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NCAA Threatens To Ban California Teams In Light Of Fair Pay To Play Bill
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NCAA going to ban one of the best states in the country for both football, baseball, softball, and basketball? LOL that'll never happen. The state of California makes enormous bank for the NCAA.
"The bill, SB206, would not allow direct payments, but athletes would be able to hire agents and receive compensation for the use of their image, name or likeness."
i keep feeling this is such a big part of the opportunity and fairness the college players deserve. yes scholarships and free ride for all, all sports. The big separator is their ability to profit off their own name in some way, because they are so good at what they do. they deserve that these days in light of the profits ncaa makes
i keep feeling this is such a big part of the opportunity and fairness the college players deserve. yes scholarships and free ride for all, all sports. The big separator is their ability to profit off their own name in some way, because they are so good at what they do. they deserve that these days in light of the profits ncaa makes
I get the issue of not wanting direct payment to players. That would be a death sentence for the NCAA and organized college sports.
But all this does is allow players to monetize their likeness, which they should absolutely be able to do. NCAA is wrong here.
But all this does is allow players to monetize their likeness, which they should absolutely be able to do. NCAA is wrong here.
I always kinda figured California would lag well behind that sweet SEC money even if USC is massive.
Living in CA, it feels great to be on the bleeding edge of progressivism on so many things. Call their bluff.
Watch them bend the knee for the NCAA. Democratic senators and Governor? Yeah they will roll over, they recived the slightest pushback.
The NCAA doesn't make hardly any money off of college football. The way things work, thanks to a landmark case in the 1980's, the NCAA's money making sports are Softball and Basketball. The SEC, funnily enough, is not very valuable to the NCAA.
Imagine how much of an utter scumbag shithead you'd have to be to try and take down athletes for using their own likeness while pocketing billions for yourself
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The bill, SB206, would not allow direct payments, but athletes would be able to hire agents and receive compensation for the use of their image, name or likeness.
Fuck off, NCAA. This is literally the perfect solution
Fuck off, NCAA. This is literally the perfect solution
I have no love for the dude at all, but I thought it was pretty bullshit how Johnny Manziel got into trouble for just this. He was suspended the first half of the first game of his final season (a slap on the wrist, but still bullshit) for selling autographs. Literally monetizing his name. That's supreme bullshit that you can't make money off of your own likeness until you leave the NCAA grasp. It should be outright illegal.
Here in the state of Texas, star QB Sam Ehlinger got a ton of shit for asking for just this earlier this summer. Houston sports talk radio sucked for a while because they laid on him hard. Really shitty atmosphere here about how college kids are being paid in *exposure!~~*
NCAA going to end up getting murked. Yes let's lock out the largest state in the union over a common sense evolution in player compensation.
Maybe if you allow players to manage their brand and have some money before they enter the big leagues it might make it easier for them to make responsible choices.
California athletes are good at basketball. California universities haven't been particularly relevant in basketball since the mid 2000s.
Pac-12 viewership of basketball is through the roof, example: https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/03/college-basketball-conference-tournament-ratings/
Was on a break from radio during that time so I gotta ask. How many hosts wouldn't shut up about "tHe loVe oF ThE GAmE".
It was all about how nobody would even be listening to him if he wasn't QB at Texas, which was supposed to prove that he was being paid in exposure or some shit.
I read this yesterday and enjoyed how the NCAA's response was "whoa whoa hold on we're working on something just give us some time" and it's like dude you've had plenty of time.
And coincidentally, the two best ratings for the Pac-10 finals since they moved from CBS featured zero California teams:
I'm looking for it right now, but there was a graphic breakdown in an article about viewership demographics by area when that title game came out that showed that even if the game didn't feature california teams, the vast majority of the viewership still came from california the state. I'm unable to find the graphic at the moment, though. The gist of the article in question was about how much California was worth to college sports in general, if you want to try looking for it as well.
the bottom line is the NCAA makes a ton of money from the state of california. No way they'll turn their back on it. California, Texas, and Florida, those three states own the NCAA.
I'm so glad more and more people are basically saying fuck the NCAA. I'm also glad the NCAA has stayed away from collegiate esports as their involvement would just kill that part of industry.
Call their bluff California
Edit: something I saw just now on Twitter:
Call their bluff California
Edit: something I saw just now on Twitter:
Ugh thank god I wasn't listening at the time. Would have ticked me off to no end.
No one would be listening to them if they weren't at their radio station. They're being paid in exposure as well, I guess they can save their boss some money and give up their salary
The NCAA needs California more than they need the NCAA.
The loss of revenue from USC alone would be devastating
The loss of revenue from USC alone would be devastating