Save College Sports Act

[Realist Horn]

Die Bill, die 

[TTown]

It is DOA now. Should have included the 2 Big Conferences from the start. Tried to strong-arm, and look where it got them. Can't wait for Cody's crying now😂😂

[Tuco Ramirez]

32 minutes ago, TTown said:

It is DOA now. Should have included the 2 Big Conferences from the start. Tried to strong-arm, and look where it got them. Can't wait for Cody's crying now😂😂

Cody will just cheat then cite the lack of rules as justification for breaking the rules. Again. 

[Alex Butler]

38 minutes ago, Tuco Ramirez said:

Cody will just cheat then cite the lack of rules as justification for breaking the rules. Again. 

Bet on it 😆😆😆

[mmdaytontexas]

On 7/27/2026 at 8:10 PM, BobInHouston said:

You would fit in quite well with the NCAA, which has tried for decades (and failed) to repeal the law of supply and demand.

We have had like a hundred years of this "nonsense." More than that, actually. The "cap" was basically zero, in terms of actual cash, and schools ignored it, because the market the schools wanted to tap cost real money. When NIL became "legal," costs skyrocketed because schools need the best players they can find.

The schools are welcome to live by the laws you suggest, but they won't, because they want their TV rights to be worth the millions they're being paid for them. But they do want the rules, because they will lower costs.

 

That's nonsense. Even the NFL has caps, rules, and boundaries. 

The problem is that you are equating pay-for-play with NIL. No player has a right to demand pay from a University, but they can earn as much as they want off of their NIL. The only reason the Universities are playing this game right now is they have to because there are no rules. If they want to compete and stay relevant, then they have to keep playing the game. However, they all want rules and boundaries, with a stop on the bidding for players. Sark has commented on this, and so did Saban during the White House round table. Since College Football is a nation wide sport and athletes are transferring at will to chase $$$, then Federal Regulations are needed to set the structures, definitions and boundaries of this new era of college sports. Most likely they will adopt an NFL model with collective bargaining, antitrust exemptions, and a commissioner. This bill will fail because it is not addressing any of these issues. The B1G and SEC will never agree to participate in this old NCAA model.

[BobInHouston]

On 7/27/2026 at 8:19 PM, GoHorns1 said:

Exactly. The new the governing private authority must have subpoena power to enforce the rules with tough consequences. That authority can be given power to subpoena by the schools.

Why do you think it is that important?

If it's not illegal, and there's no collectively bargained contract, people get to spend their money the way they want. Freedom of association and freedom to contract -- it's the American way. 

[BobInHouston]

12 hours ago, mmdaytontexas said:

That's nonsense. Even the NFL has caps, rules, and boundaries. 

The problem is that you are equating pay-for-play with NIL. No player has a right to demand pay from a University, but they can earn as much as they want off of their NIL. The only reason the Universities are playing this game right now is they have to because there are no rules. If they want to compete and stay relevant, then they have to keep playing the game. However, they all want rules and boundaries, with a stop on the bidding for players. Sark has commented on this, and so did Saban during the White House round table. Since College Football is a nation wide sport and athletes are transferring at will to chase $$$, then Federal Regulations are needed to set the structures, definitions and boundaries of this new era of college sports. Most likely they will adopt an NFL model with collective bargaining, antitrust exemptions, and a commissioner. This bill will fail because it is not addressing any of these issues. The B1G and SEC will never agree to participate in this old NCAA model.

The NFL caps, rules, and boundaries are collectively bargained. These rules would be imposed. Big difference.

Schools can pay, up to $20 mil. Players can ask ("demand"). Schools can say no. Players can go elsewhere. It's how the American economy works.

I don't see a difference between a school paying, or "real" NIL, or under the table.  Until there is a contract between the schools and athletes, there *shouldn't* be any rules. Why is college athletics the one place in which the federal government should be allowed to set maximum pay? 

But you do get it right at the end. They need collective bargaining, and the B1G and SEC will fight any pay limit that materially affects them. When the NCAA set the cap at zero dollars, people cheated because the talent was more valuable than that, and as time has gone on, the value has become much greater.

The issue is that the schools don't want to bargain collectively. They want federal law to impose rules. Admins and coaches in football and basketball are making money, schools are making money. It's not right, not fair to the athletes not to be able to make as much as they can. After all, without athletes, there are no games.

[GoHorns1]

1 hour ago, BobInHouston said:

Why do you think it is that important?

If it's not illegal, and there's no collectively bargained contract, people get to spend their money the way they want. Freedom of association and freedom to contract -- it's the American way. 

There’s going collective bargaining because it won’t work without it.

[Longhornlove]

This Act is anti-capitalistic, it protects the weak and has no business being passed.

[Burnt Orange Horn]

14 hours ago, mmdaytontexas said:

That's nonsense. Even the NFL has caps, rules, and boundaries. 

The problem is that you are equating pay-for-play with NIL. No player has a right to demand pay from a University, but they can earn as much as they want off of their NIL. The only reason the Universities are playing this game right now is they have to because there are no rules. If they want to compete and stay relevant, then they have to keep playing the game. However, they all want rules and boundaries, with a stop on the bidding for players. Sark has commented on this, and so did Saban during the White House round table. Since College Football is a nation wide sport and athletes are transferring at will to chase $$$, then Federal Regulations are needed to set the structures, definitions and boundaries of this new era of college sports. Most likely they will adopt an NFL model with collective bargaining, antitrust exemptions, and a commissioner. This bill will fail because it is not addressing any of these issues. The B1G and SEC will never agree to participate in this old NCAA model.

The pros are a free labor market. The have player associations.

College student athletes still have academic requirements at most universities.

The NCAA is broken and only its University members are maintaining its illusion of relevance for the media cash flow it enables.

Edited 46 minutes ago by Burnt Orange Horn

[Burnt Orange Horn]

5 minutes ago, Longhornlove said:

This Act is anti-capitalistic, it protects the weak and has no business being passed.

University athletic programs are not profit generators for the vast majority of universities.  Varsity Sports are  extracurricular opportunities for their students to represent the University in athletic competitions.  Intramural sports are on campus activities open to all student participation levels at the University's expense.

Economic models like capitalism and socialism are inappropriate, at best.

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