NCAA wants to start paying players directly

[heckmans]

And create a new top tier division, but they need Congress to protect them from labor and antitrust issues. 🍿🍿🍿

NCAA to evaluate school-pays-athlete proposal

The Division I Council will begin evaluating a proposal where schools would provide athletes with unlimited educational benefits while paying them for NIL rights.

www.espn.com

 

[The Spin Meister]

Rather than just pay for play it looks like they want to pay for NIL rights. And only half the student athletes get paid.

So they want to be able to market their NIL such as jerseys on return for paying a stipend. And not everyone gets paid,

 

[Rip_E_2_Joe_PA]

Rather than just pay for play it looks like they want to pay for NIL rights. And only half the student athletes get paid.

So they want to be able to market their NIL such as jerseys on return for paying a stipend. And not everyone gets paid,

Yeah that'll fly.

 

[LandoComando]

Zero chance this works

 

[RickinDayton]

Yeah that'll fly.

I guess they'd find themselves in court again.

 

[Rip_E_2_Joe_PA]

I guess they'd find themselves in court again.

Count on it!

 

[Obliviax]

And create a new top tier division, but they need Congress to protect them from labor and antitrust issues. 🍿🍿🍿

NCAA to evaluate school-pays-athlete proposal

The Division I Council will begin evaluating a proposal where schools would provide athletes with unlimited educational benefits while paying them for NIL rights.

www.espn.com

hello! @Obliviax has been saying that for ten years now!

This will, ostensibly, make them "employees" and the road to unionization (then a CBA) has been paved

 

[91Joe95]

And we thought the agents were leaches.

 

[heckmans]

hello! @Obliviax has been saying that for ten years now!

This will, ostensibly, make them "employees" and the road to unionization (then a CBA) has been paved

If you read the article, it says that the NCAA, to proceed with this is seeking Congress to pass legislation to formally declare that paying for NIL does not make them employees and to create an antitrust exemption.

 

[PSUMATT85]

If you read the article, it says that the NCAA, to proceed with this is seeking Congress to pass legislation to formally declare that paying for NIL does not make them employees and to create an antitrust exemption.

At some point someone is going to ask how this ties to the mission of higher education, and is it worth the unintended consequences

 

[JR4PSU]

And only half the student athletes get paid.

Not correct. The article said that at least half of students would be paid at least $30,000. That means others can still be paid less than that.