A couple of random thoughts on all of this have been strolling thru my head
1. I don’t like that schools have mandatory athletic fees for students while at the same time they have athletes making tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. I know they justify it as overall funds for the athletic dept, but clearly there is plenty of money to go around already. Stop taking so much from the students and parents paying for the academic school.
2. Would an optional pension plan be possible to reduce spending each year at a school while still guaranteeing payouts (plus growth) at some future date for athletes who opt in? There could even be a conference level version of this to encourage players to stay in the ACC.
3. NIL will never be under control unless players become employees. It is too much of a vague concept with variations across states. The only way to stop the current version of madness is for the money to be invested elsewhere and big donors to choose not to fund NIL at the current levels. Legally, NIL is unfixable. This commission will not solve anything because the NCAA has no power anymore and a government solution likely doesn’t have the authority to be implemented.
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Interesting article on Saban and Cody Campbell fixing College Football **
-- Stech
May 12, 2025 at 06:46 PM ET
Stech
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05/12/25 06:46 PM ET
the only fix if for it to BUST from greed.
-- MrFantastic!
May 14, 2025 at 06:02 AM ET
MrFantastic!
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05/14/25 06:02 AM ET
A couple of random thoughts on all of this have been strolling thru my head
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-- HokieAl
May 13, 2025 at 09:37 PM ET
HokieAl
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05/13/25 09:37 PM ET
Anyone know what this guy did to make his fortune?
-- I85Hokie
May 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM ET
I85Hokie
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05/13/25 12:23 PM ET
He's a pretty impressive guy. Made his fortune building then selling (link)
-- HokieToph
May 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM ET
HokieToph
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05/14/25 10:19 AM ET
I read somewhere that his grandma used to give him
-- Big12 guy
May 13, 2025 at 04:50 PM ET
Big12 guy
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05/13/25 04:50 PM ET
I had the same question.
-- RVAHokie05
May 13, 2025 at 03:13 PM ET
RVAHokie05
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05/13/25 03:13 PM ET
Politicians and billionaires are gonna make player revenue sources
-- ancient alien 2018
May 12, 2025 at 09:33 PM ET
ancient alien 2018
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05/12/25 09:33 PM ET
yeah, this is a complete joke of an idea.**
-- reestuart
May 13, 2025 at 02:46 PM ET
reestuart
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05/13/25 02:46 PM ET
If there is in fact Federal intervention,
-- Big12 guy
May 12, 2025 at 07:44 PM ET
Big12 guy
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05/12/25 07:44 PM ET
This means that collegiate sports will
-- Big12 guy
May 13, 2025 at 08:03 AM ET
Big12 guy
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05/13/25 08:03 AM ET
Mine as well. the public part of this, while
-- Big12 guy
May 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM ET
Big12 guy
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05/13/25 10:36 AM ET
I read it as a total, not just his money,
-- Big12 guy
May 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM ET
Big12 guy
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05/13/25 11:43 AM ET
I believe Texas Tech has the top-ranked transfer class this cycle...
-- SMU Pony
May 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM ET
SMU Pony
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05/12/25 10:53 PM ET
Texas Tech proving all you need is to spend 💵, and you can buy success too
-- Stech
May 12, 2025 at 08:10 PM ET
Stech
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05/12/25 08:10 PM ET
What success have they had so far?**
-- Pylons
May 13, 2025 at 03:20 PM ET
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05/13/25 03:20 PM ET
Starts with recruiting a top class, it’ probably won’t happen overnight but
-- Stech
May 14, 2025 at 08:54 AM ET
Stech
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05/14/25 08:54 AM ET
Well sure, but it's quite well-established that
-- Pylons
May 14, 2025 at 09:45 AM ET
Pylons
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05/14/25 09:45 AM ET
Apparently every team in Texas has football-crazy, oil-rich alumni.
-- Truthahn
May 13, 2025 at 09:04 AM ET
Truthahn
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05/13/25 09:04 AM ET
This is what killed the Southwest Conference, could it make the media $ not
-- Stech
May 13, 2025 at 09:58 AM ET
Stech
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05/13/25 09:58 AM ET
The SWC was killed because Texas wanted more money. **
-- Big12 guy
May 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM ET
Big12 guy
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05/13/25 10:40 AM ET
That might have been the straw that broke the camel's back, but a lot more
-- Stech
May 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM ET
Stech
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05/13/25 10:47 AM ET
pretty much the whole conference was in trouble or had been recently.
-- reestuart
May 13, 2025 at 05:24 PM ET
reestuart
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05/13/25 05:24 PM ET
SMU didn't do anything that other schools were doing. If you
-- Big12 guy
May 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM ET
Big12 guy
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05/13/25 11:01 AM ET
I do think you are right that everyone was probably doing it at some level
-- VTHokie2000
May 14, 2025 at 02:58 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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05/14/25 02:58 PM ET
They had to make an example out of some one, and a
-- Big12 guy
May 14, 2025 at 03:14 PM ET
Big12 guy
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05/14/25 03:14 PM ET
I don't disagree the NCAA had to make an example out of someone. I'm not
-- VTHokie2000
May 14, 2025 at 03:45 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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05/14/25 03:45 PM ET
I don't think they were going to go after a public University for
-- Big12 guy
May 14, 2025 at 03:55 PM ET
Big12 guy
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05/14/25 03:55 PM ET
FWIW there have been only 5 times the NCAA has implemented the death
-- VTHokie2000
May 14, 2025 at 04:20 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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05/14/25 04:20 PM ET
Big Energy VT style: Didn't VT give a truckload of firewood to Bruce Smith?
-- Truthahn
May 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM ET
Truthahn
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05/13/25 12:16 PM ET
You’re right others were doing the same, that’s a good reason Southwest Con
-- Stech
May 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM ET
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05/13/25 11:54 AM ET