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Protect College Sports Act [formerly “SCORE Act” thread]

SCarolina Ibis said:
Does the bill have language preventing student athletes from unionizing? Because if it doesn't, that's where this is headed. I suspect that it does include it considering who is pushing for the bill's passage though.
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Yes, in a round-about way. It legislates away players’ ability to be considered “employees.” They can’t form a players’ union if they aren’t employees. Therefore, no NFLPA equivalent.

This is such a bullsh*t bill lol.
 
n0rcalcane said:
Yes, in a round-about way. It legislates away players’ ability to be considered “employees.” They can’t form a players’ union if they aren’t employees. Therefore, no NFLPA equivalent.

This is such a bullsh*t bill lol.
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If this goes through, lawyers will be like


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n0rcalcane said:
Yes, in a round-about way. It legislates away players’ ability to be considered “employees.” They can’t form a players’ union if they aren’t employees. Therefore, no NFLPA equivalent.

This is such a bullsh*t bill lol.
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It’s not going to hold up in court. The entire thing is built on giving the colleges a targeted antitrust exemption. Courts historically only allow wage caps and market restrictions when it has been collectively bargained.

By legally enforcing caps and restrictions while deliberately leaving employee status and collective bargaining out of the bill, the legislation creates artificial cartel protection for schools.

if the act passes as-is (chances of it getting through the House unchanged are next to zero), players will sue for an immediate injunction and it very likely gets granted, then it’s goes nowhere for 4 years while it works it way through the courts.
 
hurricaneman said:
I really don't think you all understand how unbelievable nefarious this entire plan is.
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Yeah, starting to look a lot like there is intent/collusion going on here to keep Miami in the basement.

The cap doesn’t help us. The revenue gap between the P2 and everyone else will widen so much, that they’ll outspend us elsewhere and eventually raise the cap.
 
You guys complaining about the cap..it makes sure to say the PROGRAM has a cap for NIL. It does not say the PLAYER has a cap on his earning power. Ted Cruz made sure that was specific. So if Mali gets 1M a year from UM..his agent can get him another 5M a year in endorsements from Bose, TMobile. Popeyes, etc. That doesn’t hurt us. If UM keeps winning and are relevant..the endorsements will be endless. It’s Miami.

It’s been said on here many times..UM has a ceiling on NIL. We cannot go toe to toe with alot of programs year after year.. But nobody can beat us with external opportunities. We are in the city of miami. I’m not saying I support a cap…but it’s definitely not the end of the world. Yall see Mali? Dude is out here hustling backpacks. And selling out day of. These kids gotta use their fame to get paid. It’s absolutely possible in Miami.
 
Handsome Squidbum said:
n0rcalcane said:
Yes, in a round-about way. It legislates away players’ ability to be considered “employees.” They can’t form a players’ union if they aren’t employees. Therefore, no NFLPA equivalent.

This is such a bullsh*t bill lol.
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It’s not going to hold up in court. The entire thing is built on giving the colleges a targeted antitrust exemption. Courts historically only allow wage caps and market restrictions when it has been collectively bargained.

By legally enforcing caps and restrictions while deliberately leaving employee status and collective bargaining out of the bill, the legislation creates artificial cartel protection for schools.

if the act passes as-is (chances of it getting through the House unchanged are next to zero), players will sue for an immediate injunction and it very likely gets granted, then it’s goes nowhere for 4 years while it works it way through the courts.
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A sober and dispassionate take…. That’s refreshing.
Agree wholeheartedly, this is not good legislation, and. It’s swimming upstream.
Just my .02 worth
 
CaneinBroward said:
How so?
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They were underpaid and propping up the rest of their conference; and before Texas / OU left, there was a reworking of the media deal to support the more watched teams as just recently happened in the ACC.

Obviously Texas/OU had an easier exit path, no federal interference, plenty of other differences and so forth; but I’m just referring to there being such an imbalance between memberships.

Like UNC and GT are well funded programs that don’t drag the conference down, but their objections to the expansion provision in the bill doesn’t compare to ours.

The expansion provision may impact decisions from schools that are in position to move from the ACC to the SEC or Big Ten. Officials at Clemson, Miami, Florida State, North Carolina, Georgia Tech and others have expressed, some privately and other publicly in meetings, their opposition to the concept.
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FSU ranked 2nd in the ACC in total 2025 football viewership with 29.7 million viewers
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This is nothing but bull****. Forcing teams to go independent before joining a new conference makes no sense. If you want to stop teams from leaving conferences, pool the tv money like the NFL. Then nobody would leave. Idk how the **** you can have such disparity in tv revenue and then financially punish teams that are wanted by the rich conferences.
 
NC_Canes_11 said:
This is nothing but bull****. Forcing teams to go independent before joining a new conference makes no sense. If you want to stop teams from leaving conferences, pool the tv money like the NFL. Then nobody would leave. Idk how the **** you can have such disparity in tv revenue and then financially punish teams that are wanted by the rich conferences.
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This.

Unfortunately, the powers that be can't see the big picture. They are out for their own conferences' interests in the short term instead of looking at the long term interests of the sport as a whole.
 
If the SEC were to go up to 18 to match the B1G, I think UNC and GT (former SEC member) would be the two schools they’d want to grab the most; and i figure it’s why those two schools were the ones voicing their dissent in addition to Clemson/FSU/UM. I’d also see themselves more interested in pulling UVA to go with that group of schools if they are going to max out.
 
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