(01-05-2020 02:08 PM)JRsec Wrote:  College football is now earning billions. Congress sees this a taxation windfall. They aren't going to cap coaches salaries and if they did the Supreme Court would likely strike it down.

I would think that they will probably support some form of pay for play because that gets players to pay into SSI and to be accountable for taxation.

I don't buy any of the arguments that Congress will cap anything to do with college athletics.

Honestly, I'm a pessimist regarding all things NCAA and am left to hope that if Congress addresses the matter of direct player pay, it doesn't equivocate and set some arbitrary limit on extra-educational benefits.

I forget now who it was, but one of the members of the *Congressional NIL work group said in an interview something like college athletes are deserving of "a little bit more than they get."

Well, athletes in college revenue sports don't need to be told that they're worth a "little bit more," they need to be told that they have the right to unionize and that cartel members can't set compensation caps without their say so. Sheesh



*not to be confused with the NCAA Board of Governors Federal and State Legislation Working Group;

or the Presidential Subcommittee of the NCAA Board of Governors Federal and State Legislation Working Group;

or the Division I Name, Image and Likeness Legislative Solutions Group;

or the Student-Athlete Work Product Subgroup of the Division I Name, Image and Likeness Legislative Solutions Group;

or the Individual Licensing Subgroup of the Division I Name, Image and Likeness Legislative Solutions Group;

or the Group Licensing Subgroup Division I Name, Image and Likeness Legislative Solutions Group;

or the Division II Legislation Committee;

or the Division III Oversight Group to Implement Recommendations of Federal and State Legislation Working Group.