I think almost all of us would like to go back to the more innocent '90s dynasty years, but it's probably not realistic in this era of college sports, media rights, and society in general. So now we are all just trying to make sense of the madness. What is worse - the current NIL Wild Wild West model or putting some guardrails around NIL, recruiting, and reasonable compensation for the players? The Transformation Committee will make their initial recommendations in a few weeks and conferences or specific sports withdrawing from the NCAA could be an option if they can't find solutions within the current framework of the NCAA.
"There are easy, legal solutions to the alleged problems that college sports leaders cite with athletes profiting from their name, image and likeness. All they need to do is admit that athletes are employees and deal with them as such."
www.ajc.com
www.sportico.com
"There are easy, legal solutions to the alleged problems that college sports leaders cite with athletes profiting from their name, image and likeness. All they need to do is admit that athletes are employees and deal with them as such."
Michael Cunningham: NCAA creates NIL problems by clinging to amateur model
AJC sports columnist Michael Cunningham on NIL rights: When you see college sports leaders wringing their hands about the supposed Wild West of NIL, keep in mind they could bring order by treating athletes as workers, which everyone can see they are. They could negotiate the rules around NIL and...
College Athletics Needs a Hero as NCAA Amateurism Takes Fire
Syracuse business professor Rick Burton asks whether there's someone out there who can keep "college" in college athletics.
www.sportico.com
Last edited:
