The iceberg was above the surface before the NCAA hired Mark Emmert. He steered the organization into it anyway, then bailed as the ship sank. https://t.co/MuSqDziiv8
#Breaking
NLRB: "certain Players at Academic Institutions (sometimes referred to as student athletes), are employees under the National Labor Relations Act, and, as such, are afforded all statutory protections."
https://t.co/QcCsd7bFXx
And here's the quote that could ultimately upend the NCAA model: "NCAA couches its arguments for not paying student athletes in innocuous labels. But the labels cannot disguise the reality:The NCAA’s business model would be flatly illegal in almost any other industry in America."
Justice Gorsuch strong as well:
“NCAA’s restrictions decrease compensation that student-athletes receive compared to what a competitive market would yield; depress participation by student-athletes in the relevant labor market— so that price and quantity are both suppressed.”
This quote from Justice Kavanaugh cuts deep: "Nowhere else in America can businesses get away with agreeing to not pay their workers a fair market rate on their theory that their product is defined by not paying their workers a fair market rate. The
NCAA is not above the law."
More doomsday nonsense from the NCAA. The very idea that this multi-billion dollar industry teeters upon athletes remaining unpaid is patently absurd. And, to think this testimony is under oath. Embarrassing for the NCAA.
Badger → Badger in the NFL →
Head Badger Strength Coach
→ BADGER DEFENSIVE LINE COACH ←
Let's go Coach K!
"I'm excited for the chance to continue impacting our program & helping our guys become the best they can be"
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Amateurism + pandemic = no college sports. It's that simple. End amateurism, let players organize and collectively bargain like pros, and then maybe you get college sports during a pandemic. Schools will cancel and take it on the chin in short term to keep amateurism long term.
Mark Emmert called California, Colorado & Florida name, image & likeness laws “desperate.”
No, sir. Those states are leaders. The NCAA is DESPERATE to keep athletes from having the same rights as other students & to avoid further legal costs related to antitrust challenges.
The 30 franchises and MLB have a combined value that runs in the neighborhood of $50 billion. And they aren't scraping up another $150 million to at least make an offer into the middle ground and save the product from continued embarrassment.