And went a collective 0-3.
Some G5 schools have the donors but they choose the pureness of the game rather than throw cash away
Well…we all know ASU ahould have won that game.
The point is that the modern era allows different schools to prove it on the field
Can you imagine the uproar on here when a UH QB holds out and threatens to transfer if we don’t pay him?
I am all for pureness of the game. Ask the p2’s how they feel about of pureness of the game. They are responsible for this.
Agree it was predictable…but I’m no longer sure it is a broken system.
It’s a symptom of a free society to spend your money as you like and the
essence of individual capitalistic enterprise. It’s broken in the sense you cannot put
caps on endorsement deals. You know, it would really be funny if the NFL pros
adopted the NIL idea to build their super teams to get around the salary cap. Could
that be done ?
What did you expect the NCAA to learn or do differently ?
For a long time they had complete control of the student/athlete amateur narrative.
When it was closely examined by courts it does appear as a monopoly with the labor having no say or salary.
That was in 2011, so it’s been over a decade. Last time they played in the NCAA tournament was in 2018. Pre NIL.
First year of NIL was 2021.
UH made a Final Four that year from a non-power conference.
Made the Finals this year as a non-P2/non-blue blood.
As I said, easier in basketball.
Wake me up the day the same thing happens in the football Final Four.
Are you forgetting Cincinnati in 2021?
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I suppose, but wake me up when it happens in a real, more than four team playoff.
This past season, it was three blue bloods and a P2 champ from the richest conference.
The finals match was between two of the bluest and richest blue bloods: Ohio State and ND.
The year before, another rich blue blood won it all, Michigan.
Again, not seeing NIL create parity.
Only seeing the rich get richer.
The Federal Courts are responsible for this mess.
I don’t think anyone here begrudges the players making money, but there has to be rules set in place to tame things a tad.
College is now pro sports and will need to be regulated much like the NBA and NFL or it will self destruct and fans will continue to drift away
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The problem is that the professional sports all have the salaries and other benefits as a result of collective bargaining. The schools and the NCAA do not want the collegiate athletes unionized because that opens up a whole new can of worms: work rules, employee status, etc. Can you imagine players going on strike before the NCAA basketball tournament or the CFP?
This is completely uncharted territory. It is the wild west out there. Eventually, things will settle down. The NCAA limited scholarships to level the playing field years ago. The current model is not sustainable. The courts have neutered the NCAA. As much as I loathe the federal government to get involved in anything, I feel it’s going to take federal legislation to reign all of this in.
Players are going to get paid. The genie is out of the bottle on that. Rules will be implemented and alumni/boosters will do what they always have legally or not.
Thank you coach Saban for sticking up for coach Heupel, you are correct that college sports has lost it’s way but how do we return. You need to be commissioner of NCAA and reign this in, at least put reasonable boundries on it. It has gotten out of control. The NCAA is done as a governing body, they have lost all control and need to be disbanded however that happens. It was extreme when SMU got the death penalty, and it is extreme now with the highest bidder. Probation seemed to be a random thing in the 80"s, landing mainly on UH, not UT or A$M.
USC said no
Notre Dame said no
Texas Tech said no
Iamaleava’s options are running out.
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Gonna have to do a year in the G5 for free
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I’ve come to the conclusion that what boosters did before probably
should not have been considered illegal; but rather something that was just
against NCAA rules and regulations. And those rules and regulations have since been trashed.
I’m all ears on how you can put rules or limits on NIL income ?
Now North Carolina said no.
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He will come groveling back to Tennessee, please take me back.