NCAA finally waves white flag on NIL

[2muchcoffeeman]

This was supposed to an eight-team event in Vegas with promises of massive NIL payouts. Apparently the NCAA raised a red flag a couple of weeks back and now …



Pretty loaded field too.

The Players Era Festival dies. I am amused.

First, they said the system was unfair because the players weren't sufficiently compensated, and I agreed.
Then they said there should be no limits on what they could make while getting a free education on the side, and I paused.
Then the vast majority of intercollegiate sports died.

While those in which I was most interested survived, I grieved at least mildly for the thousands of students who no longer had opportunities to compete beyond high school.

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

 

[WolvEagle]

Four pre-2016 Michigan players are suing the NCAA and Big Ten Network because they were "unlawfully denied" the opportunity to make NIL money during their Wolverine days. Methinks this is going to get tossed out of court: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...uit-against-big-ten-network-ncaa/75156550007/

 

[tapintoamerica]

Four pre-2016 Michigan players are suing the NCAA and Big Ten Network because they were "unlawfully denied" the opportunity to make NIL money during their Wolverine days. Methinks this is going to get tossed out of court: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...uit-against-big-ten-network-ncaa/75156550007/

I hope so.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Four pre-2016 Michigan players are suing the NCAA and Big Ten Network because they were "unlawfully denied" the opportunity to make NIL money during their Wolverine days. Methinks this is going to get tossed out of court: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...uit-against-big-ten-network-ncaa/75156550007/

So, the opposite of an ex-post facto law.

 

[HanSenSE]

Chutzpah redefined.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Chutzpah redefined.

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?

 

[ChrisLong]

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.

 

[tapintoamerica]

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.

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.

 

[ChrisLong]

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.

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??

 

[DanOregon]

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.

 

[micropolitan guy]

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!