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?
@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?
