NCAA NIL Proposal ( and more)

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

I think that proposal is dead in the water because of the Title IX component.

You can get people to kick in and buy shit for the star recruits/players of a football team or men’s basketball team (at the right places).

For a women’s soccer player or basketball player or a cross country athlete, that’s a much tougher sell.

As it should be a tough sell. Those men basketball and football players bring in the money to the university. They deserve some of that money. Cross country athlete programs cost money. Why should they get any money?

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

As it should be a tough sell. Those men basketball and football players bring in the money to the university. They deserve some of that money. Cross country athlete programs cost money. Why should they get any money?

Yeah, it's a constant question and frustration.

When I was at Mizzou, I dated a member of the gymnastics team. She complained a lot about the gym times they got, and meal times, and how football and men's hoops got whatever they wanted.

I didn't say anything. (I was an idiot back then, but I wasn't THAT big an idiot).

But I thought about her when I saw the stuff from the Oregon athletes suing about uneven NIL division last week. She's not the only female college athlete I've talked to who complained about what football and men's hoops get vs. female athletes or non-revenue athletes (just the only one I know... intimately), so I think there are some who either don't care or don't realize that their sport only exists because those athletes play sports that generate interest and revenue for everyone else.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

When I was at Mizzou, I dated a member of the gymnastics team. She complained a lot about the gym times they got, and meal times, and how football and men's hoops got whatever they wanted.

Dated a gymnast? OHHH please tell us more. Were the nights really fun....

[duncan_idaho]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Dated a gymnast? OHHH please tell us more. Were the nights really fun....

No complaints here. We had a good time. She was about a year out from retirement and the hormones her training had previously suppressed came out with a bang. Added 2 cup sizes and the posterior was full and could have a quarter bounced off of it.

It was fun, but ultimately a bullet dodged (with some nice things filed away for the occasional daydream).

[ghak99]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

Yeah, it's a constant question and frustration.

When I was at Mizzou, I dated a member of the gymnastics team. She complained a lot about the gym times they got, and meal times, and how football and men's hoops got whatever they wanted.

I didn't say anything. (I was an idiot back then, but I wasn't THAT big an idiot).

But I thought about her when I saw the stuff from the Oregon athletes suing about uneven NIL division last week. She's not the only female college athlete I've talked to who complained about what football and men's hoops get vs. female athletes or non-revenue athletes (just the only one I know... intimately), so I think there are some who either don't care or don't realize that their sport only exists because those athletes play sports that generate interest and revenue for everyone else.

This stuff is going to blow up even more now that conference realignment has many of the the sports that are a big net loss flying half way across the country every other week. They're going to have a whole list of stuff to complain about. I wouldn't even be surprised if a lot of the smaller sports programs get dropped all together because of the hassle, while losing money.

[DJ's left nut]

"I dated a college gymnast and told her to stop complaining..."

Yeah - I don't figure anyone is THAT stupid.

[Garcia Bronco]

If there's another league then the NFL could start relegating the bottom four teams in the league to the lower league each year and bring the top four teams from the lower league into the NFL.