California Gov Sign N-I-L Bill

I honestly don't think much would change.  Top teams would still get top guys and the others would go where they can, just like now.

I do think that with our brand being as strong as it is this would probably help us (and ND).  Michigan fans are everywhere.  And I don't think that's true for any of the current top 4.

I actually think the tweet characterizes the bill wrong. The bill does not say the universities will have to pay student athletes above and beyond a scholarship for use of their image, but what it does say is that student can collect money based on the use of their image and likeness (IE other companies can now pay the students to advertise for them).  Stanford can still use its many olympic athletes for promotion of their school without additional costs, but now similar to olympic athletes, football and basketball (or any other really) can now collect money for the fame accrued through their sport and still be considered an "amatuer" for college sport participation purposes. 

The reality is that a lot of mid tier schools will lay off some useless athletic department staff that have grown like 100 fold in the last twenty due to AD's skimming money donors sent for athletes for themselves.

Nah, they'll just pretend this was always in the spirit of amateurism the way the Olympics did and keep on motoring and being as corrupt as ever.

Pretty sure all states have figured out how to tax income. Players getting paid above the table means they are far more likely to claim the income on their taxes. 

college football appeals to me so much more than NFL because it focuses more on the team, the school, and tradition rather than individual star athletes

I agree on preferring CFP to the NFL, but lets be real...CFB is all about star players as well.  Look how we follow recruits like Gary, Peppers, etc.  I just think CFB is already a business and the rest if just an attempt to make it look like amateurism.  Plus, it's not like just because the NCAA lets kids make some money that all of a sudden colleges will lose their traditions like fight songs, marching bands, touching the banner, etc.  Those things will still exist and connect us to the past.  But times change.  The scholarship limit changed.  The internet and social media changed recruiting.  The transfer portal changed.  The post season changed.  Conference alignments constantly change.  This is just another step in that process of inevitable change.  Plus anything within the rules that makes us competitive with OSU again...I'll take.  It's been a long 20 years.

I cheer it simply because it allows Michigan to reap a competitive benefit from its greatest institutional advantage. The Michigan alumni network is insanely broad and multifarious and powerful, and if we are allowed to use it to recruit we can become a true powerhouse.

I don't see a lot to cheer in it either, mainly because I really have a hard time with the idea that athletes are being exploited.  There's a really, really, really long list of people trying like hell to sign up to get exploited that badly.  The woe-is-us line about not being paid enough rings fairly hollow.

I'm not won over by the NCAA's talk about the purity of the amateur experience, because they've really gone full hypocrite by gleefully raking in money themselves and ruining a lot of the experience for fans in the process.  They are such an easy target it's ridiculous.

That said, that's caused a lot of people to gravitate toward an argument which is nearly as problematic.  It really sucks that recruiting is based so much on gold-plated facilities, but it would probably suck just as much to see it based on who has the most generous contract terms.

Essentially you dislike that they're getting a fair shake because it might impact your Saturday afternoons? Bullshit, Having the rights to your own fucking likeness is literally the least the NCAA should do.

I mean, the schools that still do it the old way are basically Ivies and D3 schools. There's no FBS school that was treating sports the way you're describing. 

When the coaches start making 8 figures, and the AD makes high 6/7 figures just to schmooze, we passed the point of no-return on this stuff being non-professional. 

The rule is just allowing them to get paid for their likenesses. This isn’t a bill requiring the schools to pay the athletes or anything. Let’s be honest most of the kids at these elite schools have dreams of making the NFL & NBA and that’s usually above getting a degree. But if there is a student who first and foremost wants his degree that option is obviously still on the table. 

This bill is just allowing college athletes, and more specifically college football and mens basketball players (the highest earning sports), to make money off of their own name like the average student can, and even the college tennis players, golfers, etc.

Not every kid is blessed enough to have mommy and daddy send them money when they need it. Some might even have to be the breadwinners in their families. Normally that kid would get a job, but the NCAA doesn’t even allow that for players during the season. But the chances they’d even have time for a job after film, practice, lifting, games, travel, class, study sessions, etc. are slim. At least let the kids make money from their own name and image. 

Lebron breaks it down well below. And yes, not everyone is Lebron but the scenario he describes applies to these kids at the FBS level. I don’t get how you can be against this if you’re for the kids first. But as a selfish bonus - this rule would help us greatly in pulling elite talent and being able to compete for championships. 

https://twitter.com/bengolliver/status/1178751911635193856?s=21

perhaps you should cut down on the corn...man

no need for that level of anger re: this CA law

Dumbass lol

Looks like someone has a case of the Monday's.  Turn off the news.  Nothing on it will improve your mood for the next several months at least.

The NCAA's rules are not laws, and they can't restrain trade with schools who are following actual laws. 

The NCAA has gotten laughed out of court every time they've presented their case. They try doing some kind of reprisal to CA and it's going to end up with the Cal State schools owning Mark Emmertt's house.

Well, Cornman, thanks for sharing how star-struck you are with Arnold! I like him too, as an actor, but obviously, you have no idea how he performed as Governor...spoiler alert: he sucked. Never could bring in a  budget on time and he left office with the state $25 billion in debt. Jerry Brown came in in 2012 and quickly got the state finances under control and running smoothly, and over the next few years paid off the debt (and stockpiled tens of billions for the next downturn) and we've been enjoying huge budget surpluses every year since.