Django Nolehardt
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If you lose AT HOME, you don’t deserve to play for a national championship in college football. @KirkHerbstreit @CFBPlayoff
“Cap is the cap” ad’s should be running for cover
If you’re keeping track, the “hard cap” era of rev share/NIL lasted 22 days. Now the collectives can provide “soft cap” above the 20.5M as long as they have enough cover in their deals to meet “fair market value.” (Ie $5,000 for a transaction instead of $50,000)
As Texas’ AD notes, schools/conferences that adapt to the new world of college athletics (instead of fighting it) will thrive. And that means acknowledging what high level college athletics programs are (marketing vehicles for universities) and creating a model that fits.
Texas AD Del Conte: Longhorns set up to succeed after House settlement statesman.com/story/sports/c…
“The SA does not permit the NCAA to prohibit NIL payments from third parties that are not Associated Entities or Individuals.” -12:10-11, Court Order approving settlement
And yet the settlement grants the ncaa the right to verify and then potentially deny. Incredible that they actually wrote that in there huh. Of course players can seek arbitration if they disagree. Also in the settlement.
The problem is that it’s already the latter. And has been for a long time. Too many just don’t want to admit it.
Saban sounds off: "Do we want to have universities sponsor professional teams?"
This framing continues to bother me. A lot. Competitive balance in college sports has always been distorted by resources and revenue. The richest schools have always had an advantage by paying coaches,building facilities. But now, when it’s about paying athletes, it’s a problem.
Dude says it’s in the settlement then provides the order. The order plainly says the commission cannot prohibit third party deals… only associated entity deals that are not for a valid business purpose or within a reasonable range. Again, CSC/NIL Go requirement that all deals…
I got bored. Sorry for spoiling the search. But yeah man. Like no more. You're done here. This was such a bad faith debate from you. "I've read it" Debate don't lie.
Cal finished 14th in the ACC
The ACC is holding on for dear life as a conference because they are so bad
Pete has it right. With the CSC backtracking on its “valid business purpose” guidance, collective deals will continue as part of player compensation packages & part of recruiting. Team payrolls essentially just grew. Schools that got rid of collectives, time to bring ‘em back.
What does this mean? It means your local NIL collective can still get dollars to top athletes and recruits. Rev share will have a salary cap. But nothing is slowing down a school from building out a $35 million roster.
Matthew Tkachuk with one of the coldest photos of the year. 😮💨🥶 (via @Mandoman12)
Phillips was asked about ESPN treating ACC as less than SEC: “I may feel that way sometimes but we have to perform better too. We can’t go 2-11 in postseason bowl games. We have to do our part.”
The CSC‘s vendetta against collectives has no basis in law or fact. What’s next? The CSC declaring that Budweiser doesn’t have a “valid business purpose” because Bud Light is too woke?
NIL collectives are probably going to have to sue for their own survival. But they should thank the College Sports Commission for so clearly defining the class for that class action lawsuit. on3.com/news/the-new-g…
The history of college athletics suggests this isn’t a good bet.
Brian Kelly said he got asked recently about how to skirt NIL rules/find a way around them, etc. But he thinks coaches have to be the "stewards" of the new collegiate model. "We've got to take the stand that transparency, consistency, ethics and morality are at the core of this."
Not surprising. House class counsel is already having to go to the court to address the CSC allegedly violating the settlement terms with yesterday’s memo on collective deals. The memo makes it clear it’s just targeting collectives, regardless of the type of deal. NCAA 2.0.
In a letter sent to the NCAA and power conferences Friday, House attorneys believe the denial of NIL collective deals violate the settlement, are requesting a “retraction” of the CSC’s guidance & are threatening to report the wrongdoing to the court bit.ly/460PEsp
They couldn’t even make it two weeks. It’s almost as if recreating the NCAA and its rules under another name was a suboptimal idea.
In a letter sent to the NCAA and power conferences Friday, House attorneys believe the denial of NIL collective deals violate the settlement, are requesting a “retraction” of the CSC’s guidance & are threatening to report the wrongdoing to the court bit.ly/460PEsp
The person who cures cancer deserves a $750 million award, but that’s an absurd amount of money just for beating the NCAA to within an inch of its life.
Plaintiff lawyers in NCAA House settlement set to receive more than $750 million in legal fees usatoday.com/story/sports/c… via @USATODAY
Never underestimate the power of an angry mob of NIL collectives and all their millionaire friends. ⚖️ @TCA_NIL
Statement from The Collective Association (@TCA_NIL) chairman Hunter Baddour to @On3sports on today's CSC guidance: "Any attempt to delegitimize the role collectives play in today’s collegiate athletics landscape ignores both legal precedent and economic reality."