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Commentary: A Five-Point Plan to Fix Amateur Athletics

Nothing happens without federal action. Could be legislation. Could be the Anti-Trust exemption you cite. Could be a CBA. But one of those three things has to happen.

No other solution is both enforceable in court and applies equally across all 50 states.

As you say, without that, everything else is moot.

To me, #2 is to fix the transfer portal. Inter-twined with that is regulation of eligibility. But again, without legislation, an anti-trust exemption, or a CBA, it's impossible to fix the portal or effectively regulate eligibility.
 
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It’s a difficult path to follow, the stilted steps taken over the past few years to attempt to rein in the out-of-control nature of, primarily, the major NCAA college sports of football and, …
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Well said...but I'm not optimistic that anything other than chaos will prevail. I see too many with wrongly vested interests who will fight in court or anywhere they can to stop this.
 
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Good thoughts.

I've given up on this getting fixed with any type of meaningful enforcement. Pandora's box was flung open, there's just no way this gets fixed quick enough.

Realignment away from the NCAA should be soon now. Right now, it won't matter, schools with billionaire donors will rise to the top. Private equity will become more and more inundated in the system and ruin it all further.
 
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Fine post. I think that #5 is the most important. There should be one fixed time period per year for when players can transfer, as well as a limit to how many times an individual player is allowed to transfer.

My guess is that a HUGE majority of players with multiple transfers do not receive diplomas, and this is after all still college football.

As always, jmo.
 
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imo congress ain’t gonna do diddley squat so they are eventually gonna have to bite the bullet and do a cba. Which will make them employees and professionals. At this point college ball will be unrecognizable anyways so I think they have a chance to do something really fun- relegation. 3 tiers of 32 teams. NFL top obviously, then top 32 of div 1 college, then the next 32 for the third and final. Leave the rest of college ball to do whatever. I mean after the top 64 of college ball who even cares.

This would be so much fun once we got past it not being what we want.
 
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If the SEC and Big Ten broke away from the NCAA, it would possibly solve the anti-trust issues thst have been an impediment to changing the rule structure in college sports.

Players would then have choice, dont like our rules go play in another conference or a NCAA league. At this point it seems break away is the only path to actually improve college sports which may remove the need for legislative action put it back where it needs to be commercial driven.
 
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In my eyes, the connection people have with college sports has a lot to do with watching a player come in and grow. Fans “get to know” the athletes as they go through their college careers. With Joe Fan not knowing who is on the team from one year to the next, it causes folks like me to lose that connection, and thus stop spending money on it. All of the mentioned things need to happen but until the portal situation is corrected, then college athletics will continue to die.
And furthermore, the paying and transferring of HS players needs policed and stopped point blank. But that’s another topic for another board.
 
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In my eyes, the connection people have with college sports has a lot to do with watching a player come in and grow. Fans “get to know” the athletes as they go through their college careers. With Joe Fan not knowing who is on the team from one year to the next, it causes folks like me to lose that connection, and thus stop spending money on it. All of the mentioned things need to happen but until the portal situation is corrected, then college athletics will continue to die.
And furthermore, the paying and transferring of HS players needs policed and stopped point blank. But that’s another topic for another board.
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I agree 1000% with your intent.

But you can’t just correct a situation or police and stop an action without legal authority to do so.

Whatever the solution, it has to stand up in court AND be uniformly enforceable across all 50 states. That requires federal action. Could be Congressional dictate. Could be an anti-trust exemption. Could be a CBA.

I’ve said this a whole lot of times over several years: No matter how much sense a proposal makes, it accomplishes nothing unless and until it’s legally enforceable across all 50 states. Until that happens, we’re flapping gums.
 
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Since the legal system has gotten involved (thank you Auburn for starting this mess with Cam) then the government has put its nose in where it should have never been. Therefore, it’s up to the law makers (I.e. Congress) to set down laws to fix this.
 
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Total BS. We have a total crap NIL program, that's the problem. Its past time we get rid of these posers who have zero clue on how things work in 2026.
 
Not going to lie, folks. Last year I watched Alabama football the least I have since the 80s. The year before that was the second least.

I tire of not knowing 2/3 of the players on the field. I tire of athletes jumping to the highest bidder. I can't blame them for living in the system, but it doesn't make much for being invested in a team.

From looking at the climbing ratings, a lot of folks disagree with me. And that's fine.

But, for me, I find myself drifting away from the unrecognizable sport I used to love.

Should athletes be able to make money? Yes. Should they be tied to a program but their coach is free to jump? No.

But this ain't the way, guys.
 
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Not going to lie, folks. Last year I watched Alabama football the least I have since the 80s. The year before that was the second least.

I tire of not knowing 2/3 of the players on the field. I tire of athletes jumping to the highest bidder. I can't blame them for living in the system, but it doesn't make much for being invested in a team.

From looking at the climbing ratings, a lot of folks disagree with me. And that's fine.

But, for me, I find myself drifting away from the unrecognizable sport I used to love.

Should athletes be able to make money? Yes. Should they be tied to a program but their coach is free to jump? No.

But this ain't the way, guys.
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I have already decided to not get any streaming service this year. Too expensive and just not worth the trouble. More hiking on Saturdays and maybe a game or 2 if it is on local tv.
 
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WildTusk said:
Since the legal system has gotten involved (thank you Auburn for starting this mess with Cam) then the government has put its nose in where it should have never been. Therefore, it’s up to the law makers (I.e. Congress) to set down laws to fix this.
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Mike Slive is truly the one to blame here with the whole "he didn't know" thing.😎

Ignorance of the law (or rules in this instance) never worked before...🙄
 
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