It's to not let them collude in ways that would be illegal

It's to not let them collude in ways that would be illegal
by KeoughCharles05 (2023-03-25 21:50:45)
Edited on 2023-03-25 21:53:39

In reply to: Again, telling other people what to do posted by gregmorrissey

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If it wasn't for a specially granted congressional exemption.

The idea that the existing employment based model should be allowed to continue to collude to not hire people while the existing amateur model should be forced to pay people doesn't quite make sense to me.

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Just to clarify, I'm not advocating forced pay - gregmorrissey 2023-03-27 12:19:37
- If they are employees... - KeoughCharles05 2023-03-28 12:38:38
  - Freedom to contract != forced pay - gregmorrissey 2023-03-28 15:00:07
    - ND's player payroll is ~$2.125M per year. - MrE 2023-03-28 15:09:11
      - So it would seem they aren't being forced at all - gregmorrissey 2023-03-28 16:03:54
        BTW, you'd like Wetzel/Forde podcast from yesterday. - MrE 2023-03-28 18:24:01
        Thanks. I agreed with the guy against the nanny state - gregmorrissey 2023-03-29 09:55:42
        Regarding "running it wide open for 5 or so years" - MrE 2023-03-29 10:16:14
        Better one yesterday (1-hr) - Andy Staples podcast with - MrE 2023-03-29 10:07:34
        Swarbrick encourages us to give more to the cause, and - MrE 2023-03-28 17:20:04
- every current player (and recruits) should have agents - MrE 2023-03-27 12:53:45
  - Change is messy. It would eventually find order - gregmorrissey 2023-03-27 13:28:46
    - I'm good w/ that-as long as CFB players can extract every $ - MrE 2023-03-27 13:31:47
it's a collectively bargained agreement - jt 2023-03-26 01:04:04