[Goose]

The NCAA has only itself to blame for its destruction.


BC

While I understand your sentiment, The NCAA was always engaged in an illegal restraint of trade. It doesn't matter that lots of people liked that restraint of trade. It doesn't matter if student athletes were "happy" with the NCAA's rules. It was against the law, and everybody knew it. They only got away with it because nobody was willing to rock the boat and sue over it. When somebody did finally get it litigated, the result was inevitable. The only way amateur sports will survive is if the congress legislates a way for regulatory bodies to collude with other entities (universities, conferences, club sports teams, individuals) to act in restraint of trade. Otherwise, game over (literally).

[Goose]

The NCAA has only itself to blame for its destruction.


BC

While I understand your sentiment, The NCAA was always engaged in an illegal restraint of trade. It doesn't matter that lots of people liked that restraint of trade. It doesn't matter if student athletes were "happy" with the NCAA's rules. It was against the law, and everybody knew it. They only got away with it because nobody was willing to rock the boat and sue over it. When somebody did finally get it litigated, the result was inevitable. The only way amateur sports will survive is if the congress legislates a way for regulatory bodies to collude with other entities (universities, conferences, club sports teams, individuals) to act in restraint of trade. Otherwise, game over (literally).