Jimmy Comerota

Ballplayer background. Sport management, economics, business education. Non-profit passion. Innovative entrepreneurship ambition. Faith & family heart.

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If luck is where preparation meets opportunity & skill is the ability to do quickly and correctly, then it's better to be lucky than good.

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@FreddyLA7 Welcome to Houston!

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@FreddyLA7 Here. We. Go. Freddy is in H-Town.

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@RecruitBoss @marcisenberg This guy will never be happy with any rules. Don’t try to reason with him.

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@marcisenberg Everyone’s over it man. The kids have everything they could ever want now and taxpayers are getting stuck with the bill in every state in the country. There’s nothing to even argue or fight for anymore. Just enjoy the games.

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@g1179494 @greg11794494 Reset. I’m nobody and want nothing. But…even you need to hear it and you know it. What’s next? Where do we all go from here. Good luck.

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I probably shouldn’t think this is as funny as I do, but I love it and can’t stop watching. Haha.

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We’ve got kids throwing haymakers during intermission of a professional hockey game

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Let’s say you’re right about all the things just for the sake of argument and the discussion.

Even with all the stars aligned, who do you think a unionized group of athletes will negotiate with that will have the ability to enter into a CBA that’s sufficient for you and all the lawyers?

NCAA? Each conference? Each state?

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@marcisenberg @AD_DannyWhite @JeramiahDickey @coachbrucepearl Gotcha. So, you think anyone who says it’s an idea that should be explored means they want it to happen.

Maybe you can clarify with them if they’re actually going to push that across, or if they’re just tossing around things. Seems like a relevant difference.

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Got it. So, you’d like a CBA to prevent this happening and not just an arbitrary NCAA rule that’s likely illegal per US employment law. However, you’re well aware that either way the rule will wind up being the same.

Sort of my point all in all. If we agree there, I don’t care to spend time on this any further.

Best of luck to you and your rich and famous friends.

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@FelsMcDowell @_CATNERD2 @marcisenberg Do you think a CBA with current college players would allow for former NBA players to come and take their spot and their money?

Also, do you think that’s a good net result for high school and younger kids?

Does either matter? Or, is it all just about your friend?

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Oh, I agree the NCAA has no idea what it’s doing either. They’ve done more to dig their own grave over 50 years than anyone else. Yet, even with them trying to form another entity that gets themselves out of their own monopolistic business they’re still around. How is that possible? Because they dont and never did matter.

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He can still get a college degree. I’d applaud that. Sounds like he doesn’t want to “go to college”, he wants to get paid by colleges. And yeah, if there was a CBA the current players would probably craft a rule against him. Not sure why you think a CBA would ever help your friend go back to getting paid by colleges after getting paid by NBA owners.

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Even if the players can form whatever they want. They need someone to negotiate with. Who exactly will agree to a CBA with them? The schools? conferences? Will states allow whatever they agree to?

The reason a CBA won’t happen is the players can’t organize AND the schools/conferences/and states who taxpayer funds pay for all this nonsense can’t organize AND even both can agree they don’t live in a silo alongside other sports/tv contracts/donor dollars/new private equity dollars.

Sorry. But legal issues are the most minor issues here. It’s not that not illegal but it’s impractical.

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@FelsMcDowell @marcisenberg Yup. I know.

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NBA to CBB? What about football? What about Baseball? What about women’s sports?

“Oh yeah, it’ll be by sport” Okay, so let’s assume there’s a union per sport.

Who do they negotiate with? School? Conference? NCAA? Remember, most of these are state institutions. There’s not an organization for the group of athletes to negotiate with either.

lol. “A CBA” is simply not a thing. It’s like dozens of CBAs all drawing from the same TV and state funded tax dollars.

It’s literally not happening and people need to get off the crazy train of demanding it.

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@FelsMcDowell @_CATNERD2 @marcisenberg lol. What rule will current players put in place through a CBA that keeps others out but allows themselves to maximize their own opportunities? There isn’t man. A CBA is a utopia the lawyers are pitching while they rack up the hours.

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@FelsMcDowell @_CATNERD2 @marcisenberg lol. What rule will current players put in place that keeps others out but allows themselves to maximize their own opportunities?

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@_CATNERD2 @FelsMcDowell @marcisenberg Agreed. They already have all they could bargain for.

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What group of athletes? Will agree with what group of schools? To what what universal rules?

There’s no path to a CBA. Seriously, you experts have already done your damage on college athletics. Congrats on destroying what we had. Stop demanding something that has absolutely zero path to ever happening.

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@marcisenberg Because there is no path to a CBA. Get off the crazy train.