The NCAA's business model is illegal and the Supreme Court's said pretty clearly that if this reaches them they'll say so, too.

The NCAA is in trouble here; it's why they rushed to propose that NIL option where the NILs run through the schools. It's the only way they can wrestle back oversight. But it very much remains to be seen as to whether or not the schools have any interest in being governed by the NCAA anymore.

If you're the SEC or Big 10, what does the NCAA do for you at this point?

NCAA does not run the football tournament or championships.

My apologies, I misunderstood your first sentence. And I agree with you.

When you read the IJ thread or people's thoughts on Wiz, do you not see a lack of respect for poor performance? Nobody is asking about Wiz's report card.

I dunno, man. On my time on this board, there's always been criticism of OU athletes for their athletic performance and don't think that's ever been off-limits because they're students first.

If I think back to my earliest days following the Bobcats, Marin Bota was a student. That didn't stop Bobcat fans from being very critical of his ability to impact a basketball game. And when folks were critical of Mark Sears transferring, I didn't see anybody looking at Alabama's US New & World Report ranking or whatever.

Realistically, fans have expectations for athletes that have nothing at all to do with academics. Ironically, it seems like people here are far less willing to be critical of Jeff Boals than they are of some of the individual players he recruited.

If there's anybody who bears responsibility for the roster, its Boals. Who isn't a student, and is our highest paid employee. Yet there's a 6 page thread on IJ. There's been some critiques here and there on Boals, but overall he's dodged far more criticism than players like IJ and Wiz.

Interesting:

https://frontofficesports.com/nlrb-rules-that-dartmouth-m... /

Link works for me. And the headline is in the URL and the story is everywhere.

It was inevitable.

I don't really get the "end of college sports" argument.

Usually, when people make it they make it through the lens of how things work now and cite things like Title IX, etc. The entire framework is shifting if not outright collapsing. It seems shortsighted to assume there's no path forward with athletes designated as employees.

Labor law is far more gray than people realize, and there are all sorts of charge outs by industry, and none of the parties involved have any incentive to watch this collapse and die.