OK, I’m not going to jump into this from an either or side, but the p word in sports rarely work since most of those goofs never played a sport at any level.
So help me out; I saw the word “exploit” & using the terms student-athlete vs. employee. So what’s a scholarship; is not a scholarship offered to those who meet a certain requirement either academically and/or athletically where they receive a free ride to an often, 6-figure tuition?
What about the 99% of the athletes who r on b-ball, football, track, swimming, golf, and other club sports that are NCAA regulated, who have zero shot of having a professional career in said sports, but r using this opportunity to graduate & further themselves elsewhere; is that exploitation?
So the NIL money that’s now being offered, received…since students r now considered employees, is that taxed? Better yet, is their room, board, scholarship now taxable since they are no longer considered a student? Do they no longer have to attend class or keep up a certain GPA as a free lance employee, like the ringers who were used in the 1800-early 1900’s to help Yale & the Ivys secure championships? Can they now be fired or kicked off a team for any reason?
There’s a lot of ?’s I have from this ruling, & I believe they r trying to do this w/ best intentions, as it’s true, the NCAA holding students’ NIL hostage while profiting was bull chit. HOWEVER, I recall reading upon Dr Spock, & how he was the foremost voice to parents, criticizing them 4 disciplining their children. Those children took full advantage & became disrespectful little brats which transcended society; it was later where he admitted he made a grave mistake AFTER the consequences lent itself.
The moral is w/ how things r going, imo, this is a grave mistake for the overall health of CFB.
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