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California signs 1st in nation law for College athletes to make money VOL. NCAA endgame
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imo Feels like a situation where they would have to move the work they’re selves
that’s what LeBron was trying to avoid
lucrativeness, stock, namesakes vs pride of self
The NCAA always wants to uphold a certain degree of sanctity
that’s what LeBron was trying to avoid
lucrativeness, stock, namesakes vs pride of self
The NCAA always wants to uphold a certain degree of sanctity
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its betta this way, especially with social media.
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Just putting this out there.
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No reason why the football and basketball cats shouldn’t get a decent check from those profits ...The “free education” ppl always yelling about is just a small fraction of what those players bringing in
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Women Basketball, nearly 4 millions in profit lost...but I'm not going to go there
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The College Football Season Is in Jeopardy. The NCAA’s Economic Model Should Be Too. https://www.theringer.com/2020/5/11...nt=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter via @ringer
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“u realize we are playing in a pandemic being told to stay away from everyone we love just for y’all entertainment but i can’t sell my own jersey with my last name on it to help my future financially. That makes sense to u?”
“That’s nothing compared to what we bring to our schools. Not even saying schools should pay players. (Which already happens anyway). But Others can create their own business and make money off it so why would an athlete not be allowed to do that?? I have to sign a paper that says my name and likeness belongs to the school. Modern day slavery.”
College hoops: Rutgers' Geo Baker rips NCAA over athlete rights
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“That’s nothing compared to what we bring to our schools. Not even saying schools should pay players. (Which already happens anyway). But Others can create their own business and make money off it so why would an athlete not be allowed to do that?? I have to sign a paper that says my name and likeness belongs to the school. Modern day slavery.”
College hoops: Rutgers' Geo Baker rips NCAA over athlete rights
Rutgers senior Geo Baker rips NCAA over athlete rights: 'Modern day slavery'
Geo Baker expressed frustration over how the NCAA treats athletes.
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dope. overseas they sign grade school children to academies for football. they grow up in these academies while their parents get compensated and they get proper schooling, medical, and nutritional programs that the professionals of the same club get with the dreams of making the first team (pro team).
it would be like the bulls had a basketball school and got to compete at every age level and level of competition with hopes of making the chicago bulls nba team.
edit: i mean soccer
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I wonder about the academic portion of the program. Where are they getting the instructors from? How much time will the kids be required to put in?
Other than that, I am always for anyone getting paid actual money off their labor.
Other than that, I am always for anyone getting paid actual money off their labor.
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Congressional bill introduced would allow college athletes to form unions, become employees
Congressional bill introduced would allow college athletes to form unions, become employees
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Dan MurphyESPN Staff Writer
College athletes would be able to form players' unions and would be considered employees of their schools if a new Congressional bill introduced Thursday morning is passed into law.
The College Athletes Right to Organize bill, co-authored by Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., presents a direct challenge to the NCAA's foundational premise of amateurism. It asserts that any college athletes who are compensated by their school for their athletic ability -- whether through a scholarship or other means -- should have the right to organize and collectively bargain. A companion bill is also being introduced in the House by Reps. Jamal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Andy Levin (D-Mich.) and Lori Trahan (D-Mass).
"Big time college sports haven't been 'amateur' for a long time, and the NCAA has long denied its players economic and bargaining rights while treating them like commodities," Murphy said in a statement Thursday morning. "...It's a civil rights issue, and a matter of basic fairness."
Murphy has pushed for aggressive NCAA reforms in Congress since March 2019 when he began publishing a series of reports questioning the multibillion-dollar business model of big-time college sports. He and Trahan have also introduced one of several Congressional bills that would guarantee college athletes' ability to make money from third-party sources by selling the rights to their names, images and likenesses (NIL). While major changes related to NIL rights are expected to redefine the way college athletes can receive compensation from third-party groups starting this summer, Thursday's bill goes a step further than almost all of the other NCAA reforms that have been pushed by federal and state lawmakers in the past year by attempting to significantly reframe the relationship between athletes and their schools.
The new bill would establish each athletic conference as a bargaining unit, giving players in those conferences the ability to organize and bargain for changes in compensation, working conditions, hours and more. The bill also includes language that would make sure the current tax status applied to sports scholarships is not changed and that being considered an employee would not create additional tax burdens or impact an athlete's federal financial aid status.
Trahan, who played volleyball at Georgetown before her time in Congress, said that the NCAA uses a system that "collects massive amounts of revenue off the backs of unpaid labor, funnels it upward, and offers no way for athletes to negotiate the compensation, safety, or playing conditions they're owed."
"It's time to finally end amateurism as we know it," she said in statement Thursday morning.
The NCAA has gradually loosened its definition of amateurism in the 21st century by allowing schools to provide more benefits to their athletes. Many of those changes, including full cost-of-attendance stipends, unlimited meals and additional education-related benefits, have been prompted by legal challenges. The organization's rule-making board will weigh another significant step in that direction in late June when it is expected to vote on proposed changes to its NIL rules. However, the 115-year-old organization has held firm, in federal court and elsewhere, to its stance that college athletes cannot be considered employees of their institutions and that a clear distinction must exist between its athletes and professionals.
The National Labor Relations Board blocked a previous attempt to unionize college players in 2015 when it dismissed a petition by Northwestern University football players to create their own union. The five-member NLRB panel said at the time that they had concerns about the instability a players' union could cause in college sports. The bill introduced Thursday would amend the National Labor Relations Act to include college athletes as employees and leave no doubt about their rights to collectively bargain.
Memphis Grizzlies' Ja Morant downplays 47-point night, earns Utah Jazz's respect
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Tim MacMahonESPN Staff Writer
Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant cut toward the basket, caught the pass, cocked the ball back in his right hand and soared to the rim early in the second quarter. Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert met Morant at the summit and stuffed the dunk attempt, a spectacular block by a big man who is likely soon to collect his third Defensive Player of the Year award.
During the next stoppage in play, Morant informed Gobert that he intended to keep attacking. He backed up his talk, scoring 47 points, a franchise record for the playoffs, in the Grizzlies' 141-129 Game 2 loss Wednesday night.
"We lost," Morant said after the top-seeded Jazz evened the Western Conference first-round series. "Obviously it wasn't enough."
It was, however, a historically spectacular individual effort.
According to ESPN Stats & Information research, Morant's 47 points were the most in NBA playoff history by a player age 21 or younger. The previous high was 45 by LeBron James. The only other players that young to hit the 40-point milestone during a postseason performance are Hall of Famers Magic Johnson and Tracy McGrady and Dallas Mavericks wunderkind Luka Doncic.
"Honestly, it's not that surprising," said Jazz star guard Donovan Mitchell, who has some historical playoff scoring accomplishments of his own during his young career. "He's a gamer. He goes out there and competes. ... Tonight, he was aggressive from the jump. At a young age, for him to be able to have that is definitely special. That's something that I respect about him and about his game. He doesn't quit."
Morant had a double-digit point total in every quarter of Game 2, rallying the Grizzlies from 20-point deficit early in the third quarter to pull within two points. He finished 15-of-26 from the floor and 15-of-20 from the free throw line, relentlessly attacking the paint throughout the night, regardless of Gobert's spectacular rejection.
"I'm not afraid," said Morant, whose 73 points so far in this series are only two points shy of Hall of Fame center George Mikan's record for the most ever in a player's first two playoff games, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. "I mean, that's his job: to protect the rim. My job when I'm attacking the rim is to go finish. Obviously, he got a good block, but as you seen, I was right back inside the paint."
The 6-foot-3 Morant, who had seven assists in the loss, has earned the respect of the 7-foot-1 Gobert with his physical skills and competitive fire.
"It's what it's about," said Gobert, who had 21 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks in the Jazz's victory. "Sometimes I'm going to get dunked on and sometimes I'm going to get the block. I'm not going to stop coming and doing what I do. It's the same for him. Hopefully, he doesn't stop coming. I'm still going to be there every time. That's just the competitive spirit. I know Ja has that, but I have that, too."
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Congressional bill introduced would allow college athletes to form unions, become employees
espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/31521100/congressional-bill-introduced-allow-college-athletes-form-unions-become-employees
11:00 AM ET
Dan MurphyESPN Staff Writer
College athletes would be able to form players' unions and would be considered employees of their schools if a new Congressional bill introduced Thursday morning is passed into law.
The College Athletes Right to Organize bill, co-authored by Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., presents a direct challenge to the NCAA's foundational premise of amateurism. It asserts that any college athletes who are compensated by their school for their athletic ability -- whether through a scholarship or other means -- should have the right to organize and collectively bargain. A companion bill is also being introduced in the House by Reps. Jamal Bowman (D-N.Y.), Andy Levin (D-Mich.) and Lori Trahan (D-Mass).
"Big time college sports haven't been 'amateur' for a long time, and the NCAA has long denied its players economic and bargaining rights while treating them like commodities," Murphy said in a statement Thursday morning. "...It's a civil rights issue, and a matter of basic fairness."
Murphy has pushed for aggressive NCAA reforms in Congress since March 2019 when he began publishing a series of reports questioning the multibillion-dollar business model of big-time college sports. He and Trahan have also introduced one of several Congressional bills that would guarantee college athletes' ability to make money from third-party sources by selling the rights to their names, images and likenesses (NIL). While major changes related to NIL rights are expected to redefine the way college athletes can receive compensation from third-party groups starting this summer, Thursday's bill goes a step further than almost all of the other NCAA reforms that have been pushed by federal and state lawmakers in the past year by attempting to significantly reframe the relationship between athletes and their schools.
The new bill would establish each athletic conference as a bargaining unit, giving players in those conferences the ability to organize and bargain for changes in compensation, working conditions, hours and more. The bill also includes language that would make sure the current tax status applied to sports scholarships is not changed and that being considered an employee would not create additional tax burdens or impact an athlete's federal financial aid status.
Trahan, who played volleyball at Georgetown before her time in Congress, said that the NCAA uses a system that "collects massive amounts of revenue off the backs of unpaid labor, funnels it upward, and offers no way for athletes to negotiate the compensation, safety, or playing conditions they're owed."
"It's time to finally end amateurism as we know it," she said in statement Thursday morning.
The NCAA has gradually loosened its definition of amateurism in the 21st century by allowing schools to provide more benefits to their athletes. Many of those changes, including full cost-of-attendance stipends, unlimited meals and additional education-related benefits, have been prompted by legal challenges. The organization's rule-making board will weigh another significant step in that direction in late June when it is expected to vote on proposed changes to its NIL rules. However, the 115-year-old organization has held firm, in federal court and elsewhere, to its stance that college athletes cannot be considered employees of their institutions and that a clear distinction must exist between its athletes and professionals.
The National Labor Relations Board blocked a previous attempt to unionize college players in 2015 when it dismissed a petition by Northwestern University football players to create their own union. The five-member NLRB panel said at the time that they had concerns about the instability a players' union could cause in college sports. The bill introduced Thursday would amend the National Labor Relations Act to include college athletes as employees and leave no doubt about their rights to collectively bargain.
Memphis Grizzlies' Ja Morant downplays 47-point night, earns Utah Jazz's respect
2:41 AM ET
Tim MacMahonESPN Staff Writer
Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant cut toward the basket, caught the pass, cocked the ball back in his right hand and soared to the rim early in the second quarter. Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert met Morant at the summit and stuffed the dunk attempt, a spectacular block by a big man who is likely soon to collect his third Defensive Player of the Year award.
During the next stoppage in play, Morant informed Gobert that he intended to keep attacking. He backed up his talk, scoring 47 points, a franchise record for the playoffs, in the Grizzlies' 141-129 Game 2 loss Wednesday night.
"We lost," Morant said after the top-seeded Jazz evened the Western Conference first-round series. "Obviously it wasn't enough."
It was, however, a historically spectacular individual effort.
According to ESPN Stats & Information research, Morant's 47 points were the most in NBA playoff history by a player age 21 or younger. The previous high was 45 by LeBron James. The only other players that young to hit the 40-point milestone during a postseason performance are Hall of Famers Magic Johnson and Tracy McGrady and Dallas Mavericks wunderkind Luka Doncic.
"Honestly, it's not that surprising," said Jazz star guard Donovan Mitchell, who has some historical playoff scoring accomplishments of his own during his young career. "He's a gamer. He goes out there and competes. ... Tonight, he was aggressive from the jump. At a young age, for him to be able to have that is definitely special. That's something that I respect about him and about his game. He doesn't quit."
Morant had a double-digit point total in every quarter of Game 2, rallying the Grizzlies from 20-point deficit early in the third quarter to pull within two points. He finished 15-of-26 from the floor and 15-of-20 from the free throw line, relentlessly attacking the paint throughout the night, regardless of Gobert's spectacular rejection.
"I'm not afraid," said Morant, whose 73 points so far in this series are only two points shy of Hall of Fame center George Mikan's record for the most ever in a player's first two playoff games, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. "I mean, that's his job: to protect the rim. My job when I'm attacking the rim is to go finish. Obviously, he got a good block, but as you seen, I was right back inside the paint."
The 6-foot-3 Morant, who had seven assists in the loss, has earned the respect of the 7-foot-1 Gobert with his physical skills and competitive fire.
"It's what it's about," said Gobert, who had 21 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks in the Jazz's victory. "Sometimes I'm going to get dunked on and sometimes I'm going to get the block. I'm not going to stop coming and doing what I do. It's the same for him. Hopefully, he doesn't stop coming. I'm still going to be there every time. That's just the competitive spirit. I know Ja has that, but I have that, too."
Bill would allow college athletes to form unions
College athletes would be able to form players' unions and would be considered employees of their schools if a new Congressional bill introduced Thursday morning is passed into law.
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So will players still live on campus and go to class? Dudes gonna be living in mansions and still expected to go to an 8am class where they're making triple what the professor makes.
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Etan Thomas speaks with ESPN College Basketball analyst Jay Bilas on The Rematch to discuss all things NIL and NCAA Basketball, the hypocrisy of the current system, and more.
Basketball Podcast, NBA Podcast
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The Rematch: Jay Bilas talks Name, Image and Likeness, NCAA hypocrisy, more, Basketball Podcast, NBA Podcast
Jay Bilas talks Name, Image and Likeness, NCAA hypocrisy, more
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Could this be considered snitching? Could it get Meyer in trouble? Or are street rules inapplicable when it comes to old rich white men?
