Is it possible for Congress to fix this mess?
College football/basket have become professional sports. There’s always been issues with the amateur athlete, but this is insane.
Maybe legislation could be developed to force universities to decide between the current situation vs maintaining their non profit status?
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ren_hoek
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(In response to this post by Hsthokie)
what’s the problem you are trying to solve?
let’s talk about the real world
1. men are competitive
2. football fans probably more than most
3. men have a lot of affinity with the school they attended
4. watching your college win in football fulfills competitive juices and brings joy to men
5. if your team has more money than other teams, they will probably be better
6. tv contracts are a big avenue for increased money
you get my point, but my question stands, what is the problem that you are trying to solve?
government is often ineffective because most change in our world is bottom up, not top down
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Stech
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the decision, similar to NIL.
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2y
10 terror inducing words...
If anything, governmental involvement will create a more convoluted, bureaucratic process that makes less sense, is staffed by less qualified people (if that is possible) that the NCAA.
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The P3 universities are never going to give up their advantages. Sometimes drastic action is the only recourse
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how much power they want to give to the NCAA HQ to enforce the bylaws passed by the various school representatives on the various NCAA committees. In some cases the NCAA committees are their to enforce the bylaws too. If you look at the structure of the NCAA, then you will see it is very similar to how the House and Senate are structured.
FWIW the self-governing format used by the NCAA is no different than what the pro leagues currently use. People seem to think that a pro league commissioner has all this power and can do whatever he/she wants for the good of the league. The reality is that the owners of the league decide how much power they want to give to the commissioner.
Unfortunately, even if the schools decide to use the nuclear option with the NCAA, you can probably bet the structure of the new association will look very similar/the same as the current structure of the NCAA. IIWII
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...it will be the first time I can recall those idiots fixing anything. IMO, involving the government is a surefire way to ensure college football's death.
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