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Oct 1, 2019
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So, if I'm an elite high-school football recruit, there's a path to the NFL
outside of NCAA college football?
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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
macaroni
10/1/19 11:42am
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