Dev Sethi

COO, @athletesorg, former Head of Sports @instagram. First CoS at @complex. college basketball is my love language

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

It's amazing what can be discussed and achieved when people simply listen to each other. More steps to be taken, but I believe what these guys and UT's athletic administrators did will inspire many universities and athletes to act. They'll be on the right side of history.

[ESPN @espn]

A potentially historic move in college sports.

Following negotiations with university athletic administrators, Tennessee men's basketball players released a collective bargaining framework featuring salary caps, spending floors, guaranteed pay and transfer rules. https://t.co/1c4qxcRV3z

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

@the_engineEAR @jeff_haugh @espn You do realize how much money teenage 'creators' make posting videos on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, right? Why would we have a problem societally with one group of young people making a living one way and treat college athletes an entirely other way?

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

@RodGilmore Forget 'what' - when you ask legislators 'who' they're trying to protect college sports from, you just get blank stares.

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

@njh287 @Ourand_Puck Great interview absolutely

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

It still amazes me that college sports leaders position 'codifying college athletes' rights to enter into legitimate NIL deals' as some historic, progressive action that they've taken in this bill. It really means 'we won't try to fight this unlawful restriction any longer by agreeing it's the law now!' Any legislator reading their positioning should deduct credibility points off immediately off the top. Great stuff

[Amanda Christovich @achristovichh]

NCAA President Charlie Baker sent the following letter, obtained by @FOS, to House Reps urging them to vote yes on the Protect College Sports Act when they return from the midterm recess.

[Vic Monte @TheVicMonte]

This Guy Just Exposed one the NFL Rigged Referees! He Needs to be Fired. Clearly Rigged Commanders/Colts.

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

@BigWestSports @DanButterly educational and enjoyable read, thanks @DanButterly

[Athletes.org @AthletesOrg]

“You're giving a serial antitrust violator an antitrust exemption.”
AO Executive Director Brandon Copeland speaks out against the PCSA on the Spolitics Podcast with Jemele Hill.

[Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing]

This morning on ESPN's First Take, Nick Saban argued player and coach pay are "totally different markets."

"That's like asking me 'Does a student's scholarship equal the professor's pay?' I mean, how much value does a coach create for a university?" 📺 💰️

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

@kerrydougherty @RossDellenger @YahooSports 1000%

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

@OBs_Air_Horn @RodGilmore So players would have to do a 2nd job to get paid what they would otherwise make just by being really good at what they do on the field.
In what world are we thinking that's the right model? It's not like a collective drops a bag off at their locker like the old days.

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

Thank goodness Senators Cantwell and Cruz are trying to protect his right to monetize his name, image and likeness so he can gain compensation from running into people at full speed

[Mit Winter @WinterSportsLaw]

This Kirby Smart quote from a @NickSchultz_7 article on Georgia football’s London Humphreys is a good example of the types of incentive clauses many athletes have in their “rev share” and/or third party NIL contracts.

The more you play, the more you get paid.

[Sam C. Ehrlich @samcehrlich]

I'm so glad we have the Protect College Sports Act to help save athletic programs from the financial hardships caused by having to pay players.

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

@yeroc011 @Marvelouz1986 if you just took FBS coach buyout figures from 2025 alone you'd be a quarter of the way there!

[Dan Murphy @DanMurphyESPN]

If I were crafting a piece of legislation that will cement the future of an exclusive CFB super league, it would look a lot like the PCSA.

If you're interested in games like Western Michigan v. Michigan, the not-so-distant future seems bleak.

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

@_FCS_BASKETBALL It seems disingenuous for you to suggest that students or alumni are upset about the current state of affairs when they've been as passionate about college sports as they have ever been. Despite how mismanaged their institutions have overseen their finances.

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

What's amazing is that the document Cantwell's circulating leads with NIL being a federally protected right for college athletes. Absurd that it literally codifies a thing that college administrators whose bidding she's doing fought against this for DECADES and now she's making this out to be some sort of W for athletes...'hey, you know that thing we tried to stop you from doing? Well you got it, and now we're going to make sure we can't try to take it away from you again!. You're welcome! Now accept the rest of our godawful shitty legislation'!

[Dan Murphy @DanMurphyESPN]

Sen. Maria Cantwell, speaking now in D.C., says the Protect College Sports Act is "about reining in runaway costs in ...sports spending."

The latest version of the PCSA will double the amount of money schools can directly pay their players.

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

No, I'm saying that you taking our Senators' votes as representative of the public opinion is inaccurate, as would me saying that Cruz getting booed in his home state as he riffs on the 'chaos' of college sports wouldn't be particularly insightful. What's more insightful is all of the data that suggests college sports are more popular than they've ever been. Despite all the 'chaos.' Despite all the 'NIL.'
I think 74 votes has literally nothing to do with how people feel, and everything to do with who the legislation was designed for: the powers that be. Don't take my word for it, just look at how it was publicly negotiated.

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

So it sounds like your problem as well as the minimum threshold required to be an NCAA member institution and the amount of programs required by schools to sponsor. I'd also say those 10 programs you referenced have done little to nothing to figure out how to fund those sports beyond just getting football and basketball to pay for them. That's intentional. They don't care about your athlete in the grand scheme of things. They care about you and your athlete suffering enough to get legislation passed that benefit them, not your son/daughter. (yes, there are some great college athletics' administrators who deeply care about young people; they're just not the ones making decisions)

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

The irony is that the only way teams could be cut and schools still maintain their NCAA status is if they're above the NCAA's minimum threshold for # men's/women's programs. So is the issue cost? Or # of programs these irresponsible leaders want to be the NCAA minimum?

[Dan Murphy @DanMurphyESPN]

Sen. John Hickenlooper says 415 college teams have been cut in "the last couple years."

Since athletes started making money, the number of D1 teams has increased by more than 100. There certainly haven't been 400 teams cut. I think this is a typo that became a talking point.

[Dev Sethi @DevSSethi]

in a system with a 'salary cap' that is applicable to an entire department, which is an absurd way to do things. Also, again, look at what happened at Arkansas. That wasn't a zero sum game. This isn't all about 'revenue sharing.' Don't buy the misleading commentary by PCSA sponsors.