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NCAA finally waves white flag on NIL

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Baron Scicluna, Jun 30, 2021.

  1. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Website is working. Plenty of news today about it. Y'all sure?
     
  2. WolvEagle

    WolvEagle Well-Known Member

  3. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

  4. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

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  5. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    Chutzpah redefined.
     
  6. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    I’m no lawyer, and I’ve long felt that college athletes were getting screwed, but legally speaking, does Bush actually have a winnable case here? Or could he claim that the Heisman being taken away from him cost him financial opportunities that he could have had if he hadn’t been punished by the college sports establishment?

    And could, for example, SMU sue for all the financial damage caused after being given the death penalty?
     
  7. ChrisLong

    ChrisLong Well-Known Member

    I don't feel like doing research. Wasn't Ed O'Bannon's suit against the NCAA pretty much the same as Bush's? Using his likeness without his permission, and not paying him for it.
     
  8. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    That suit -- or one of its successors -- established a time limit on victimhood. I don't know the mechanics, but I am pretty sure that if you give standing to everybody who ever played, you're going to kill college sports for a lot of people going forward.
     
  9. ChrisLong

    ChrisLong Well-Known Member

    That's what I told my friend who called me about this today. Does it open the door for everybody who ever played college sports??
     
  10. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Its all kind of nutty. When to descendent of black players sue the SEC and ACC for lack of opportunities before the 1970s? You can't sue someone because they didn't have a crystal ball and see the future.
     
  11. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    I'm gonna sue someone because I didn't drop $10 grand on Apple stock when it was selling for 50 cents a share.

    I could have been a millionaire, dammit! Somebody has to pay!
     
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