College Athletes Becoming Employees Will Have Consequences

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Jason Svoboda said:
Are we talking the NLI rules they keep getting beaten over?

As for basketball, like I mentioned in the list above, it may eventually be pulled out and into its own organization. It's very possible that we will play hoops there and then whatever non-revenue sports that remain will operate in the other organization.
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by "whatever non-revenue sports..." you mean club-level sports, correct?

what university is going to sponsor a dozen plus Olympic sports w/out the "foundational" revenue of the NCAA MBB tourney?
 

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4Q_iu said:
by "whatever non-revenue sports..." you mean club-level sports, correct?

what university is going to sponsor a dozen plus Olympic sports w/out the "foundational" revenue of the NCAA MBB tourney?
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Yep, club sports do seem pretty likely for a lot of the sports. However, it could completely depend on how it gets setup in reading through the legal opinions of many talking about it.
 

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Jason Svoboda said:
I've spent a couple hours going back and forth and reading shit being put down by all of these lawyers like Mit. Here is the crux of what they think will end up happening:
  • NCAA will lose all associated court cases and college athletes will then be able to be classified as employees.
  • As employees, they will be able to unionize and collectively bargain. There could be multiple unions as that breakout still seems hazy. Could be by level, by conference, by sport, etc.
  • There is a belief that college basketball and college football will separate from the remainder of the sports and operate independently and likely even independently of each other -- so one org for football, one org for hoops, and one org for the rest. Because of this, schools will have to make a choice if they believe those other sports provide any marketing value to the school.
  • There is a belief that private equity and other investment firms will invest in those programs that have legit brands where ROI can be had. This is where Indiana State's basketball could be investible since we do have Larry Bird and the Bird vs Magic "Greatest Game" and you could no doubt continue to sell that in perpetuity.
  • There is also a belief it could go beyond that and a third party could essentially invest and run the programs themselves. So they'd license the brand from the school and lease the facilities. Having a hard time believing this one, but who knows?
  • The end belief by most is college football and basketball players should not have to give up rights and compensation for small schools or Olympic sports.
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How long before non compete clauses are added?
 
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