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Finally catching up on OEP, and if there is no CBA in college athletics…

we are headed for a holdout/college athletics shutdown within 5 years if the Pavia lawsuit remains and they win similar in the future.

@Neal McCready said “why would the athletes ever collectively bargain?” Well, for one, there is no path to professional careers for 75%+ of football/basketball (the money makers for everyone else) whether that’s in professional sports or getting a college degree.

The universities need the sports, don’t get me wrong. It brings so much money through the university in other ways. But there is no other legitimate path to the NFL, and football is king in the U.S. . The NBA has formed a workaround for the elite — but those are few and far between — and baseball has the draft — but they can’t/won’t handle how many players are across college baseball, but like @Chase Parham said, the 75-80% who either make peanuts in NIL or need these scholarships to go to college would almost certainly majority overrule the minority who are creating the current chaos.

Thoughts?

HOOPS: SEC players of the week

In case you're interested:

SEC Player of the Week – Tennessee guard Zakai Zeigler, a 5-foot-9, 172-pound senior from Long Island, N.Y., had 17 points, 15 assists and four rebounds in the Vols’ win over Middle Tennessee. He set a career high in assists and tied for the fifth-most in a game by a Volunteer in program history, including posting the top mark since Feb. 28, 1987. Zeigler notched the highest single-game assist total by an SEC player in non-conference play in over five years, since Nov. 15, 2019. He became the first SEC player in the last 20 years (2005-25) to log a 15-point, 15-assist performance in a non-conference regulation game and just the third total to do so in that span.



SEC Freshman of the Week – Alabama guard Labaron Philon, a 6-foot-4, 177-pound freshman from Mobile, Ala., scored a season-high 21 points to go with six assists and five rebounds in a win over South Dakota St. He shot 57.1 percent (8-of-14) from the field and converted all three of his free throw attempts.
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Is NIL, The Portal, and Saban leaving the end of the SEC dominance?

Is SEC's 2 decades of dominance over? I would say the SEC has dominated the college football world for 20 years, but as you look at this new era, its very possible that has come to an end. For example, last season, the championship had 0 SEC teams in it for the first time in 10 years (Oregon vs OSU). This year, it looks like it very well could repeat itself, and have a CFP championship with no SEC teams.

My case for the end below:
- Alabama has pretty much resorted back to pre-Saban Bama, and will be good every year, but will not be going 12-0 anytime soon
- You have teams like Michigan winning big time QB recruiting battles with LSU (I know its one kid, but if he meets the hype, it will cost Kelly his gig)
- Notre Dame seems to be getting in the NIL space big time, which could be dangerous
- The Bama's, LSU's, Georgia's can no long stockpile talent, which was their strength for so long


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