[needle]

Bunch of CFB headlines for a random day in June:

*Deion Sanders, NFL HOFer and current Buffs coach, to undergo emergency blood clot surgery. 

Deion, on Instagram: "I ain't going nowhere, and we comin.'"

Coach Prime Surgery Update - YouTube

*LSU vacated every win (37 in total) between the 2012-2015 seasons because a four-year starter, lineman Vadal Alexander, was ineligible for his entire career because a booster paid $180k to Alexander's father to work a sham job. 

The action comes alongside the NCAA punishing former LSU men's basketball coach Will Wade with a 10-game suspension (he now coaches at McNeese State). The winning percentage of former football coach Les Miles drops to below .600, meaning Miles would not meet eligibility requirements for the CFB hall of fame. 

LSU prez and AD: "We are pleased that our current men’s basketball student-athletes will not be punished for the acts of others and that the [NCAA] Independent Resolution Panel accepted our self-imposed penalties for football."

LSU football, men's basketball and Will Wade receive NCAA rulings (theadvertiser.com)

*A consultant has recommended that the University of Kansas eliminate about 7,000 seats in its football stadium while adding a hotel and event venue to stadium site. The remodeled stadium would have 39,839 seats. 

KU spox: “The chancellor talks about this as transformational.”

KU football stadium would shrink under latest concept plans to add conference center, hotel, student housing, retail to area - KU Sports

*Mack Brown, a CFB HOFer and the current head coach of the University of North Carolina, in a nationally broadcast interview said the following: "I think we'll see student athletes becoming employees of universities. I think we'll see more of a salary cap."

Paul Finebaum on Twitter: "Mack Brown expects college football players to become employees of their schools sooner than later https://t.co/i6GrVZA15Q" / Twitter

[needle]

Bunch of CFB headlines for a random day in June:

*Deion Sanders, NFL HOFer and current Buffs coach, to undergo emergency blood clot surgery. 

Deion, on Instagram: "I ain't going nowhere, and we comin.'"

Coach Prime Surgery Update - YouTube

*LSU vacated every win (37 in total) between the 2012-2015 seasons because a four-year starter, lineman Vadal Alexander, was ineligible for his entire career because a booster paid $180k to Alexander's father to work a sham job. 

The action comes alongside the NCAA punishing former LSU men's basketball coach Will Wade with a 10-game suspension (he now coaches at McNeese State). The winning percentage of former football coach Les Miles drops to below .600, meaning Miles would not meet eligibility requirements for the CFB hall of fame. 

LSU prez and AD: "We are pleased that our current men’s basketball student-athletes will not be punished for the acts of others and that the [NCAA] Independent Resolution Panel accepted our self-imposed penalties for football."

LSU football, men's basketball and Will Wade receive NCAA rulings (theadvertiser.com)

*A consultant has recommended that the University of Kansas eliminate about 7,000 seats in its football stadium while adding a hotel and event venue to stadium site. The remodeled stadium would have 39,839 seats. 

KU spox: “The chancellor talks about this as transformational.”

KU football stadium would shrink under latest concept plans to add conference center, hotel, student housing, retail to area - KU Sports

*Mack Brown, a CFB HOFer and the current head coach of the University of North Carolina, in a nationally broadcast interview said the following: "I think we'll see student athletes becoming employees of universities. I think we'll see more of a salary cap."

Paul Finebaum on Twitter: "Mack Brown expects college football players to become employees of their schools sooner than later https://t.co/i6GrVZA15Q" / Twitter

[OutsiderFan]

Mack Brown speaks truth.

If schools are going to pay players it makes zero sense to have conferences. It does make sense to have a Major College Football League that splits schools into regions.

Michael Wilbon could have been referring to this in his comment last week on PTI about conferences not mattering anymore. Remember, Notre Dame's former AD said that eventually the athletic department will employ athletes to play. The question then becomes what role does academics play at that point?

This certainly raises a ton of questions about the role academics will play when players are paid. Will they even need to have graduated high school to be an employee given their value is their football skills?  Will they and how can they be required to attend classes and make progress toward graduation to be eligible to play?  Will part of compensation amount be the value of their education? How is that determined? Will college football employees be able to take cash, scholarship, or a combination of the two? Will scholarship value count for 1/2 the dollars as cash compensation toward a cap, so if you get more players on scholarship your cap hits are lower, creating an incentive to get real students playing for your team?

I find it interesting that Brown mentioned a salary cap. A salary cap is the only way to ensure coaches don't have their compensation drastically cut and certain programs (and their boosters) don't spend out of control. A cap will also creat more parity, drive more interest, and and make the revenue pie larger just like in the NFL.

It's all fascinating.

[OutsiderFan]

Mack Brown speaks truth.

If schools are going to pay players it makes zero sense to have conferences. It does make sense to have a Major College Football League that splits schools into regions.

Michael Wilbon could have been referring to this in his comment last week on PTI about conferences not mattering anymore. Remember, Notre Dame's former AD said that eventually the athletic department will employ athletes to play. The question then becomes what role does academics play at that point?

This certainly raises a ton of questions about the role academics will play when players are paid. Will they even need to have graduated high school to be an employee given their value is their football skills?  Will they and how can they be required to attend classes and make progress toward graduation to be eligible to play?  Will part of compensation amount be the value of their education? How is that determined? Will college football employees be able to take cash, scholarship, or a combination of the two? Will scholarship value count for 1/2 the dollars as cash compensation toward a cap, so if you get more players on scholarship your cap hits are lower, creating an incentive to get real students playing for your team?

I find it interesting that Brown mentioned a salary cap. A salary cap is the only way to ensure coaches don't have their compensation drastically cut and certain programs (and their boosters) don't spend out of control. A cap will also creat more parity, drive more interest, and and make the revenue pie larger just like in the NFL.

It's all fascinating.

[needle]

Mack Brown speaks truth.

If schools are going to pay players it makes zero sense to have conferences. It does make sense to have a Major College Football League that splits schools into regions.

Michael Wilbon could have been referring to this in his comment last week on PTI about conferences not mattering anymore. Remember, Notre Dame's former AD said that eventually the athletic department will employ athletes to play. The question then becomes what role does academics play at that point?

This certainly raises a ton of questions about the role academics will play when players are paid. Will they even need to have graduated high school to be an employee given their value is their football skills?  Will they and how can they be required to attend classes and make progress toward graduation to be eligible to play?  Will part of compensation amount be the value of their education? How is that determined? Will college football employees be able to take cash, scholarship, or a combination of the two? Will scholarship value count for 1/2 the dollars as cash compensation toward a cap, so if you get more players on scholarship your cap hits are lower, creating an incentive to get real students playing for your team?

I find it interesting that Brown mentioned a salary cap. A salary cap is the only way to ensure coaches don't have their compensation drastically cut and certain programs (and their boosters) don't spend out of control. A cap will also creat more parity, drive more interest, and and make the revenue pie larger just like in the NFL.

It's all fascinating.

Definitely fascinating. Seems like most coaches are pushing/hoping for federal legislation.

LSU's Brian Kelly is latest coach to call for federal NIL regulation: 'College football is at a crossroads' (msn.com)

[needle]

Mack Brown speaks truth.

If schools are going to pay players it makes zero sense to have conferences. It does make sense to have a Major College Football League that splits schools into regions.

Michael Wilbon could have been referring to this in his comment last week on PTI about conferences not mattering anymore. Remember, Notre Dame's former AD said that eventually the athletic department will employ athletes to play. The question then becomes what role does academics play at that point?

This certainly raises a ton of questions about the role academics will play when players are paid. Will they even need to have graduated high school to be an employee given their value is their football skills?  Will they and how can they be required to attend classes and make progress toward graduation to be eligible to play?  Will part of compensation amount be the value of their education? How is that determined? Will college football employees be able to take cash, scholarship, or a combination of the two? Will scholarship value count for 1/2 the dollars as cash compensation toward a cap, so if you get more players on scholarship your cap hits are lower, creating an incentive to get real students playing for your team?

I find it interesting that Brown mentioned a salary cap. A salary cap is the only way to ensure coaches don't have their compensation drastically cut and certain programs (and their boosters) don't spend out of control. A cap will also creat more parity, drive more interest, and and make the revenue pie larger just like in the NFL.

It's all fascinating.

Definitely fascinating. Seems like most coaches are pushing/hoping for federal legislation.

LSU's Brian Kelly is latest coach to call for federal NIL regulation: 'College football is at a crossroads' (msn.com)

[Giants]

Mack Brown speaks truth.

If schools are going to pay players it makes zero sense to have conferences. It does make sense to have a Major College Football League that splits schools into regions.

Michael Wilbon could have been referring to this in his comment last week on PTI about conferences not mattering anymore. Remember, Notre Dame's former AD said that eventually the athletic department will employ athletes to play. The question then becomes what role does academics play at that point?

This certainly raises a ton of questions about the role academics will play when players are paid. Will they even need to have graduated high school to be an employee given their value is their football skills?  Will they and how can they be required to attend classes and make progress toward graduation to be eligible to play?  Will part of compensation amount be the value of their education? How is that determined? Will college football employees be able to take cash, scholarship, or a combination of the two? Will scholarship value count for 1/2 the dollars as cash compensation toward a cap, so if you get more players on scholarship your cap hits are lower, creating an incentive to get real students playing for your team?

I find it interesting that Brown mentioned a salary cap. A salary cap is the only way to ensure coaches don't have their compensation drastically cut and certain programs (and their boosters) don't spend out of control. A cap will also creat more parity, drive more interest, and and make the revenue pie larger just like in the NFL.

It's all fascinating.

A salary cap would require a CBA.    Otherwise, it would violate federal law.  All of the questions you raised would be part of the negotiations.

[Giants]

Mack Brown speaks truth.

If schools are going to pay players it makes zero sense to have conferences. It does make sense to have a Major College Football League that splits schools into regions.

Michael Wilbon could have been referring to this in his comment last week on PTI about conferences not mattering anymore. Remember, Notre Dame's former AD said that eventually the athletic department will employ athletes to play. The question then becomes what role does academics play at that point?

This certainly raises a ton of questions about the role academics will play when players are paid. Will they even need to have graduated high school to be an employee given their value is their football skills?  Will they and how can they be required to attend classes and make progress toward graduation to be eligible to play?  Will part of compensation amount be the value of their education? How is that determined? Will college football employees be able to take cash, scholarship, or a combination of the two? Will scholarship value count for 1/2 the dollars as cash compensation toward a cap, so if you get more players on scholarship your cap hits are lower, creating an incentive to get real students playing for your team?

I find it interesting that Brown mentioned a salary cap. A salary cap is the only way to ensure coaches don't have their compensation drastically cut and certain programs (and their boosters) don't spend out of control. A cap will also creat more parity, drive more interest, and and make the revenue pie larger just like in the NFL.

It's all fascinating.

A salary cap would require a CBA.    Otherwise, it would violate federal law.  All of the questions you raised would be part of the negotiations.

[martyup]

Injured players would be eligible for workmens comp and disability.  Nuckin Futts!

[martyup]

Injured players would be eligible for workmens comp and disability.  Nuckin Futts!

[Giants]

Injured players would be eligible for workmens comp and disability.  Nuckin Futts!

Hey Marty…

It’s Workers comp.  Women are eligible as well as men.  

:)

[Giants]

Injured players would be eligible for workmens comp and disability.  Nuckin Futts!

Hey Marty…

It’s Workers comp.  Women are eligible as well as men.  

:)

[martyup]

Injured players would be eligible for workmens comp and disability.  Nuckin Futts!

Hey Marty…

It’s Workers comp.  Women are eligible as well as men.  

:)

Yeah, well . . .

The Workmen's Compensation Act 1923 was introduced on 5 March 1923. It includes employer's liability compensation and amount of compensation and covers employees under the Workmen Compensation Act, the Fatal Accident Act and common law.

I'll wait for the legislatures to amend the law before I get all PC with my language.

[martyup]

Injured players would be eligible for workmens comp and disability.  Nuckin Futts!

Hey Marty…

It’s Workers comp.  Women are eligible as well as men.  

:)

Yeah, well . . .

The Workmen's Compensation Act 1923 was introduced on 5 March 1923. It includes employer's liability compensation and amount of compensation and covers employees under the Workmen Compensation Act, the Fatal Accident Act and common law.

I'll wait for the legislatures to amend the law before I get all PC with my language.