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Most trial lawyers don't understand larger constitutional principles. They worry about juries and who feels what. There aren't juries at the federal appellant level. This decision doesn't mean anything other than past players get money. Apply common sense rules to your employment. Does anyone have the right to deny your ability to make money through marketing deals? No. There's not a limit on marketing deals for pro athletes. The fact that most of these "deals" are brokered by colleges doesn't change that they are legally third party deals. That can't be legally limited. Judge didn't say it could.

They’ll have a special night for them. I bet it is bathed in orange tonight!

We need a Labor and Employment lawyer familiar with this to come on the show and discuss the intricacies of this agreement as signed by the judge and to lay out the probabilities of what is kosher or not in the agreement relative to the Supreme Court ruling, labor and employment law, and their relationship with NCAA rules.

I’d say in this case it worked well. She was the featured player of this tournament.

It’s a beautiful sight.

Another way to describe the cap nonsense talk is that idiot reporters repeat what they're told by the NCAA and universities don't know what they're talking about. Professional sports can have a "cap" because they have employees who agree to conditions of employment. This hasn't happened in college sports. This "settlement" has nothing to do with that. The SEC making their member schools agree to refrain from legally challenging the "settlement" doesn't mean anything. The individual players will legally challenge the limit on compensation, not the schools. Being a college sport or school doesn't exempt you from constitutional law. That's what the 2021 Supreme Court decision that allowed NIL clearly stated. Before that, there wasn't a federal court case that addressed the billion make in college sports.

Video won't clear it up because the guys who make videos don't understand the foundational principles of free market capitalism or constitutional law. You need to study the Supreme Court decision that legalized NIL. That decision clearly stated that the NCAA and their member institutions can't prevent anyone from earning anything. The only way to establish a limit on compensation is through an employment agreement. For some reason these idiots won't acknowledge that people who generate revenue are employees. You can avoid that legally, but then you can't limit their monetary opportunities for the service they provide that generates the revenue. I don't understand the deal here. It's really pretty simple.

Still not understanding this at all, can we do a video on this

Most ball chasing fans are dumber than dirt. Media says cap. Goobers repeat it. There's no constitutional way to deny compensation without a contract between the payer and the payee. No current college player has signed such an agreement with the NCAA or the institution for which they play. They have marketing deals called NIL. You can't just assign a third party to limit that. There's nothing in this court decision that mentions that. Judge doesn't care about that. Not her business.

You can't legally have a "cap" without an employment agreement. There's nothing in the settlement that says otherwise. Wouldn't matter if it did. Only thing this "settled" was past compensation. Judge isn't deciding on future compensation. You can't legally do that.

For the people that wanted it explained, here is a good article. Seems like there will be all full scholarships (no more partials) and a sort of salary cap for the entire roster of sports. A $2.8 billion settlement will change college sports forever. Here’s how https://apnews.com/article/ncaa-house-settlement-aa3169056e8194aeebf34495641bce0b

They're making billions, and they think the people who generate the revenue need to have artificial limits placed on their monetary compensation so they can manipulate the market. Were these people born in Russia in 1917? You can make them employees without unionization. Most of the workers in the US don't belong to a union. There's no necessity for unionization because it's sports. Make them employees and negotiate pay. That's capitalism.

It's Tech. Dumb does Dumb.

It's mind boggling to me that the NCAA thinks they can put a third party entity that they hire and control to decide what is and isn't "fair market value" for marketing deals. It's truly bizarre. The Supreme Court has already warned them not to come back asking for protection. They're hoping for federal legislation, but that won't pass judicial review either. Only thing dumber than this in world history I can think of is the Nueces as the border of Texas in 1845.

Pretty much self inflicted

Where was the nr 1? Only for football?

Despite tonight's loss, Nijaree Canady is far from a waste of money.

CJ it’s 2 am. Not sure if you posting a recruiting pic or me checking the recruiting thread is worse.

Dylan Berymon and Hayward Howard Jr.

Took a professional sport that was a beautiful blend of athleticism, technical skill and power, removed the requisite power and man defensive skill elements, thereby reducing it to a European Rec league. There's still some skill and athleticism, but without the power element combined with man defense, it's too flat and one dimensional.

Game 1 of the NBA Finals averaged a 4.7 rating and 8.91 million viewers, making it the lowest rated Game 1 of the Finals since ratings began. A lot of that is the markets involved, but most of it is the way the game is now played. It's boring to watch a jump shooting contest over and over. Go back to man rules and cut the nonsense.

Probably a legal challenge before the football season starts. An injunction will be granted. Court cases then until the NCAA decides to stop trying to limit compensation for players they refuse to make employees.

Countdown until the federal courts throw out the limits on NIL payments.

I mad my 3 sons watch for the last few innings. We support them all, and congrats to the ladies!

Not to brag but all the Mike White haters need to go buy that man a beer. His strategy of giving TK as much rest and wasting Canady paid off. Canady was flat and Teagan was sharp. I told y’all what he was doing.