I don't have a problem with the government preventing a cartel of competitors from

Oct 1, 2019
9:17:28am

mik3 Juan Camaney

distorting the free market.

But then again, I like free markets. Some people hate the government more than they love freedom, and that's why the find themselves on the side of a cartel.

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Dan Wetzel with a good article about the CA law:

mik3 Juan Camaney

10/1/19 8:40am

Does this mean athletes will be able to get "jobs" from boosters?

DapperDan

10/1/19 8:49am

No, they won't need to get jobs. The boosters can just pay them directly now.

Scratch

10/1/19 9:03am

He's right. But, I still see the P schools use this as pretext to separate

boscatar

10/1/19 8:52am

Does the NCAA prevent athletes from doing this now? I don't think they do

OGSuperfan

10/1/19 8:58am

The CA law means the *CA schools* can't follow NCAA rules

boscatar

10/1/19 9:30am

Does this law restrict ALL schools in CA, or just State-run schools?

OGSuperfan

10/1/19 10:03am

I believe it's all schools. Public or private.

boscatar

10/1/19 10:11am

It does mean that the government has completely overreached their authority and

Skeptical Optimist

10/1/19 9:03am

I don't have a problem with the government preventing a cartel of competitors from

mik3

10/1/19 9:17am

There is no distortion of the free market. The NCAA sets rules for amateur

Skeptical Optimist

10/1/19 9:27am

The NCAA is a cartel, where schools that compete for athletes collude to cap their compensation.

mik3

10/1/19 9:33am

Lol. Nothing that the NCAA does comes anywhere close to the definition of

Skeptical Optimist

10/1/19 9:35am

Lol do you not know what a cartel is? Do you understand what "limit competition" means?

mik3

10/1/19 9:39am

Athletes voluntarily sign up to play in NCAA sponsored athletics knowing full

Skeptical Optimist

10/1/19 9:50am

Are those NCAA rules set by competitors, and do they cap what the athletes they are competing from

mik3

10/1/19 9:52am

There is no collusion here. Nobody signs up to play under the NCAA without

Skeptical Optimist

10/1/19 10:16am

How do these rules came to be? Did they come from Mt. Sinai? Of course not.

mik3

10/1/19 10:24am

I'd suggest you look up the definition of the word collusion

Skeptical Optimist

10/1/19 10:39am

Here you go. At its core, it's an agreement.

mik3

10/1/19 10:44am

Do you think the NFL salary cap is illegal collusion?

Skeptical Optimist

10/1/19 11:52am

The agreement definitely runs counter to free market principles. The NFL needed an anti-trust

mik3

10/1/19 2:30pm

Wait, you're arguing that the fact that the agreement could violate anti-trust

Scratch

10/1/19 2:54pm

No, the anti-trust comment are regarding the treatment of the NFL as one entity as opposed as the

mik3

10/1/19 3:24pm

What's the viable NCAA alternative for a college athlete?

boscatar

10/1/19 9:55am

If they don't want to play as an amateur, there are thousands of professional

Skeptical Optimist

10/1/19 10:09am

So, if I'm an elite high-school football recruit, there's a path to the NFL

boscatar

10/1/19 10:21am

If enough elite high-school football players decide they want to get paid

Skeptical Optimist

10/1/19 10:43am

The law protects capitalism and free markets.

boscatar

10/1/19 9:31am

I don’t see how this doesn’t kill the competition. Obviously, those who have the biggest pockets will be those who win

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