Look, at the end of the day I'm just not all that confident in the NCAA's position, and even less confident in their ability to defend their position. I'm actually kind of shocked at how many people seem so unconcerned about this. I mean seriously! What has the NCAA EVER done to make everyone think that there is nothing to be worried about?? People on here blast the NCAA for being stupid and inept all the time. What makes those people suddenly think that the NCAA is going to get this right?
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09-16-2019, 10:30 AM #61
Last edited by xubrew; 09-16-2019 at 10:36 AM.
"You can't fix stupid." Ron White
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09-16-2019, 10:43 AM #62
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Seeing as there's virtually nothing i can do to effect the outcome one way or the other, I don't get too worked up about it.
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09-16-2019, 10:46 AM #63
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Not exactly, first Travis is undoubtedly an employee of Xavier, but beyond that it can certainly be argued that his work benefits the ncaa and the big east. xavier plays in the big east tournament annually and the ncaa tournament almost annually. xavier brings in money for both of those organizations.
the same argument could be made for the players. they play on national television wearing the big east and ncaa logos and those media deals make both orgs money. the branding alone is probably pretty significant. there are plenty of good arguments there.Last edited by scoscox; 09-16-2019 at 10:48 AM.
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09-16-2019, 10:48 AM #64
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09-16-2019, 10:58 AM #65
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Well put me in the group with the stupid and irresponsible. I don't think this ever happens. I think there are adults in the room who are alot smarter than me who recognize that permitting schools to pay players (with each school determining to what extent they participate) erodes competitive balance and ultimately destroys college athletics. And as I asked earlier, at that point who is the winner?
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09-16-2019, 11:30 AM #66
And a very plausible response from the courts to that is "Well, the NCAA is in violation of anti-trust laws, so tough shit!"
They won't word it quite like that, but it's very possible that will be their ruling. It's not the job of the courts to make sure the NCAA maintains a competitive balance.Last edited by xubrew; 09-16-2019 at 11:38 AM.
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09-16-2019, 11:38 AM #67
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09-16-2019, 11:39 AM #68
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And that very well may be the response. But I guess my point is, then what? What emerges from the ashes? A new association of member schools with a charter that has language more iron clad, with rules and regulations, that sponsors national championships? Sorta like, say, the NCAA?
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09-16-2019, 12:44 PM #69
Who knows??
To the general fan, it may not look all that different. The big programs will continue to get the big players, and will now be able to entice them with endorsement deals from apparel companies, and if what South Carolina has proposed goes through they'd be able to pay them directly on top of that. But, the big time programs already get all the big players right now anyway. So when taking a macro look at competitive balance, the P5 and major programs would still be the major programs, and the one bid leagues would still be the one bid leagues."You can't fix stupid." Ron White
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09-16-2019, 02:12 PM #70
I think if this were to sway the requirements of universities paying scholarship students for basketball, then you'd have to be looking at every scholarship journalist that writes for the newspaper or student run TV station, every musician that's playing university concerts, or every scientist that's doing work on behalf of a research project.
All of that collective training and controlled life experience would become too expensive and we'll have to end the notion of public education.
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