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Post by 78aztec82 on Apr 24, 2014 1:26:14 GMT -8
Pete and SGFs legal assessments really show how diverted and mucky athletics will become If labor and various other legal issues become intertwined in administering sports with"employed" athletes. Professional sports included these things from the beginning but the many issues labor, fairness, EEO, etc laws bring forth may have an explosive effect that intercollegiate athletics may not recover from, especially non P5 programs who lack the resources to respond to what may be coming.
The NFL is one entity the players union has to deal with. In college, the NCAA doesn't have that standing and unions and lawyers will most likely have to deal with each member institution, further opening the can of worms.
I still look back at the PLNU softball/baseball case as a microcosm of one specific outcome of one individual grievance. How did that turn out for the plaintiff and university as a whole?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2014 7:41:14 GMT -8
One other thing might be of interest here. Some day, some school, more likely a bunch of them, is going to say, "Sorry, we can no longer afford to have an intercollegiate sports program. All men's and women's teams are hereby ended. We will be glad to have club teams, however, so long as the participants pay for their equipment, and other expenses." Those who support Title IX most ardently, and especially fans of the Cal-NOW decree, will scream like stuck pigs over the horror of no more women's scholarships. But, you know what, all their screaming and yelling and threats will be useless if the schools involved have no more money to spend on sports. As it is, I would imagine that a healthy majority of professors at most schools think sports are getting way too much money, money that should be spent on new classrooms, better dorms, new teaching hires, adequate classroom supplies and equipment. After all, SDSU and all other NCAA members are places dedicated to education, aren't they? Or am I missing something here? Let's not go overboard. I vividly recall reading an article during the depths of the recession which predicted that state and local governments would begin emulating professional sports in selling advertising signage on their buildings in order to recoup lost tax revenue. That was about five years ago yet at least off the top of my head I can't think of a single such sign I've seen anywhere. The point is everybody draws a line somewhere and I'm sure the same will be true of this rush to riches by the big boys of collegiate athletics.
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