03-31-2021, 06:04 PM
The NCAA's model is about to implode. It's about time.
Here's what the NCAA should have done that would have mitigated its coming losses:
1. Spending cap on Athletic Departments by division, while adhering to Title IX requirements
2. Some kind of capital expenditure cap
3. No restrictions on athlete NIL or ability to work and earn money outside of chosen sport
4. Increase academic eligibility standards
5. 4-year scholarships (not one year renewable)
6. Make recruiting a free market as it is with anyone else in America
If it did these things, it could argue the money it is making hand over fist, is put into supporting the educational mission of the school, which enjoys tax exemption. It could also claim members aren't using unpaid labor to subsidize coach salaries and the facility arms race.
Because the NCAA did none of this on its own in a way it could control, and decided to fight paying its labor, it is at risk to have its entire business model decided for it by SCOTUS.
When the NCAA lawyer claimed the NAA is able to generate all the revenue it does because its fans like the fact it doesn't pay its labor, the NCAA goose was cooked.
Here's what the NCAA should have done that would have mitigated its coming losses:
1. Spending cap on Athletic Departments by division, while adhering to Title IX requirements
2. Some kind of capital expenditure cap
3. No restrictions on athlete NIL or ability to work and earn money outside of chosen sport
4. Increase academic eligibility standards
5. 4-year scholarships (not one year renewable)
6. Make recruiting a free market as it is with anyone else in America
If it did these things, it could argue the money it is making hand over fist, is put into supporting the educational mission of the school, which enjoys tax exemption. It could also claim members aren't using unpaid labor to subsidize coach salaries and the facility arms race.
Because the NCAA did none of this on its own in a way it could control, and decided to fight paying its labor, it is at risk to have its entire business model decided for it by SCOTUS.
When the NCAA lawyer claimed the NAA is able to generate all the revenue it does because its fans like the fact it doesn't pay its labor, the NCAA goose was cooked.