Supreme Court unanimously rules against NCAA in antitrust case

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

Tweet text:
Greg Stohr
@GregStohr
BREAKING: Supreme Court unanimously rules against NCAA in antitrust case, upholds order allowing greater compensation for student-athletes.
7:14 AM · Jun 21, 2021

[malaise]

1. Great news

Get thee to the greatest page

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. This is a remarkable ruling, but fairly narrow. It certainly puts a crack in the foundation.

It's also important to remember that the abuses college athletes endure go far beyond economic.

[patphil]

3. Why don't they just call them what they are...professional athletes.

They could dump this whole student thing and hold onto the best for more than 4 years.
No need to educate them, just let 'em play.

[obamanut2012]

8. Yup, universities and colleges are basically farm leagues now

[Johnny2X2X]

4. NCAA has been getting rich off the backs of athletes for generations

The entire system is set up for them to work for the NCAA for free so the NCAA doesn't have to provide them employee benefits like worker's comp when they get injured, or a salary.

Pay them! They are employees. If you claim their tuition is their salary then make sure only athletes who can compete in the classroom are accepted, zero lower standards for athletes.

[Zeitghost]

10. Very few make money

Only around a dozen of the hundreds of NCAA Universities make a profit on sports. Most of the money earned through TV, merch and ticket sales goes to fund sports that operate at a loss. If you start paying athletes you are going to end up with football and men's basketball at the major universities and a just enough womens teams to meet Title 9 requirements. All mid-major and small schools would likely end athletics altogether.

[Chainfire]

5. Perhaps it is time to separate college sports from colleges. Let pro sports shoulder the burden for

their training camps. The day of the "student athlete" sailed decades ago. Many of the "students" are barely students at all. Football is the worst of the bunch, many Universities exist as life support systems for football.

[ret5hd]

6. To those that support this, but oppose forgiving student loans:

“What about ME? I played for YEARS, gave the BEST years of my skill! It’s just not fair that someone will get a better deal than I did! It’s just not! They should have to play for free just like I did!!!”

(for the record, I was never involved in any sport beyond pee wee baseball)

[obamanut2012]

7. I've said for years they deserve to be paid and get a percentage of the gate and merch

Am shocked, but happy!

[MichMan]

9. Yep, rich boosters should be permitted to pay $$$$$ for no show jobs if they go to their alma mater

There is no reason why a Phil Knight , for example, shouldn't be able to recruit the nation's top athletes to Oregon by paying them $500,000 each (or more)a year to represent his brand.

Same for Jeff Bezos at Princeton or the Walton family for Arkansas. If other programs can't compete with that kind of money, too bad for them.

[Volaris]

11. My solution is to put it in a player's trust.

After graduation, you can access funds for limited purchases (cars, houses, weddings, child support, etc), and the rest of it can get cashed out with accrued interest at 30 or 40 years old or somesuch. Not everyone goes pro, but everyone contributes to that schools advertising riches.

That should be recognized monetarily. I'm glad the SC agrees.