Sen. Romney to NCAA: “Congress is going to act. We’re coming for you.”
“You know something is seriously awry," Romney said, per The News & Observer. "The reality is Congress is going to act. We're coming for you. We're coming to help these athletes."
Romney's comments came at a roundtable with former Duke standout and current ESPN analyst Jay Bilas and Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC) who introduced a federal statute that would apply across every state, among others. Walkers' Student Equity Act would bring above-board payments for name, image and likeness to college athletes at the national level.
October 17th, 2019 at 9:31 AM ^
Mitts really with the shits
October 17th, 2019 at 9:53 AM ^
Sounds like Congress is headed up Mitt Creek.
October 17th, 2019 at 9:32 AM ^
inb4 someone makes this political and the mods lock the thread
October 17th, 2019 at 9:33 AM ^
They shouldn’t because this is a bipartisan issue.
October 17th, 2019 at 10:07 AM ^
It remarkably is among politicians. But not the fanbases. Combine that with a political name and you get the ingredients for combustion.
October 17th, 2019 at 2:46 PM ^
There is nothing remarkable about the fact politicians of all stripes are jumping aboard. Who roots for the NCAA?
October 17th, 2019 at 10:33 AM ^
You have too much faith in random strangers on the internet WD!
October 17th, 2019 at 1:13 PM ^
You would think so, but venture outside a football board and it's full of comments about those libtards in CA ruining football. Hopefully Romney chiming in puts that to rest.
October 17th, 2019 at 9:33 AM ^
Is this what we're gonna do? Debate paying players before I've had my 3rd cup of coffee?
October 17th, 2019 at 9:42 AM ^
Grumpy old men vs the obvious inevitable future isn't really a debate.
October 17th, 2019 at 11:05 AM ^
Alternatively, that is the only debate. The debate we are doomed to repeat until the heat-death of the universe.
October 17th, 2019 at 9:52 AM ^
Remember this is about letting players be paid by others, not the schools actually being required to pay the players.
October 17th, 2019 at 9:34 AM ^
Bout time.
October 17th, 2019 at 9:34 AM ^
I always liked Mitt.
October 17th, 2019 at 10:34 AM ^
At least he said he's coming FOR them instead of ON them...
October 17th, 2019 at 10:53 AM ^
Always a good guy. Used to be lots of people like Mitt in both parties.
October 17th, 2019 at 11:28 AM ^
Mitt is actually a pretty trash person.
October 17th, 2019 at 11:34 AM ^
But he appreciates the height of trees in Michigan...
October 17th, 2019 at 11:53 AM ^
Oh please, tell us more!
October 17th, 2019 at 12:03 PM ^
You obviously haven't read enough about him...
He's trashed Lake Meade, mining the fuck out of the SouthWest, hordes water from the Colorado, and has no loyalty toward the people in the states he's represented...but I'm sure if Michigan wants him, he's for hire! Just build him a house there in Ann Arbor, and you too, can benefit from his infinite BS.
October 17th, 2019 at 1:52 PM ^
Just build him a house there in Ann Arbor
It appears Dave Brandon's house never sold. It's listed as off the market with a last sale date of 1995.
DB reduced it from $6.9 MM to $4.9 MM... and then it looks like it was taken off the market. Current apprasial is around $3.5MM. Doh!
October 17th, 2019 at 9:35 AM ^
When he comes for the NCAA, will he have his dog strapped onto the roof of his car again?
October 17th, 2019 at 9:46 AM ^
He will have UGA strapped to the roof of Otis Reese’s car
October 17th, 2019 at 9:55 AM ^
No, but he has a Binder full of proposals for defeating the NCAA!
October 17th, 2019 at 11:39 AM ^
Nah. Someone ate it.
October 17th, 2019 at 9:36 AM ^
LOL. Romney was a politician for how long? Why now Mittens?
October 17th, 2019 at 10:00 AM ^
To be fair until Jan 2019 he hadn't been in a position since Jan 2007 when his term as MA governor ended. So that's 12 years of not being in office.
October 17th, 2019 at 9:38 AM ^
yeah, government intervention....that always makes a problem better.....
or maybe bigger
October 17th, 2019 at 9:41 AM ^
Because the NCAA has done such a bang up job to this point /s
October 17th, 2019 at 9:46 AM ^
they've allowed it to be fucked up, so lets fuck it up even worse?
great course of action
October 17th, 2019 at 10:05 AM ^
If you think government is bad, you should see lack of government.
Oh wait.....
October 17th, 2019 at 4:20 PM ^
I understand your general sentiment but if government doesn't get involved how else would you expect any change/movement on this issue?
October 17th, 2019 at 9:39 PM ^
Simple. Have the 64 top college teams (4 conferences) and tell the NCAA to FOAD. Start their own legislative body.
NCAA is broken and IMO is not fixable
October 17th, 2019 at 10:18 AM ^
Yeah, I hate roads, clean air and water, winning WWII, going to the moon, fire and police services, and social security. Government "intervention" does suck. LMAO
October 17th, 2019 at 10:32 AM ^
<eye roll>
Those are some of the basic functions of the government. That is its job. That isn't government intervention.
October 17th, 2019 at 10:39 AM ^
The function of government is basically always to "intervene" on some level, it would not be a government if it didn't. So really all of those functions are "government intervention."
October 17th, 2019 at 10:39 AM ^
i'm still a little ticked about the moon landing though.
why didn't they bring any cheese back?
didn't neil armstrong say, 'that's one small step for man...one giant cheese wheel for mankind'?
October 17th, 2019 at 10:40 AM ^
Up there hopping and flopping around like a bunch of assholes....
October 17th, 2019 at 12:11 PM ^
Did they even make par on the 9 holes they played up there?
October 17th, 2019 at 1:57 PM ^
Nope, the greens were in terrible shape and the reduced gravity made it hard to sink a putt.
October 17th, 2019 at 2:30 PM ^
Maybe, but the 1/6 th gravity made driving other-worldly
October 17th, 2019 at 10:40 AM ^
One of the basic functions of the government is also protecting its constituents from corporations that take advantage of them. Just sayin'
October 17th, 2019 at 12:17 PM ^
Its simple.
When government does something I dont like, its "intervention."
When government does something I like its "a basic function."
Its not hard guys, try and keep up.
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October 17th, 2019 at 1:58 PM ^
Any relation?
October 17th, 2019 at 3:53 PM ^
Great Uncle Fritz. Former Nazi chimp, but came to the US with Operation Paperclip along with Von Braun.
October 17th, 2019 at 11:14 AM ^
Is creating a regulation to outlaw regulation really an issue or is it just, you know, enforcing open markets and not allowing price fixing.
October 17th, 2019 at 12:22 PM ^
Is creating a regulation to outlaw regulation really an issue or is it just, you know, enforcing open markets and not allowing price fixing.
October 17th, 2019 at 9:40 AM ^
Oh we're shaking our boots. Big bad Mitt Romney is coming after us. He's so angry he drank day old milk today to show how tough he is.
October 17th, 2019 at 9:48 AM ^
Are you a member of the ncaa?