*Rumor* Mass exodus incoming.

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lo country said:
Seems like more protection. Maybe I'm missing something.  Guaranteed schollies for undergrad so long as maintaining a 2.2, guaranteed medical care for 5 years after graduation, transfer with no penalties, go into the draft without losing eligibility.........Also divided the profits amongst 130 schools so even less profitable schools get some of the Bama?Clemson/OSU money.   I see a lot of "pay yo play" starting with sportswear companies via endorsement deals....This passes, athletes have hit the lottery.
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So socialist football? Are you saying Wyoming gets the same cut as Bama? 

 
Huskers93-97 said:
So socialist football? Are you saying Wyoming gets the same cut as Bama? 
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From the article:

Yes-The money would be shared.....

It will ruin college athletics IMHO.  Unsure how a school would pay for all of this.  I guess raise tuition through the roof for people that are paying.....

Appears that a bench warmer would get the same cut as Trevor Lawrence.......Might be equal, but sure as hell not fair....

• Athletes in sports that generate more revenue than the total amount of money that is spent on scholarships in that sport would be entitled to share 50% of the money left after scholarships are paid. In FBS-level football, for example, the commission would add together the revenue generated by all 130 football programs and subtract the total costs of scholarships at all those programs. Half of the money that is left would be distributed evenly among all players at the FBS level. The sports that currently generate enough money to qualify for this revenue sharing, according to Booker's office, are football (both FBS and FCS levels), men's and women's basketball, and baseball.

 
lo country said:
From the article:

Yes-The money would be shared.....

It will ruin college athletics IMHO.  Unsure how a school would pay for all of this.  I guess raise tuition through the roof for people that are paying.....

Appears that a bench warmer would get the same cut as Trevor Lawrence.......Might be equal, but sure as hell not fair....

• Athletes in sports that generate more revenue than the total amount of money that is spent on scholarships in that sport would be entitled to share 50% of the money left after scholarships are paid. In FBS-level football, for example, the commission would add together the revenue generated by all 130 football programs and subtract the total costs of scholarships at all those programs. Half of the money that is left would be distributed evenly among all players at the FBS level. The sports that currently generate enough money to qualify for this revenue sharing, according to Booker's office, are football (both FBS and FCS levels), men's and women's basketball, and baseball.
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Seems to make about as much sense as all government ran things. Ticket prices, merchandise, concessions. It all goes up with this I presume. How can you raise tuition when they make college free? 

 
Huskers93-97 said:
Seems to make about as much sense as all government ran things. Ticket prices, merchandise, concessions. It all goes up with this I presume. How can you raise tuition when they make college free? 
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Truth.  No idea how colleges will afford this.  I am sure they use a lot of the revenue for facility upgrades, salaries, other scholarships, grants, repairs, bills etc.....I'm guessing it slows the arms race for coaching salaries....

 
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I'm personally highly biased, as I transferred for athletic reasons, but I don't see the transfer portal as that big of a deal.  People change and learn a lot fresh out of high school.  I don't think signing an NLI should start some sort of prison sentence where you HAVE to stay at any certain school.

As for paying athletes, it's hard to believe that it won't become some sort of slippery slope that fundamentally changes college athletics.  I think it would be particularly helpful for Nebraska, so selfishly I'm OK with it, but I'm not sure that it will be a good thing for college athletics as a whole.

 
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lo country said:
Truth.  No idea how colleges will afford this.  I am sure they use a lot of the revenue for facility upgrades, salaries, other scholarships, grants, repairs, bills etc.....I'm guessing it slows the arms race for coaching salaries....
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Yep, At Nebraska, this would come out of the Athletic Department funds which would take away from facilities and coaches salaries. 

The problem is, the people who push these things don't think about the other end of the spectrum where one heck of a lot of ADs run in the red.

 
Donations to an athletic dept contributes to revenue generated? If so, i cant imagine many boosters still giving money to AD's knowing that it might not actually be going to the school they wish to support.

 
This Bill would bring an end to college sports as a whole. University funding would be non-existent thereby reducing student athlete privileges like say the dining halls, travel costs would likely be charged to them and deducted and who knows what other deductions would magically arise. Imagine trying to finance a new $130 million dollar athletic compound under this Bill. Wouldn't happen.

 
Concerning the bill mentioned- The thing a lot of people don't consider is that private interests who stand to gain are the ones pushing this crap.  I agree, it would ruin college football.

As far as the rumored exodus, my limited inside info is saying that yes, some do intend to leave but nothing that will shock anyone.  Just some guys moving on, as expected.  

 
krc1995 said:
This thread title is an oxymoron. 
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BigRedBuster said:
I’ve chuckled about the title since it was created.  
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FWIW, the article is not saying (unless I missed something) that Wyoming gets the same cut as Bama. Athletes at Wyoming would get the same distro as Bama athletes

If donations count as revenue, then this bill kills college football as it is. Basically its:

(Revenue - Schollies)/2 --> what colleges can spend on facilities and other sports.

It is also going to kill all non-rev sports except for a few women's sports to maintain title ix. 

 
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