The Portal, 2025 Style

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I’m not sure I agree with this. House might be good for competitive balance and it is going to open up pay for play BUT it lets the schools and conferences skate on television revenue. I’ve been apprehensive about House on two other grounds and I’ve yet to see any reason to change my stance:

1. The NCAA is essentially using this settlement to get a CBA without actually collectively bargaining.
2. A large number of member institutions are public schools and some portion of athletic department money (and potential salary cap money) is coming out of the general fund. The business of college athletics is also highly dependent on public goods like radio and television; given this I’m not convinced that NCAA structure for the next 10 years is something that should be settled by a random judge rather than by legislative or executive action and with little to no input from the public.

No, we are aligned. I agree with you 100%.

I'm basically saying that I don't think how this is being adjudicated in courts accomplishes what they were actually ever intending to do with this entire settlement. The entire process has been so odd. It's perplexing that, as you said, a random judge is interpreting and settling this entire thing lol.