New Legislation from Power 5

[Sureal]

Power 5 conferences pass cost-of-attendance measure as NCAA autonomy begins - ESPN

I didn't see a thread for this so if there is one out there please delete.

Hey smart guys..Please explain clearly what is going on for the rest of us...

What are the implications for Notre Dame?

 

[Cali_domer]

Player compensation lawsuit vs. NCAA could usher in new round of conference realignment

In a Northern California district court, conference realignment may take an urgent, unexpected turn. The ongoing Alston v. NCAA trial seeks an injunction against current NCAA scholarship limitations (room, board, books, tuition, cost of attendance). This is the mother of all pay-for-play lawsuits to date in that it basically seeks to end the longstanding "collegiate model."

In their closing arguments last week, the plaintiffs suggested that conferences "permit the individual conferences to make their own determinations" in compensating players.

In response, former Congressman Tom McMillen, the leader of a Division I athletic directors organization, said leaving such decisions to the conferences "would be the Wild West."

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick took it to another level.

"It would be fascinating," Swarbrick told CBS Sports. "It would be a disaster … but fascinating. I think there is a very significant chance that ruling would produce a new wave of conference realignment."

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...usher-in-new-round-of-conference-realignment/

 

[Woneone]

They are really going to do their best to destroy college sports, aren't they?

 

[Sea Turtle]

They are really going to do their best to destroy college sports, aren't they?

It's really the fault of the NCAA and the conferences.

Money ruins everything - John Wooden

 

[Irish#1]

It's really the fault of the NCAA and the conferences.

Money ruins everything - John Wooden

Not sure I agree with this. Students athletes already get a nice compensation package. I wouldn't have a problem with student athletes getting something like $200 - $500 a month, but if you pay one sport, you have to pay all student athletes to prevent any Title IX issues. Not all schools can afford to do this. A lot already operate in the red.

 

[Wingman Ray]

It is all a joke. What they need to do is crack down harder on schools giving to athletes instead of giving more. Anytime anyone wants to cry about how hard athletes have it should ask the single parent working two jobs to get a kid through college. When you see guys from the bottom of the hood rolling around in cars more expensive than what their whole family tree makes in a year, you know the system has failed.