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Its worth discussing but we are putting this in Off Topic
Ask the Maude who moved it. My guess is that it turned into a race discussion and was moved here for that reason but I don’t recall.
Its worth discussing but we are putting this in Off Topic
Ask the Maude who moved it. My guess is that it turned into a race discussion and was moved here for that reason but I don’t recall.
Just a little more and it goes in Town Hall.
It went quickly and completely political.Ask the Maude who moved it. My guess is that it turned into a race discussion and was moved here for that reason but I don’t recall.
Understood and not surprisedIt went quickly and completely political.
The EO said a bunch of stuff about why college sports are important, made a big deal about women’s and nonrev sports not getting lost, importance of Olympics, and then provided:This is supposed to reduce NIL to players or what’s it about? I’m too lazy to read
Thanks for the summary!The EO said a bunch of stuff about why college sports are important, made a big deal about women’s and nonrev sports not getting lost, importance of Olympics, and then provided:
- Breakdown (based on AD 24-25 revenue) for preserving women’s/nonrev roster spots and scholarships
- Revenue-sharing between universities and student-athletes should be done in a manner that preserves or expands women’s/nonrev sports
- Third party, pay-for-play is “improper and should not be permitted by universities” but noted that “this policy does not apply to compensation provided to an athlete for the fair market value that the athlete provides to a third party, such as for a brand endorsement”
- Within 30 days of the order, certain Executive Branch agencies are going to make a plan to create policies for scholarships
- Student-athlete status will be clarified by the Secretary of Labor and NLRB
- AG and FTC will work to stabilize college athletics (basically a litigation reduction strategy)
- Will continue to focus on protecting and developing U.S. Olympic Team
In sum, nothing really happened in the EO as there isn’t a lot of meat to it, but Trump wants parts of the Executive Branch to work on some things that do actually make sense, IMO (litigation reduction strategies, Olympic sports). We’ll just have to wait and see.
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Saving College Sports
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose andwww.whitehouse.gov
I suppose Saban was involved in the outcome of the Executive Order?
Yup, they said they wanted to go back when America was great, the 1950’s,.. wait.. does that mean Negroes can’t play? Just askin’ for white peopleAthletes explicity won't be classified as employees. No collective bargaining protections or labor protections. The Big 10 colluding together to validate its bull**** pre house settlement contract regarding Xavier Lucas, the beyond asinine contractual clauses FSU wants to enforce. Crimson red flags of multiple proportions and an emphatic "**** no"
Funny how most of these decisions lately have been anti-athlete as ****, and all for those that benefit the most from these very same athletes.
I imagine there's probably a way to regulate the wild west portal without having to go backwards in time and restricting athlete rights under the illusion of "amateurism", but that requires actually giving a **** about all parties involved.
I feel like there’s a missing “but…” hereI don't see color.
This is beautiful. I am as anti-trump as one can be, but I had the same issue with the Democratic presidents who kept trying to govern (and legislate TBH) via XO’s. This started with Obama and it was justified by my Democratic Party friends as “he has a republicans congress and this is the only way he can get anything done”. To which I replied, “do you really think this will end with Obama?”Since it is here, I'm a Trump fan as they get, but I would think he should stay out of this. Let Congress **** this up, because they will.
I'm all for kids getting paid as much if not more than pro athletes. The country was built of getting paid, let them get paid. I don't give to ***** who pays them and for what. Miami, or not. I have always taken this position, regardless if it helped or hurt the U.
Get out of the way of them getting paid. Period. If someone wants to give someone money to do something, so be it. Not selling drugs, not stealing property, let them feed.
I didn't read what the XO did, but I'm also not a fan of XOs, whether it is Trump or any other POTUS. I've also been pretty consistent that on part also, most are illegal and get wiped out in courts and the most reason they are somewhat effective is because the courts are slower than dirt addressing anything.