NCAA getting closer to approved salary cap, direct payments to players

[oxrageous]

House settlement inches closer to final approval

A judge directed lawyers to address a short list of her remaining concerns about a multibillion-dollar settlement that could reshape college sports.

www.espn.com

"In exchange, the NCAA will be allowed to limit how much each school can spend on its athletes per year -- an effective salary cap that is expected to start at roughly $20.5 million per school and increase annually during the 10-year lifespan of the deal. The deal also gives the industry's most powerful conferences an increased ability to police the name, image and likeness deals between athletes and boosters, which is intended to keep teams from using their boosters to circumvent the $20.5 million cap."

Discuss.

 

[AuggieDosta]

It was schitt before and will be be even more schitt as designed, only legal.
I know the genie can't be put back into the bottle, or is that toothpaste, but I wish those Mormon phukkers hadn't been so damn greedy that started this.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

House settlement inches closer to final approval

A judge directed lawyers to address a short list of her remaining concerns about a multibillion-dollar settlement that could reshape college sports.

www.espn.com

"In exchange, the NCAA will be allowed to limit how much each school can spend on its athletes per year -- an effective salary cap that is expected to start at roughly $20.5 million per school and increase annually during the 10-year lifespan of the deal. The deal also gives the industry's most powerful conferences an increased ability to police the name, image and likeness deals between athletes and boosters, which is intended to keep teams from using their boosters to circumvent the $20.5 million cap."

Discuss.

Not sure why this judge thinks it wouldn't be a Anti-Trust violation and why the Supreme Court would approve it. The only way I can think of it getting approved is if it limits how much the school can spend but doesn't limit how much NIL the kids could make. I guess everything stands until it's challenged though.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

"In exchange, the NCAA will be allowed to limit how much each school can spend on its athletes per year -- an effective salary cap that is expected to start at roughly $20.5 million per school and increase annually during the 10-year lifespan of the deal. The deal also gives the industry's most powerful conferences an increased ability to police the name, image and likeness deals between athletes and boosters, which is intended to keep teams from using their boosters to circumvent the $20.5 million cap."

Good luck with that.

 

[MJMGator]

Latest photo of the NCAA

 

[soflagator]

Good luck with that.

Adorable.

 

[Okeechobee Joe]

 

[Spurffelbow833]

It's about time. College athletics cannot function without clearly defined limits for the boosters to violate with impunity and for the NCAA to selectively enforce.

 

[Lurker]

I understand the concern about the NCAA wanting to cap the amount of money that schools can pay the players because it would lead to a competitive imbalance. The SEC and Big 10 deals dwarf those of the other conferences, especially the ACC. But even if it is legal, $20.5 million across all sports (both men and women) isn't all that much when you consider the number of athletes and the large numbers being thrown at star athletes by the collectives. And I heard a discussion on the radio saying the $20.5 million includes scholarships. If that is true, the figure includes money already given out. I have a hard time seeing how this settlement will replace collectives and boosters. It is likely just a sweetener.

 

[Lurker]

I heard an interview with FSU’s athletic director on ESPNU this morning. The AD said that FSU will be using a lot of the $20.5 million to increase scholarships for non-revenue sports. For example, FSU plans to hand out 10 full scholarships to women’s soccer. Other money will be used to provide stipends across the board. He claimed that NIL deals will be audited to make sure they are “true” NIL deals where the money handed out is commensurate with the value being received. The value of a billboard on the side of a highway way discussed as an example. And all of this with an eye on limiting litigation. Good luck with that. The lawsuits will flow out of this the first time an auditor tries to strike down an NIL deal.

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

If you think retard sucks with top 10 NIL money, just wait until you see him under a cap where everyone has equal money.

 

[MJMGator]

If you think retard sucks with top 10 NIL money, just wait until you see him under a cap where everyone has equal money.

 

[soflagator]

If you think retard sucks with top 10 NIL money, just wait until you see him under a cap where everyone has equal money.

Yeah, he’s strikes me as the type who builds 2 hotels and a house on Baltic Ave.

I really hope the GM we hired has more control of the financial decisions than Napier himself.

 

[GatorTruth133]

Not sure why this judge thinks it wouldn't be a Anti-Trust violation and why the Supreme Court would approve it. The only way I can think of it getting approved is if it limits how much the school can spend but doesn't limit how much NIL the kids could make. I guess everything stands until it's challenged though.

Bingo. There are a lot of people that believe NIL and school money are the same.

It really is limiting how much Jordan got paid on the Bulls vs. how much Jordan could make from Nike, Space Jam, video games, and more. NBA couldn't limit the second one. They could the first. Substitute Bulls for an NCAA team and NCAA for the NBA. Good Luck trying to tell a 3rd party what they can or can't pay to sponsor someone.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Bingo. There are a lot of people that believe NIL and school money are the same.

It really is limiting how much Jordan got paid on the Bulls vs. how much Jordan could make from Nike, Space Jam, video games, and more. NBA couldn't limit the second one. They could the first. Substitute Bulls for an NCAA team and NCAA for the NBA. Good Luck trying to tell a 3rd party what they can or can't pay to sponsor someone.

They can't limit the NIL period. Zero doubt.

Limiting the school money is an antitrust violation too, without a federal statute authorizing it. They might be able to get by with conferences setting their own rules, maybe. It would be easier to argue that there is no antitrust violation if the entire country wasn't under the same rule, which is kind of the definition of a monopoly.

 

[GatorTruth133]

They can't limit the NIL period. Zero doubt.

Limiting the school money is an antitrust violation too, without a federal statute authorizing it. They might be able to get by with conferences setting their own rules, maybe. It would be easier to argue that there is no antitrust violation if the entire country wasn't under the same rule, which is kind of the definition of a monopoly.

It would be interesting to see the collective bargaining possible aspect on the school side under House

 

[GatorJ]

Not sure why this judge thinks it wouldn't be an Anti-Trust violation and why the Supreme Court would approve it. The only way I can think of it getting approved is if it limits how much the school can spend but doesn't limit how much NIL the kids could make. I guess everything stands until it's challenged though.

I don’t think this has any bearing on NIL. It is just revenue sharing with the school. Schools can now pay. Which hasn’t happened in the past. Everybody should still be able to get their own NIL deal. That has nothing to do with the school.

 

[GatorJ]

 

[Silverback Gator]

Is a salary cap imminent?

 

[LaylaGator]

Is a salary cap imminent?

Its irrelevance is imminent! The NCAA policing schools to keep player-pay at a certain amount will be even less effective than the NCAA policing schools to keep player-pay at zero. And they were pretty damn ineffective all along.