[cardcrimson]

Can't see how this ends any way but badly for athletes.  Scholarships would become taxable? The law of unintended consequences throws a long shadow. College sports is my last refuge, after giving up on baseball, the NBA and mostly on the NFL. 

I feel like with NIL, transfer portal and now this, the SEC and Big10 become farm leagues for the NFL.  Everyone else starts scrapping athletic programs and college sports goes the way of the covered wagon and steam locomotives.

Agree. This will end College Sports.  Club teams…… Because if they are classified as employees, the next legal play will be class action wage and hour lawsuits.  Then it’s done.  So, “be careful what you wish for.”

The PAGA lawyers are already lining up. No way CA athletic programs will be able to contend with all the details of employment law in the state, and therefore lawsuits will abound.

[cardcrimson]

Can't see how this ends any way but badly for athletes.  Scholarships would become taxable? The law of unintended consequences throws a long shadow. College sports is my last refuge, after giving up on baseball, the NBA and mostly on the NFL. 

I feel like with NIL, transfer portal and now this, the SEC and Big10 become farm leagues for the NFL.  Everyone else starts scrapping athletic programs and college sports goes the way of the covered wagon and steam locomotives.

Agree. This will end College Sports.  Club teams…… Because if they are classified as employees, the next legal play will be class action wage and hour lawsuits.  Then it’s done.  So, “be careful what you wish for.”

The PAGA lawyers are already lining up. No way CA athletic programs will be able to contend with all the details of employment law in the state, and therefore lawsuits will abound.