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Post by bulkey on Dec 5, 2023 11:55:02 GMT -5
Breaking-- In a letter to NCAA Division I membership, NCAA president Charlie Baker is proposing to create a new subdivision within Division I – the highest level in collegiate athletics – for schools to directly compensate athletes. This would be a departure from previous practice. Baker, the former governor of Massachusetts who became NCAA president earlier this year, outlined a proposal for the “highest resourced” colleges and universities to invest in their athletes directly. .... First, within the framework of Title IX, invest at least $30,000 per year into an enhanced educational trust fund for at least half of the institution’s eligible student-athletes. Second, committ to work with their peer institutions in this subdivision to create rules that may differ from the rules in place for the rest of Division I. Those rules could include a wide range of policies, such as scholarship commitment and roster size, recruitment, transfers or NIL. www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/sport/ncaa-new-tier-to-compensate-athletes-directly-spt-intl/index.html
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Post by yetanotherwilliams on Dec 5, 2023 14:35:50 GMT -5
It's rarely considered, much less discussed, but non-athletes are already at a tremendous disadvantage both admission-wise, and scholarship-wise to athletes, many of whom, at least in the money sports, would not even be interested in a college experience (much less furthering their academic education) were it not for these benefits.
In a time of steadily rising tuition and housing costs, I don't think an even greater proportion of public money should go to the lucky few who happen to possess athletic skills.
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Post by bulkey on Dec 5, 2023 15:17:57 GMT -5
It's rarely considered, much less discussed, but non-athletes are already at a tremendous disadvantage both admission-wise, and scholarship-wise to athletes, many of whom, at least in the money sports, would not even be interested in a college experience (much less furthering their academic education) were it not for these benefits. In a time of steadily rising tuition and housing costs, I don't think an even greater proportion of public money should go to the lucky few who happen to possess athletic skills. A really good point. I don't know how much comes from public money rather than from collectives (effectively, booster donations to the athletic depts).
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Post by McHuskyFan on Dec 6, 2023 12:17:35 GMT -5
How about making it a rule that each sport in each school can only take ONE player off the portal in a given year? Stop the carnage! Or in the case of a certain LSU player, be truthful and remove "student" from "student-athlete".
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Post by bulkey on Dec 6, 2023 15:28:02 GMT -5
How about making it a rule that each sport in each school can only take ONE player off the portal in a given year? Stop the carnage! Or in the case of a certain LSU player, be truthful and remove "student" from "student-athlete". Love your second point. The first point might run into the anti-trust issues that Congress is raising against the NCAA. After all, a school can accept more than 1 violinist for their orchestra.
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Post by McHuskyFan on Dec 6, 2023 16:23:36 GMT -5
How about making it a rule that each sport in each school can only take ONE player off the portal in a given year? Stop the carnage! Or in the case of a certain LSU player, be truthful and remove "student" from "student-athlete". Love your second point. The first point might run into the anti-trust issues that Congress is raising against the NCAA. After all, a school can accept more than 1 violinist for their orchestra. How much NIL bucks do violinists get these days ? 😉
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Post by bulkey on Dec 6, 2023 16:31:20 GMT -5
Love your second point. The first point might run into the anti-trust issues that Congress is raising against the NCAA. After all, a school can accept more than 1 violinist for their orchestra. How much NIL bucks do violinists get these days ? 😉 The first violinist as my university--he happens to be a family friend--has made a fair amount of money in off campus tutoring and playing (often at funerals).
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