How to Regulate NIL

[S.C. OrangeMan]

lol, now you're just being intentionally obtuse for the sake of argument. The subject of collective bargaining has come up plenty of times, from both athletic directors and government officials.

Here's two examples, just to move past the feigned incredulity.

Notre Dame AD Calls For Collective Bargaining Rights

Legislation Proposed To Strengthen College Athlete Bargaining Rights

The fig leaf of "oh they don't get paid by the schools" will stick for about as long as everyone's willing to wink at each other, which is to say - not long. No one's fooled by it. Everyone understands what is happening. A mechanism built to subvert employment rights and keep athletes from being compensated directly from the money the schools earn isn't going to survive for long. The courts in particular are not going to just chuckle and wink and go along with it; Kavanaugh's anti-NCAA diatribe tipped the Supreme Court's hand in particular.

Oh, and your "college athlete collective bargaining rights" link is another non sequitur.

Recruits aren't college athletes. My first question was how do you get collective bargaining rights for recruits? They aren't students, and they aren't employees, and they don't have a union card when they're being recruited.