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Posted on 06/07/2025 9:39:04 AM PDT by Round Earther
College athletics is officially entering a new world.
A California judge on Friday night a little bit past 9 p.m. ET granted approval to the NCAA’s landmark settlement of three antitrust cases, often referred to as the “House settlement,” ushering in an era where schools are permitted to share revenue with athletes within a new enforcement structure led by the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC.
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If a California judge approved it, it has to be a complete disaster.
It’s pathetic that it took the courts to get the NCAA to figure out the illusion of amateurism did nothing but punish the athletes. OK they probably still haven’t figured it out, but at least they have to stop now.
The question is why does anyone watch college sports? The colleges have been over charging students, burying them with debt, and indoctrinating them with socialism. Why on earth would anyone support them?
I have abandoned professional sports due to the homosexual crap, ghettoization, and feminization. I am hanging on to college football by a thread. Since Alabama is probably going to turn into a mediocre maybe they’ll be good maybe they won’t team, I’m probably out of that, too. Yes, I’m a fair weather fan.
In five years, will there be college athletics outside of these conferences?
It will be minor league pro ball with some sort of educational function attached.
If the athletic program is not making money, the program should be abolished.
With that, you have some of the SEC and Big 10 schools and a few of the others.
I doubt you are as old as me, but Alabama has given me nine championships and I have had kids and grandkids born on days of big wins. I got my money’s worth. My old man had little elephant statues all over his house. God rest him.
I don’t really recognize the sport anymore. And Saban leaving is the end of an era. Funny thing is I can’t stand a lot of our own fans. Didn’t use to be that way. But “Roll Tide” to ya.
Let’s also remove any academic requirements as well.
So many college athletes don’t take advantage of a free education already.
This won’t help. One bad injury and that career is over.
Throwing that much money on young pros is squandered a lot and after 10 years they have nothing.
Right now it seems a bad idea.
But if they take money maybe they should pay the tuition themselves.
A lot of schools are going to drop football, because they won’t be able to keep up with the big schools.
Of course part of the problem is the athletes are largely encouraged to throw that free education away taking fluffy easy classes that won’t distract from the real reason they’re there. When you’re in on an athletic scholarship you’re expected to do just enough school to maintain eligibility.
Will some of them blow the money? Sure. Some of everybody in any age group that gets money blows it. But some won’t. And probably a higher percentage won’t blow it than move on to the pros (which is a tiny percentage). Which is a good idea. Finally the sports path isn’t boom or bust. They can now not make it to the next level, but still have something to show for their efforts.
College sports stopped being amateur a long time ago. Once coaches started making multiples of what teachers make the amateur status was a lie. Now they make millions, in most states the highest paid state funded employee is a college coach. Demanding athletes not be paid while their coach makes millions is immoral, and now finally illegal.
“I doubt you are as old as me, but Alabama has given me nine championships and I have had kids and grandkids born on days of big wins. I got my money’s worth. My old man had little elephant statues all over his house. God rest him.
I don’t really recognize the sport anymore. And Saban leaving is the end of an era. Funny thing is I can’t stand a lot of our own fans. Didn’t use to be that way. But “Roll Tide” to ya.”
Thanks. Roll Tide, to you, too.
Look for 32 Big 10 and SEC schools to break away from the NCAA and form a league. Every program outside that 32 will go broke.
The football players generate revenue for the programs and should be compensated for the value they deliver.
If they’re employees then they shouldn’t have to pretend that they’re students.
Isn't their sports free tuition and room and board enough?
The NIL ruling and transfer portal all but destroyed college football.
Now, this latest ruling will completely shatter it.
Go figure, a blue chip high school stud will now have to hire a sports agent to help him decide which college he should attend that will pay him the most......
“Isn’t their sports free tuition and room and board enough?”
With Ohio State and the University of Texas each generating more than $300 million per year in revenue from their athletic programs, it appears that the market is dictating that tuition, room & board is not enough compensation for the athletes.
“...help him decide which college he should attend that will pay him the most......”
As participants in the American economy, we should all pursue the highest compensation possible.
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