The Alston case and NIL is just the start of seismic change in the structure of d1 revenue sports.
Some thoughts for discussion.
The inherent incongruity of big d1 athletic business and college education as an amateur can no longer co-exist.
1. The time requirements for d1 athletes are not conducive to achieving their academic potential.
2. Parents will rebel against $2-5k tuition going to support paid athletes.
3. Someone will win a class action lawsuit stating that academic requirement for college admission is restraint of trade for gifted athletes who cannot qualify. Colleges have been caught committing academic fraud in current system.Your ACT score has no correlation with whether you can make a tackler miss in the open field. They will need to defer free education, whether college or trade school, until after athletic career is over.
4. Colleges will need to avoid liability of CTE lawsuits and may divest in some way, maybe just licensing use of name and logo for team.
5. Current system encourages buying players, with it now being in the open with NIL, allowing rich to get richer. Like NFL and NBA, colleges will have to revert to salary cap and draft. This actually might increase competition and reveal the actual good coaches from the snake oil salespersons.
Some thoughts for discussion.
The inherent incongruity of big d1 athletic business and college education as an amateur can no longer co-exist.
1. The time requirements for d1 athletes are not conducive to achieving their academic potential.
2. Parents will rebel against $2-5k tuition going to support paid athletes.
3. Someone will win a class action lawsuit stating that academic requirement for college admission is restraint of trade for gifted athletes who cannot qualify. Colleges have been caught committing academic fraud in current system.Your ACT score has no correlation with whether you can make a tackler miss in the open field. They will need to defer free education, whether college or trade school, until after athletic career is over.
4. Colleges will need to avoid liability of CTE lawsuits and may divest in some way, maybe just licensing use of name and logo for team.
5. Current system encourages buying players, with it now being in the open with NIL, allowing rich to get richer. Like NFL and NBA, colleges will have to revert to salary cap and draft. This actually might increase competition and reveal the actual good coaches from the snake oil salespersons.
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