Actually, that statement is true. My argument with DeCourcy is his belief that a settlement will offer some sort of protection to the menâs basketball NCAAT for a decade. If the money is right for a so-called super league to come to fruition before all the payments have been made in House v NCAA, it will happen.
Wetzel is in somewhat of agreement with DeCourcy as concerns the near term viability of March Madness, though former doesnât rule out completely that a super league could happen over the next decade:
I mean even if they have saved the tournament for time being they are still actively trying to devalue nonP5 schools and limit access to the event.
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Iâm going to say between their actions and rhetoric from talking heads like Jay Bilas, I think itâs past the time to consider that these schools arenât just trying to break away, they seem to be actively trying to eliminate the mid majors and below from even having âcollegiate sportsâ.
Iâm starting to view all of this as an intentional existential threat. No joke.
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What better way to cause a split than bankrupt the little guys and forcing them to fold? Instead of the P5 looking like the assholeâs that they are it just appears to the uninformed that most of the G5 couldnât keep up financially. I know some still follow P5s around here but the people running these programs are just garbage.
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Can we go back to college sports now and let the P5 run their revenue-sharing aka worse pro sports
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clt says using âpower 5â is a joke today
Interesting but probably fitting that the Pac-12 conducted their vote via email instead of in person. Would assume that is the final official action taken by the full membership prior to July 1 when the conference contracts to just Oregon State and Wazzu.
Preliminary âCliff Notesâ version:
https://x.com/RossDellenger/status/1793839849826599412
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This is a bandaid to close this one case. Doesnât stop other cases from being brought and likely results in more litigation on title 9 stuff, the payouts, student fees. Etc.
The only real winner here is billable hours.
I also predict a backlash against student athletes because the pendulum is swinging so hard in their favor that people will start resenting them.
Especially in situations like G5 and below that use student fees and are negative cash flow without student fees, donations etc.
In those cases there simply is no revenue to share. Not in a traditional sense.
If an AD tries to share out what they get in donations and student fees then that stuffs gonna dry up.
In those cases the student athlete is already getting a great deal with just their scholarship and stipend.
If this REQUIRES a minimum rev share with student athletes in revenue sports we will quickly see a new division created because the money is not there.
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Yup. If schools start moving institutional financial support to actually paying players there is going to be a massive issue. Keep in mind in NC we do the fees but in many states its just money from tuition that helps fund athletics. Either way that student and donor base is going to revolt.
And I wonât blame them.
I am fine (and was fine when I was a student, and fine when I was a payor for my son) with student fees to support the athletic department in general because itâs a fun and worthwhile endeavor for our traditional model of college athletics in America.
If that money is used to pay players in some revenue sharing model beyond the standard benefit package then I have a problem with it.
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clt is fine donating to our school and athletics program, but isnât going to give $ to players who can leave at any time
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I think it boils down to the situation as follows.
If the specific school athletic department has a net positive revenue stream without student fees and donations, heck yeah, share the wealth. Thatâs fine.
But if donations and student fees are keeping your athletic department in the black then itâs a no. Those departments need to stay with the traditional model and real NIL and thatâs it.
And if they have to be in a different division than D1 in all sports thatâs fine.
We do not need to cross the moral line of paying players anymore than the current model of scholarships and stipend out of donations and student fees. Full stop. Thatâs my line in the sand.
The traditional model is tenuous enough but I can roll with it because it has benefits for the school, the athletes and the alumni and is an American tradition.
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One of my rules too is IF the player starts collecting NIL the first dollars should be back to the school to repay the school for the resources it contributed to put player is said position to make money. No different than a hair dresser or stripper having to pay a house fee or chair fee.
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