USDOJ throws monkey wrench in the House settlement

[S.C. OrangeMan]

This sounds like matter what Congress may do, that the NCAA can't cap NIL or interfere with it.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Oh boy and the Wild West just keeps getting wilder. Woooppppeee.

 

[S.C. OrangeMan]

Oh boy and the Wild West just keeps getting wilder. Woooppppeee.

This comes as no surprise to anyone that saw where the NIL clause in the House case settlement was headed.

 

[The Original Fade]

Oh boy and the Wild West just keeps getting wilder. Woooppppeee.

It’s a great system they created isn’t it? I mean, you can tell there was a lot of thought and planning that went in to NIL and the portal. It’s a shining example of efficiency, fairness, and orderly structure

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

It’s a great system they created isn’t it? I mean, you can tell there was a lot of thought and planning that went in to NIL and the portal. It’s a shining example of efficiency, fairness, and orderly structure

Maybe Trump will address it with an executive order on the second day. Day 1 seems busy.

The more ambiguity in the laws, the sooner Congressfolks from both sides of the isle will join forces and come forward with the Amateur Athletics Preservation Act. Won’t eliminate NIL, but will make employee status in separate leagues or divisions only. They have to be accommodated, but not by every institution. Harvard and Yale for instance.

The composition of Congress is not as off the wall as the judicial conglomeration and can supply paths to constitutional conformance.

Unlike the courts they ALL have constituents to satisfy.

 

[JohnWardForever]

It’s a great system they created isn’t it? I mean, you can tell there was a lot of thought and planning that went in to NIL and the portal. It’s a shining example of efficiency, fairness, and orderly structure

I have a feeling we are looking at a new deal ahead, I expect to see things get done, and make sense.

 

[Boston Vol]

This is actually a much bigger deal. NCAA basically waving the white flag at this point.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

It’s a great system they created isn’t it? I mean, you can tell there was a lot of thought and planning that went in to NIL and the portal. It’s a shining example of efficiency, fairness, and orderly structure

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

So basically there is no governing NIL. It’s a free for all. Pay to play is legal and so is tampering. Oh but athletes deserve to get paid. And look what it’s created. A system that makes coaching these young men 100 times more difficult. Coaches have never had the freedom the players have now. Not even close.

 

[#1fulmerite]

And to think SMU was above the curve over 45 years ago!

I wonder, seriously, if SMU or any party affiliated with that scandal has any legal recourse for monetary damages against the NCAA? Think, though it’s a lot longer of a time span, Reggie Bush is coming to get his!

 

[Voltopia]

This is actually a much bigger deal. NCAA basically waving the white flag at this point.

I'm salivating - said very sarcastically, mind you - over the first time some big money bagman with no chill goes to an important player on an opposing team and offers them a giant purse to transfer the week of a big game. Maybe the week they go head to head. Maybe the week before a big game, like say a CFP semi-final, just to really twist the knife.

Doesn't even have to be the big time players, either. It could be an important but less lavishly compensated player. Think a long snapper, or a placekicker, someone who transferred in for one year and who has no loyalty to their current team - they're just their for the paycheck, like so many of the players in the game today. Pick a few of those off, and watch your hated rival suffer a critical mistake that costs them their season. Tell me there aren't people out there who wouldn't pay a little to see their hated rivals suffer a lot.

I mean, just picture it. You're a guy making average pay, it's your last season of eligibility, there's only so many games left at this school you moved over to for a cup of coffee ... and then some big bankroller slides into your DMs and says "I'll double what you were going to make this year if you pull up stakes and transfer."

No rules, after all. Right? No restrictions on anything. No rules. Let them do whatever they want to do, freely and without restriction. That's been one of the chief rallying cries of this whole mess.