A New Type of NIL

[Stickboy46]

[RoyalShock]

Which just means the schools will let the NIL collectives continue to dole out the big money.

[shock]

Female track athletes are about to get PAID.

[Stickboy46]

Which just means the schools will let the NIL collectives continue to dole out the big money.

[RoyalShock]

A lawsuit or two will kill that provision in short order.

[Stickboy46]

A lawsuit or two will kill that provision in short order.

Agreed. Little chance it survives and administration change or a lawsuit

[Atxshoxfan]

Isn't that like saying that if I pay a star QB to do a commercial, that I have to pay each student athlete an equal amount? Or does it mean if I pay the male athletes equal amounts, that the sum of payment to female athletes have to be equal to the sum of male athletes payments.

It will not survive either way. It's amazing how government screwed amateur athletics and now they want to fix it.

[ShockBand]

Isn't that like saying that if I pay a star QB to do a commercial, that I have to pay each student athlete an equal amount? Or does it mean if I pay the male athletes equal amounts, that the sum of payment to female athletes have to be equal to the sum of male athletes payments.

It will not survive either way. It's amazing how government screwed amateur athletics and now they want to fix it.

"Amateur" athletics has also possibly screwed themselves over if all the bag chasing incinerates the system. If IDGAF about college athletics turns into fewer eyeballs on games, eventually the hit will be seen in TV contracts, which is the proverbial golden goose.

I kind of wish the group of universities that can afford it would just split off football and men's basketball and stop the charade and call themselves the College Professional Athletics Association (CPAA), and become the lower level pro league they already are. Do regular contracts with athletes, with all the good, bad, and ugly that comes from that. If you're going to be paid like a pro, all the other stuff comes along with it. Then maybe the other universities that can't do that could return to something more like what we had before, but with reasonable levels of stipends that are more properly managed and controlled.

Or maybe I'll just go watch juco or D2 or NAIA games. Or just say F it about it all and start going to more of the School of Music concerts.

[Dan]

Female track athletes are about to get PAID.

those field hockey lessons are about to pay off boy!!!!

[WuShock Reaper]

Investors pitch new international basketball league that would offer players equity

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/business/money-report/investors-pitch-new-international-basketball-league-that-would-offer-players-equity/6110166/

By Jessica Golden, CNBC
Published January 16, 2025

"A group of high powered investors want to raise billions to form a new international basketball league, according to people familiar with the matter. The new organization would offer players equity, those people said. The investors aim to raise $5 billion for the league, which could serve as a rival to the NBA if it can offer big-money deals to players, similar to how LIV Golf lured away PGA Tour players. It's unclear which players the league would target or when it could start. Maverick Carter, LeBron James' longtime friend and business partner, is advising a group that includes investment firm SC Holdings' Jason Stein and Daniel Haimovic, Skype co-founder Geoff Prentice and former Facebook executive Grady Burnett...."

[WeWillShockU2]

"Amateur" athletics has also possibly screwed themselves over if all the bag chasing incinerates the system. If IDGAF about college athletics turns into fewer eyeballs on games, eventually the hit will be seen in TV contracts, which is the proverbial golden goose.

I kind of wish the group of universities that can afford it would just split off football and men's basketball and stop the charade and call themselves the College Professional Athletics Association (CPAA), and become the lower level pro league they already are. Do regular contracts with athletes, with all the good, bad, and ugly that comes from that. If you're going to be paid like a pro, all the other stuff comes along with it. Then maybe the other universities that can't do that could return to something more like what we had before, but with reasonable levels of stipends that are more properly managed and controlled.

Or maybe I'll just go watch juco or D2 or NAIA games. Or just say F it about it all and start going to more of the School of Music concerts.

I live in Topeka and have regularly went to the Washburn Basketball games since 1993. Both Men and Women. Washburn men are the number one D2 right now. Very entertaining basketball. I pay eight dollars for senior general admission. I sit at mid court about 10 rows up from the court and park close to the arena. I gave up my Shocker season tickets this year. I hated to do that but since my brother and friend died it just wasn’t much fun anymore. I would go to Kansas Newman and Friends games if I still lived in Wichita. Probably go over to Hutch and El Dorado for JUCO games also. I also go to high school games in Topeka. Lots of fun basketball around if you look for it.

Koch Arena is a special place and I treasure the games I experienced there. The MVC tournament was great. I started going when Mark T was the coach and didn’t miss a tournament until we moved to the AAC. I did go to Ft Worth once but it didn’t compare to St Louis. Totally different vibe.

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I live in Topeka and have regularly went to the Washburn Basketball games since 1993. Both Men and Women. Washburn men are the number one D2 right now. Very entertaining basketball. I pay eight dollars for senior general admission. I sit at mid court about 10 rows up from the court and park close to the arena. I gave up my Shocker season tickets this year. I hated to do that but since my brother and friend died it just wasn’t much fun anymore. I would go to Kansas Newman and Friends games if I still lived in Wichita. Probably go over to Hutch and El Dorado for JUCO games also. I also go to high school games in Topeka. Lots of fun basketball around if you look for it.

Koch Arena is a special place and I treasure the games I experienced there. The MVC tournament was great. I started going when Mark T was the coach and didn’t miss a tournament until we moved to the AAC. I did go to Ft Worth once but it didn’t compare to St Louis. Totally different vibe.

Poignant story.

College basketball was a beautiful thing. But the trend has been to create a "super" league for quite a while now, and it has finally been done. Just look at all the good SEC basketball teams now. That league used to SUCK in bball. So now it's just Big10 and SEC.

The consolation prize is the B12 dying. I'm kind of sad about the ACC. Oh well. I hope they enjoy their little two-league circle jerk for the rest of time. Ole Miss and Alabama in the Final Four..... lmfao.

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This is a last ditch effort turning the much hated Title IX into a monkey wrench for the greedy. But where's the enforcement arm? It's definitely not the NCAA. Perhaps the Dept. of Education will withhold access to student loan govt. subsidies and grants to entire universities that don't comply? Now THAT would be funny....

Could Sleepy Joe Biden end up the savior of college athletics if this grows teeth?

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P.S. I think 15 of the top 25 is Big10/SEC at this point. Did I count that right? 4 New Big12 teams is an anomaly and will likely not be a persistent occurrence in the future. I still laugh when I see Houston. I laugh with joy when I see Iowa St. ahead of Cheatin' ChicKUns.

[WuShock16]

P.S. I think 15 of the top 25 is Big10/SEC at this point. Did I count that right? 4 New Big12 teams is an anomaly and will likely not be a persistent occurrence in the future. I still laugh when I see Houston. I laugh with joy when I see Iowa St. ahead of Cheatin' ChicKUns.

Beakers to Iowa State? I wouldn’t have known. It should startle the powers-that-be that this former rabid sports fan in Kansas has literally not watched a second of live action of “The Flagship” this season…and have had very limited doses of watching highlights.

If you hate the state of college basketball or college athletics in general, that’s how you fix it. You don’t even acknowledge that it exists. At some point, the TV money will dry up.

Granted, this next part is fictitious, but I always wondered why Rudy’s dad only watched Notre Dame football. He scoffed at the notion of checking on a Purdue game at halftime. Now, in my advanced years, I understand it. I pretty much only care about the Broncos, the Yankees, and any WSU team.