage the sport from a rules perspective that does not apply to monetary compensation. if you fail to follow the rules and that hurts your NIL, too bad so sad, you knew the rules. Thats the sorsby rule........
 
wcbsas said:
Anyone who knows about the issues knows it needs Congressional intervention. An antitrust exemption would keep these lower court injunctions out of play. Get it done please!
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How can you justify an antitrust exemption if the players don’t have representation? How can the players have representation without a collective bargaining agreement?
 
Cornjob said:
How can you justify an antitrust exemption if the players don’t have representation? How can the players have representation without a collective bargaining agreement?
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Part of the lawlessness of the current situation is there is no governance because of the widespread entities involved … 50 states, 2 dozen conferences, 150+ institutions, 10k+ athletes …

How can it be done without player representation? …. I do not know for sure … could Congress create a baseline set of rules that apply to both parties? Could players eventually sue if rules are put into place without their involvement? I don’t know, maybe. But the anti-trust exemption is absolutely necessary or you will see cases like Sorsby where they pursue a judge in their state/city/county that suits their needs.

The NFL and the NFLPA negotiate AROUND the anti-trust exemption they have from Congress. If there wasn’t a union the NFL could impose rules without input from the players or their representation.

Not every business entity has a unionized labor force. Those entities impose work rules, pay scales and benefit systems without formal input from its labor force. Typically those rules, scales and systems need to be competitive enough or they could eventually lose their employees.

I’m not a labor lawyer and maybe this goes the way of players getting representation but I believe representation is not necessarily needed to get an anti-trust exemption.
 
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I agree about the need for antitrust exemption. I don’t see a realistic path to that without a collective bargaining agreement, which mean the players are employees of the universities or maybe the conferences.

I don’t think Congress passing a law is a substitute for the full package, and will still lead to legal challenges.
 
Once congress gets involved and they make a law or two the unintended consequences will create a permanent sports environment that favors one group at the expense of others. They are incapable of win-win solutions. And if the sponsors of some bill "to save college sports" happens to be from a SEC state, forget it. Every other conference will get screwed. Let them hold all of the hearings they want. They are harmless. Just do not let some lawyer/congress person who thinks football officials are umpires start writing a bill and pushing it to a vote.
 
I would think that the universities and conference officials in the Big 10/SEC are actively discussing their concerns with the politicians within their conference maps.

It will be interesting to see if this makes it through the Senate.
 
TFrazier said:
I would think that the universities and conference officials in the Big 10/SEC are actively discussing their concerns with the politicians within their conference maps.

It will be interesting to see if this makes it through the Senate.
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I think I've read that while the Big10/SEC appreciate the efforts, they aren't really happy with what congress has come up with so far. Still might have a ways to go before everyone is happy.
 
Nehunter88 said:
I think I've read that while the Big10/SEC appreciate the efforts, they aren't really happy with what congress has come up with so far. Still might have a ways to go before everyone is happy.
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The money teams in the Big 10 and SEC would like to keep things status quo. Everyone else is seeking relief.
 
WestTexasHusker said:
The money teams in the Big 10 and SEC would like to keep things status quo. Everyone else is seeking relief.
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I don't think they want things to stay the way it is now. They want some kind of changes, but I think their statement shows they aren't real happy they're not being listened to or offered an opportunity to make suggestions.
 
Nehunter88 said:
I don't think they want things to stay the way it is now. They want some kind of changes, but I think their statement shows they aren't real happy they're not being listened to or offered an opportunity to make suggestions.
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It is because both conferences have acted predatory and destabilized things. USC, UCLA, Oregon, and Washington have no business in the Big 10. That was all about power consolidation by the Big 10, and foreclosing the Pac-12 in the process. I can at least make a geographical case for Texas and OU being in the SEC.

And it's not really the Big 10 and SEC per se. It's Michigan and Ohio State calling all the shots. In the SEC, it's 4-5 schools. And then of course Notre Dame, that basically gets whatever they want on a platter. Eight or nine schools are steering the ship of college football. Most of the rest of the Big 10 and SEC are running deep deficits that are turning into mountains of debt.

Most programs in college football, including DONU, need relief.
 
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WestTexasHusker said:
It is because both conferences have acted predatory and destabilized things. USC, UCLA, Oregon, and Washington have no business in the Big 10. That was all about power consolidation by the Big 10, and foreclosing the Pac-12 in the process. I can at least make a geographical case for Texas and OU being in the SEC.

And it's not really the Big 10 and SEC per se. It's Michigan and Ohio State calling all the shots. In the SEC, it's 4-5 schools. And then of course Notre Dame, that basically gets whatever they want on a platter. Eight or nine schools are steering the ship of college football. Most of the rest of the Big 10 and SEC are running deep deficits that are turning into mountains of debt.

Most programs in college football, including DONU, need relief.
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Actually I thought the Big 10 was smart picking up the west coast teams. It allowed the Big 10 to work a TV deal much like the NFL which is very successful. Start games at 11 am then fill the day at 2 pm 6 pm and 9 pm central times. The western teams also strengthened some of the other sports, volleyball, baseball, softball, and more.

Today you either lead the way or get left behind, the Big 12 and Pac 12 are examples of that.
 
Nehunter88 said:
Actually I thought the Big 10 was smart picking up the west coast teams. It allowed the Big 10 to work a TV deal much like the NFL which is very successful. Start games at 11 am then fill the day at 2 pm 6 pm and 9 pm central times. The western teams also strengthened some of the other sports, volleyball, baseball, softball, and more.

Today you either lead the way or get left behind, the Big 12 and Pac 12 are examples of that.
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No doubt foreclosing the Pac 12 was a good business decision…for the Big 10. And that is precisely why Congress doesn’t care to hear from the Big 10; their position is obvious.

Don’t think that, just because we are in the Big 10, we don’t need relief. Everyone in this conference desperately needs relief, tOSU, Michigan, and Penn State excepted.
 
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