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daveinop OP
May 20, 2025 at 04:10 PM ET
NCAA opting out of NIL enforcement
i think this was expected, if not already known

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daveinop OP
potentially good move for the NCAA
Their attempt to control $/rights that didn't belong to them has led to the current mess that is college sports. What they can control is the academic eligibility to play the sports they sanction. For example, they can't control where a student goes to school. They can control what type of academic status a student has...and for how long they have had it...to represent a member in competition.
VTHokie2000 VTHokie2000
The schools will likely run into the same issues (i.e. antitrust, how to
pay the athletes, etc.) that the NCAA ran into. Maybe the schools (or conferences) will have better luck at finding a solution to those issues.
Maroon Unit Maroon Unit
So, the proverbial P2 foxes watching the henhouse. That is laughable.
Maybe Trump's Commission is needed after all?
VTHokie2000 VTHokie2000
Unless the Commission is really a fox in sheep's clothing.
VTHokie2000 VTHokie2000
I can't wait to see how the power conferences plan to enforce the
settlement on the rest of the NCAA. If/When it is discovered that a DII or DIII school violated the settlement, then will the entire group of power conferences be punished or will a school/conference be designated the fall guy?
Pylons Pylons
Huh?
A. What part of the settlement is a D2 or D3 school realistically going to violate? B. Assuming it would happen, why would anyone but the school violating the settlement be punished? Who needs a "fall guy" in that scenario and why? On what planet would the P4 conferences be punished for the actions of a D2 or D3 school?
VTHokie2000 VTHokie2000
The settlement has 4 key points: back pay, revenue sharing, NIL agreements
and roster limits. A. Has two potential areas; back pay and revenue sharing when you consider DI athletes can transfer to a DII or DIII while still receiving back pay from their former DI school and DII/DIII school do compete at the DI level in certain sports. Will the former DI school still be allowed to make payments when the athlete is competing for another school or will the new school need to act as the middle man? If DII/DIII schools are only sharing revenue with athletes competing under the DI banner and not the DII/DIII, then does that expose the school to potential lawsuits where they would need to share the revenue with all their athletes? If so, then the school may try to stop making payments to the athletes competing under the DI banner in sports that are perceived to not generate revenue for the school. B. Why does UNC-Pembroke get punished for a crime UNC-Chapel Hill commits?
Pylons Pylons
For A,
mostly "who cares," because it's a really unlikely and obscure scenario. And everyone is exposed to potential lawsuits these days, but the settlement doesn't say who has to get revenue sharing and in what proportion does it? Just that schools can share and that there's a cap. For B, I thought we were talking about a D2/D3 violation, not UNC-C.
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ancient alien 2018
Absolutely, totally worthless organization!!
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1947Sunbowl
They host championships
For all divisions they do it well and manage records
VTHokie2000 VTHokie2000
Just how the schools (including VT?) want it.