Yawn, more hot air from Swarbrick.
by smithwick (2023-03-23 13:12:38)

In reply to: Not sure if this is the right board. NYT piece by JJ and JS (link)  posted by NDFanSince81

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I'm not saying I disagree with many of the arguments and points presented in the article, but my guess is this op-ed is being driven by Swarbrick who is trying to publicly repair his image after the Ludwig/Be Irish fiasco.

None of the points raised in this article are groundbreaking or thought provoking. And in fact, Swarbrick and Jenkins still fail to address how the professionalization of college athletics has created a massive financial windfall for themselves and their institutions without compensating their labor at market rates.

Swarbrick and Jenkins started meeting with Congress
by wpkirish  (2023-03-23 13:18:27)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

about this long before the Ludwig / Be Irish fiasco. They have been making many of these same points in those meetings.

There's only one point to make.
by smithwick  (2023-03-23 13:41:11)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

The ADs, Admins, and coaches are all making obscene amounts of money due to ever increasing TV revenue while keeping player compensation fixed at the cost of a scholarship. Everything else is just window dressing.

I have said before NIL was implemented in part because
by wpkirish  (2023-03-23 13:47:57)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

universities did not want to give up their money. There is more than enough money in the system but that would require cutting salaries in athletic department budgets across the country and that is not going to happen.

I do think they are trying to find a way to do better by the students and keep the college experience they talk about.

To me the entire endeavor is sort of like the rehab of Soldier Field. The design they have sucks but it is the best solution to a problem for which there is no good solution. I dont think anyone would design a system where you have a multi-billion dollar business built on unpaid labor but that is what evolved. And from my point of view the issue is less about "pay" and more about the ancillary issues related to employees like worker's compensation and health insurance and the like.

I don't necessarily disagree, but to me, a collective
by smithwick  (2023-03-23 14:11:41)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

bargaining agreement with the players is a WHEN, no longer an IF. Any solution to the current issues plaguing the NCAA that do not address collective bargaining are not good faith arguments in my opinion; the op-ed from Jack and Jenkins didn't address collective bargaining.

In my opinion, we saw the impact COVID had on athletic departments. I think school universities and presidents all know that collective bargaining is coming down the pipe here sooner rather than later and are shitting their pants at the havoc that's going to have on their P&Ls as well as administrative bloat. My cynical take away from their op-ed was that they're hoping for a hail mary from Congress that allows them to continue with their cartel-like business operations.

I think part of the problem is ND is trying to preserve some
by wpkirish  (2023-03-23 14:22:28)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

form of college athletics that most others dont care about. As I said in another post I think they are trying to find the best solution to a problem that does not have a good solution. No one would ever create a business where the labor does not get paid but that is what eveolved here.