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

[RightSaidFred]

This is such a melodramatic overreaction.

I don’t think it is. Miami can’t survive making $50 million less per year every year in perpetuity. And Miami’s boosters, who are spending right now to help position Miami for the next realignment round, won’t have any incentive to keep spending on this level if the realignment door slams shut.

We were Golden/Shannon level for 25 years. We only dug out of that because of big dollar investment. Change that underlying math and we’re right back to mediocre again

 

[RightSaidFred]

Still porsting your brain dead sky-is-falling bull****.

You’re hilarious - anybody with room temperature IQ isn’t taking you seriously.

****, you haven’t changed in about 10 years. Somebody says “Shalala” in a critical light and you come riding in like a white knight.

Whatever, I’ve got my opinion, you’ve got yours.

 

[drewm3i]

I don’t think it is. Miami can’t survive making $50 million less per year every year in perpetuity. And Miami’s boosters, who are spending right now to help position Miami for the next realignment round, won’t have any incentive to keep spending on this level if the realignment door slams shut.

We were Golden/Shannon level for 25 years. We only dug out of that because of big dollar investment. Change that underlying math and we’re right back to mediocre again

Miami may be the wealthiest college football school in the country at this point - whatever happens, we are positioned very well with UHealth, fintech money, and now Nike money.

And this bill - in its current form with salary and conference caps - has less than a 1% chance of passing and standing up in a court of law. NIL became a thing because the Supreme Court had enough of the NCAA's cartel and college sport's corruption - you think all of the legal victories (aka precedent) are going to go out of the windows because of one new, rogue bill sponsored by the NCAA and conferences/schools that can no longer compete with the likes of Miami, ND, etc. in terms of monetary investment?

Something will eventually put some checks and balances on college sports 'this bill ain't it.

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

****, you haven’t changed in about 10 years. Somebody says “Shalala” in a critical light and you come riding in like a white knight.

Whatever, I’ve got my opinion, you’ve got yours.

You’re confusing me with someone else. But that’s to be expected from an over-emotional know-nothing like you.

Here let me make you feel better: oh no, we’re ****ed. It’s over for Miami. We’ll never be a power again. The world is going to end.

Feel better?

 

[Applecane]

Nike is pretty shrewd. Would it sign a massive long term deal with UM if it thought it was buying a diminished product?

 

[GoCanes256]

I was thinking the same thing. I just feel we will find our way out of the ACC somehow. Just makes too much sense.

 

[NorthernVirginiaCane]

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?

You are missing a lot

 

[cookies]

What is this 200million in new spending he is referring to?

 

[CanesSkins26]

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.

All excellent points. With what’s likely about to happen in this election plus the current margins and Johnson’s pretty much totally lack of control over his conference, even getting must pass legislation done is going to be an insane challenge. It’s hard to envision a scenario where they would even consider taking up this legislation. I think people still worried about this are completely underestimating the state the House is going to be in after what’s likely going to happen in this election.

 

[Empirical Cane]

Unfortunately the proposed amendment is only a 180 day period where schools can change conferences without incurring the 5 year independent rule. It wouldn’t remove the cap on conference membership.

I thought cap doesn't go into effect until after the 180 days?

 

[Empirical Cane]

What is this 200million in new spending he is referring to?

~$180MM/yr in federal grants earmarked for HBCUs to upgrade their gameday broadcast capabilities.

 

[Dream School]

I thought cap doesn't go into effect until after the 180 days?

That was the Moody amendment which was rejected and isn't part of the bill. There is still a chance for amendments to be added in the House. They're on recess until after the midterm elections though.