Unsurprising and predictable due to Title IX. IMO, the only
by VaDblDmr (2023-06-05 10:38:27)

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way around that is to have the media companies pay players directly.

I'm also curious what an expected payout would look like. The contemplated money comes after deducting the value of the scholarship; so after doing that and dividing the money among all athletes, I'm not sure how much it would be per athlete.

I wonder how long it will take for states to tag on Jock Tax
by Voisman  (2023-06-05 12:32:22)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Even though players wouldn't be getting official "game checks" I wouldn't be surprised to see some sort of pro-rated tax levied on visiting teams.
there are other ways around it
by jt  (2023-06-05 11:46:47)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I'd love to see the rationale that they'd use in court to show why revenue generated by one group of athletes should be funneled off to another completely unrelated group. That would be like paying the administrative staff from revenues generated directly from the professors and research departments; that money should come from the school's portion of the pie, not the players.

It's not predictable due to title 9, it's predictable due to politics.
I agree.
by doolinbanjos  (2023-06-05 13:11:09)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

If you are going to do that, then why not spread it among all student extra curricular performance activities? Theater? Orchestra? Band? Glee Club?

What's the rationale for spreading wealth to some, but not others?
The only way I can see it as remotely fair
by jt  (2023-06-05 15:32:41)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

to the athletes would be if the athletes kept the lion's share of all the revenue. They likely wouldn't "deserve" much more than about 45% on their own, so if they got 90% to split among all athletes that would somewhat even things out.

That said, I'm sure that the schools wouldn't find that very fair.