forums

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

RedSquare said:
ShadowSpring said:
If they don't get this done before the election Democrats will kill it. If the Congressional Black Caucus wants it dead it's over.
Click to expand...

I'm confused. What exactly is the CBC asking for in the bill to "help black athletes ?"

(Regardless, I'm just happy that nonsense bill is DOA)
Click to expand...
Well gee a bunch of wealthy old white men want unlimited compensation while the mostly black employees who are actually making the money get capped and limited their compensation. As per usual. Old white men want the power
 
PennsylvaniaCane said:
jlew192 said:
Plus this is above my pay grade but how on earth could Congress dictate which conference a school aligns with?

Seems like textbook violation of the freedom to associate.
Click to expand...
The senate is trying to give the NCAA a broad anti-trust exemption which would give them broad authority to do what they want. Ironic that while this guy was voting for giving one multi billion dollar monopoly an anti trust exemption he was voting against another that was asking for similar exemptions

Click to expand...
I get that. I am very skeptical Congress can impose penalties on private universities seeking to leave a member conference. Sounds like a restraint on freedoms to associate and contract.
 
My apologies for jumping into a year old thread with an initial question. And I did not read through all 780+ posts, but...

It seems to me that the way this bill is structured, it might as well be called the Destroy the Miami Hurricanes Football Program Act. Am I seeing this correctly?

Capping conferences at 19 (strange number). That means ND goes to the Big Ten. FSU, Clemson, & Ga Tech go to the SEC. This forces Miami to be the only remaining football school in the ACC or go independent for five years in an era when the SEC and Ben Ten don't want any tough out of conference games just to be able to join the Big XII.

What am I missing?
 
Wow how the turn tables. 2 bits of good news in one day is more than I can bear.
SFbayCane said:
My apologies for jumping into a year old thread with an initial question. And I did not read through all 780+ posts, but...

It seems to me that the way this bill is structured, it might as well be called the Destroy the Miami Hurricanes Football Program Act. Am I seeing this correctly?

Capping conferences at 19 (strange number). That means ND goes to the Big Ten. FSU, Clemson, & Ga Tech go to the SEC. This forces Miami to be the only remaining football school in the ACC or go independent for five years in an era when the SEC and Ben Ten don't want any tough out of conference games just to be able to join the Big XII.

What am I missing?
Click to expand...
I'm confused. Let's say this happens and we go independent for 5 Years. There is still a cap on the conferences, right? So where do we go after 5 years?
 
A lot of confusion here, understandably so.

The Senate will probably pass a version of this- but to be clear:
- there are (probably) 3 more votes to go in the Senate: procedural and final vote - 2 need 60, one just a simple majority, barring some weird-*** ****
- Moody's amendment to give the 180-day exemption COULD still be voted on - depends on Thune/leadership. Not guaranteed a vote, and I guess that it doesn't, but it is possible.
- that amendment doesn't remove the 19-team cap per conference, though.
- 74 votes in cloture leads to the bill passing the Senate in the last decade more than 75% of the time.

BUT
House is not coming back til lame duck
- yes, Trump wants it, but there are most likely a bunch of republicans about to lose their jobs due to him (not getting into politics blue or red, that's just current likely projection whether you love it or not- sorry facts still matter not your network of choice) but of course voting still has to happen
- people that lost their seats in GOP- whether because of who they blame, their own actions, the redistricting not working out, etc are not going to really care that Trump wants it. They care where their next check or next campaign is coming from.
- Entirely possible that the majority of the Florida delegation, with pressure from UM, FSU, etc could tank chances too.
- Speaker barely has control of his caucus anyway, and he might be a lame duck too - almost certain
- OR they pass their own version of this bill and change the realignment and independence caps, and it goes away til they then have to negotiate with the Senate to come up with a unified version.

Still a lot to go; it can happen/might not, along the way.

Usually, a lame-duck session only deals with must-pass budget and defense. This is neither.

Call your reps. This must die as long as section 205 is in it, or you'd better pray that our billionaires want to keep covering what will become a $50 M or more media gap alone with the SEC and Big Ten going forward indefinitely.

If it does pass with all the terrible **** added, get ready for court very shortly after.
 
Last edited:
So if it passes is it back to UGA and OSU dominating with the occasional LSU, bama winning? Wouldnt that make the 24 team playoff even more irrelevant and then college football just dying ?
 
Jesscane said:
I’m shocked Ryan is a liberal. Shocked!
Click to expand...
and he is also still right on that one.... they have the votes to impeach the alcoholic Admiral, which means they have republicans on it too.

nevermind avoiding another epstein files vote too....
 
Last edited:
coffeecane said:
Wow how the turn tables. 2 bits of good news in one day is more than I can bear.

I'm confused. Let's say this happens and we go independent for 5 Years. There is still a cap on the conferences, right? So where do we go after 5 years?
Click to expand...
we can't afford to go independent for 5 years and then yes you are correct too as it is currently worded.

Doesnt mean the house version will have all of that stupid **** in it, if they even vote on it
 
SFbayCane said:
My apologies for jumping into a year old thread with an initial question. And I did not read through all 780+ posts, but...

It seems to me that the way this bill is structured, it might as well be called the Destroy the Miami Hurricanes Football Program Act. Am I seeing this correctly?

Capping conferences at 19 (strange number). That means ND goes to the Big Ten. FSU, Clemson, & Ga Tech go to the SEC. This forces Miami to be the only remaining football school in the ACC or go independent for five years in an era when the SEC and Ben Ten don't want any tough out of conference games just to be able to join the Big XII.

What am I missing?
Click to expand...

coffeecane said:
Wow how the turn tables. 2 bits of good news in one day is more than I can bear.

I'm confused. Let's say this happens and we go independent for 5 Years. There is still a cap on the conferences, right? So where do we go after 5 years?
Click to expand...


.
 
Jesscane said:
It’s alcoholic At least spell it correctly. Admiral?
Click to expand...
Whatever, dude, I'm on my phone, Captain Grammar Police.

also,


mister rogers middle finger GIF
 
Ispyin said:
A lot of confusion here, understandably so.

The Senate will probably pass a version of this- but to be clear:
- there are 3 more votes to go in the Senate: procedural and final vote
- Moody's amendment to give the 180-day exemption COULD still be voted on - depends on Thune/leadership. Not guaranteed a vote, and I guess that it doesn't, but it is possible.
- that amendment doesn't remove the 19-team cap per conference, though.
- 74 votes in cloture leads to the bill passing the Senate in the last decade more than 75% of the time.

BUT
House is not coming back til lame duck
- yes, Trump wants it, but there are most likely a bunch of republicans about to lose their jobs due to him (not getting into politics blue or red, that's just current likely projection whether you love it or not- sorry facts still matter not your network of choice) but of course voting still has to happen
- people that lost their seats in GOP- whether because of who they blame, their own actions, the redistricting not working out, etc are not going to really care that Trump wants it. They care where their next check or next campaign is coming from.
- Entirely possible that the majority of the Florida delegation, with pressure from UM, FSU, etc could tank chances too.
- Speaker barely has control of his caucus anyway, and he might be a lame duck too - almost certain
- OR they pass their own version of this bill and change the realignment and independence caps, and it goes away til they then have to negotiate with the Senate to come up with a unified version.

Still a lot to go; it can happen/might not, along the way.

Usually, a lame-duck session only deals with must-pass budget and defense. This is neither.

Call your reps. This must die as long as section 205 is in it, or you better pray that our billionaires want to keep covering what will become a $50 M or more media gap alone with the SEC and Big Ten going forward indefinitely.

If it does pass with all the terrible **** added, get ready for court very shortly after.
Click to expand...
If the house doesn't get this done b4 the election it's dead. Republicans will immediately shift to getting thru some legislation either they have to do (budgets), or to protect what they value/legacy. Like you say those members of congress who lost because they did whatever Trump wanted them to do won't care at all. Many likely would purposely ***** him over, especially given he's not spending the $400 million he's raised to protect them. After the new Dem congress, the Congressional Black Caucus will kill this entirely.
 
Back
Top