With billions of dollars being generated in college playoffs, how long
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If the entire system is headed for collapse and subsequent rebuild under the weight of unbridled avarice, I say the sooner the better.
Agree, sort of. The NIL is money the players can earn on the side, not from the school, but from outside sources.
I think the question here is if they go after the money the schools are making.
How did that case ever resolve with the college team trying to unionize?
Getting into a lot of state employment, federal and state tax, insurance and other legal issues that will destroy college football. That would be ugly.....and I agree that it is heading to that point. Start enjoying other sports.
If it blows up as it is or might become, I'm good with it.
College football worked well when players were content to play football in exchange for a free education, room and board and when coaches were content to be paid well, but modestly. Those days can never be regained. A college coaching salary from the 1960s, adjusted for inflation would be about $200,000 today. That just tells you how insanely things have spiraled.
In the 1980s, head coaches made the equivalent of doctor money. Today, head coaches make major company CEO money.
Football Unions...I could see it happening. Those schools that embrace the Union(s) will pay more but get the best players. College football, as my generation knew it growing up (Mid 60's to Early 70s) is gone.
Universities can't allow that to happen though....unless they want the athletic department to lose its status as tax-exempt. Losing the tax-exemption would probably greatly impact the booster donations....as boosters would not be able to deduct any of the donation for tax purposes.
And that's just one issue.....other issues include compliance with employment laws, worker compensation laws, etc, etc. It is a hornet's nest for universities.
All valid points, no doubt. I am just stating I could see such a movement taking place in the future. Especially in states where Unions have been in place for decades and rule much of the industry. Peace on Earth and Merry Christmas RC.
I could see it being more of an NFLPA type organization than many different ones organized under differing universities or states. Merry Christmas to you also CTA
Well, all they do in that case is to legally insulate the school from the athletic program - all of it, not just the big sports.
True.....If that is legally possible or advisable. It would get into several issues the NYU School of Law had when Meuller's was left to them....a lot of issues dealing with unrelated business income, unfair competitive advantage, etc. NYU Law eventually divested its ownership in Meuller's because the school could've lost its tax-exempt status.
Just had a humorous vision. So n So University starting QB will not play the rest of the season. He will be absent to do family leave actfamily leave act.