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How would your proposal keep the entity from violating antitrust laws?
Remember the SCOTUS ruled in NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, 468 U.S. 85 (1984), that the NCAA's television plan violated antitrust laws. The ruling opened the door for conferences and individual schools to manage their own television plan. Now that the horse has left the barn, I don't see how the horse can be returned to its stall without Congress either passing a new law or amending the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 to grant conferences/schools the same antitrust immunity that was given to the NFL. If the conferences/schools want Congress to act, then they better be prepared to give up something for the immunity. The NFL agreed to not play any regular season games on Fridays during the HS regular season and on Saturdays during the college regular season.
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football conferences are dumb...
-- BUGGZY
Jan 11, 2025 at 05:49 PM ET
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01/11/25 05:49 PM ET
Conferences allow schools to compete for a conference championship.
-- wwhokie1
Jan 12, 2025 at 09:36 PM ET
wwhokie1
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01/12/25 09:36 PM ET
How would your proposal keep the entity from violating antitrust laws?
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-- VTHokie2000
Jan 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM ET
VTHokie2000
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01/12/25 11:01 AM ET
Make Conferences Round Robin Again 💥
-- Maroon Baboon
Jan 11, 2025 at 09:00 PM ET
Maroon Baboon
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01/11/25 09:00 PM ET
I think that is where we are headed, but the money disparity is real, and
-- Big12 guy
Jan 11, 2025 at 07:44 PM ET
Big12 guy
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01/11/25 07:44 PM ET
Keep in mind Northern Illinois has not made a final decision on what
-- VTHokie2000
Jan 11, 2025 at 07:53 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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01/11/25 07:53 PM ET
Ya, but they have a few options. As long as we have
-- Big12 guy
Jan 11, 2025 at 08:43 PM ET
Big12 guy
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01/11/25 08:43 PM ET
One of the options is joining the MWC which traditionally is a multi-bid
-- VTHokie2000
Jan 11, 2025 at 08:49 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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01/11/25 08:49 PM ET
That was not presented as an option to them. They were invited as
-- Big12 guy
Jan 11, 2025 at 08:55 PM ET
Big12 guy
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01/11/25 08:55 PM ET
What is your source that it wasn't an option for Northern Illinois? All
-- VTHokie2000
Jan 11, 2025 at 08:58 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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01/11/25 08:58 PM ET
Toledo Athletic Department. But that was several months ago. I am not privy
-- Big12 guy
Jan 12, 2025 at 05:25 AM ET
Big12 guy
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01/12/25 05:25 AM ET
Given that Northern Illinois already knew it wouldn't be allowed to remain
-- VTHokie2000
Jan 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM ET
VTHokie2000
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01/12/25 11:07 AM ET
There are a couple, but I think they will join the Horizon for basketball.
-- Big12 guy
Jan 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM ET
Big12 guy
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01/12/25 11:36 AM ET
The Horizon League may make sense for basketball, but does it make sense
-- VTHokie2000
Jan 12, 2025 at 03:26 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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01/12/25 03:26 PM ET
Maybe, but then you have Grand Canyon University as
-- Big12 guy
Jan 12, 2025 at 04:06 PM ET
Big12 guy
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01/12/25 04:06 PM ET
Actually Grand Canyon U. will be technically a non-football full member.
-- VTHokie2000
Jan 12, 2025 at 04:18 PM ET
VTHokie2000
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01/12/25 04:18 PM ET
Basketball and Olympics are tied to the hip as I understand it. I did not
-- Big12 guy
Jan 13, 2025 at 05:53 AM ET
Big12 guy
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01/13/25 05:53 AM ET