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

Rudy Fernandez was retweeting negative stuff about the PCSA last night and esp with how it affects miami. I have to believe that admin is keenly aware of the negative impact that this will cause miami. Hopefully there is a contingency plan already in place or being put into place. The admin has worked too hard to get us where we are now to let us slip back into oblivion.
I agree and I have faith that our admin is doing everything it can but this feels like an overwhelming wave coming through politically. But like you said if there’s a way to stop this bill or to get in the P2 before/despite it I’m sure our admin will do everything it can to get us there.
 
It's dead
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A lot of important legislation gets passed in the lame-duck period. It should not be underestimated.

It’s far enough away from now to calm my nerves tho lol.
 
Largely Yes and a little bit no. Deals like nick lennear, Malachi Toney and Amir sears’ with adidas won’t count against our cap. But obviously these are elite cases and special NIL deals.

multimedia rights companies’ NIL deals are subject to be counted against the cap; and the CSC will have the authority to decide what’s proper compensation and what’s cap circumvention by third parties.


LSU’s football roster alone is just over the 48 million dollar cap which applies to all varsity athletes at lsu. Let’s say all the other non-football lsu athletes combined make 25 million dollars.

Lsu is subject, this year, to a 5 million dollar fine for being 25 million dollars over the cap. Moreover, their 2027-2028 cap would be reduced by the amount they are over in 2026-2027, so in turn even if they want to pay more & incur the luxury tax fine, it’s fool hearted because the fines will keep increasing and future budgets will keep being lowered.
Thanks for your help but what's a concrete example -- even if hypothetical -- of an NIL deal that would count toward the cap?
 
Thanks for your help but what's a concrete example -- even if hypothetical -- of an NIL deal that would count toward the cap?
The vast majority of them lol. Cannot know what percentage however the general consensus is that a supermajority of deals fall under what’s called ‘warehousing,’ (see below) more or less; and these associated marketing firms aren’t requiring the players to do too much heavy lifting.

The ncaa, excuse me, the CSC, could then say it’s not an appropriate compensation to pay armondo blount, Justin Scott and marquise lightfoot 15k each for autographs and a public appearance. Revise it down to 2k each which is acceptable for non-skill players with less than 50k followers on social media.

The school, Players and their agents have a problem with that? Take it up with the total neutral arbiter for the CSC lol.

But these deals counting towards the cap or being revised down is only a part of the problem.

The other larger part is that whether or not the extent the players are fulfilling NIL obligations or just being gifted XYZ amount of money because the NIL is a substitute for salary, I’d estimate around thirty-five to forty-five universities are currently paying all of their student-athletes more than the 48-49 million dollar salary cap. If the bill passes, the consequences for going over that number are so enormous; & to avoid them, there would be thousands of athletes, alongside their agents, whose de facto salaries would need to be immediately reduced.

So how strict or lenient the ncaa, I apologize I misspoke, the CSC, with the backing of the IRS, congressional subcommittees, & a fresh antitrust exemption, actually is in practice is a secondary consideration compared to the danger posed by currently spending big on players’ payrolls.
The CSC initially had rejected third-party NIL agreements between Nebraska's multimedia rights (MMR) partner, Playfly, and the players. At issue was whether Nebraska's MMR partner would be considered an "associated entity" -- deals from which are subject to CSC scrutiny.

The arbitrator said the deals lacked what the CSC called a "valid business purpose" because they did not include goods or services offered to the general public for profit. Also, Playfly was found to have violated a rule against "warehousing" NIL rights -- i.e., paying for the rights to use for some purpose later instead of employing them right away

Ahead of one of the most anticipated congressional events in college sports history on Thursday — a committee amendment session and vote to potentially send the bill to the Senate floor — many within the industry believe Section 114 of the Protect College Sports Act may limit the amount of money that athletes are currently receiving, potentially by hundreds of millions of dollars.
 
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We needed an AD in well before to deal with this.

I realize there’s value in political maneuvering but it might be time to pull the nuclear option and get FSU Clemson UNC and others on board against this.

Don’t know why Texas Tech is supporting this.
 
We needed an AD in well before to deal with this.

I realize there’s value in political maneuvering but it might be time to pull the nuclear option and get FSU Clemson UNC and others on board against this.

Don’t know why Texas Tech is supporting this.
because they know they have no shot at ever getting to the B1G or the SEC so they'd rather the B12 and ACC be protected as is rather than be picked apart and dissolve...
 
The act is dead? Why do you say that?
Getting anything meaningful done in a lame duck, especially with the expectations for how this election will go is virtually impossible. You’ll have members that don’t even come back to Washington if they’re voted out and if the CBC and Dem House leadership come out strong against this, their conference will fall in line and the vote margins for Republicans are already slim. You would also need the House, if it does find the votes to pass this, to pass it as is or else it goes back to the Senate for another vote and so on until both the House and Senate pass the exact same version. The lame duck will be too short to allow multiple rounds of voting on multiple versions and the House will almost certainly make some changes.
 
If...IF the athletes even semi organize and "fight" this... they'll win.
What a ridiculous attempt to glaze over what all of this really is....
Disgusting.

They players aren’t organized in any way, shape, or form though and one of the major purposes of this bill is to prevent that from ever happening. Every conference and university is adamantly against having to classify players as employees in any form, against allowing them to unionize, and against collective bargaining. It’s arguably the top concern for the universities and conferences.
 
People keep pinning their hopes on procedural delays for this bill’s passage without paying attention to how much sheer force is behind this bill.
I blows my mind how many people are like everything is fine when the plays are being made RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM.. They are gonna fast break this bill with no amendments.. SMFH..

 
Maybe a dumb question, but why could ND survive as an independent but not Miami?

If Miami left the ACC, wouldn't a media platform love to have our rights? Couldn't we sell that for the 5 year probationary period and stay afloat.
 
We needed an AD in well before to deal with this.

I realize there’s value in political maneuvering but it might be time to pull the nuclear option and get FSU Clemson UNC and others on board against this.

Don’t know why Texas Tech is supporting this.
because they know they have no shot at ever getting to the B1G or the SEC so they'd rather the B12 and ACC be protected as is rather than be picked apart and dissolve...
UNC is a big brand that would be picked up if they wanted to leave as would probably fsu/clemson in next expansion.
 
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