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I just saw an interview from Barstool with a Senator about the bill from 8 days ago. He said they could just pass a bill that says 5 for 5 or x amount of transfers / x% for agent fees. An interviewer asked how that could work, because without the antitrust exemption, wouldn't there still be constant lawsuits? The Senator said the antitrust exemption isn't required for eligibility rules, what's in the bill from an antitrust perspective is to allow schools to have greater power in negotiations over TV contracts. Every single college football program could bind together and use their total leverage to get contracts from networks or streaming services. There's language in the bill that says if they negotiate that way, they have to have at least 1 local market where people get the game for free. In Texas there are 20 different local TV markets. So 1 would get it for free and they would sell the rights in the other 19 TV markets in Texas to Amazon, Netflix, etc. Says it will greatly increase their bargaining power for TV rights mostly at expense for fans having to pay more to watch games. He says this legislation would be the first step to Congress micromanaging college sports. There is a decent amount of political commentary in the interview so I'm not linking it here, but it's easy enough to find with the information in this post for those interested in a long form interview. It lasts about 30 minutes.

JMO but I am pretty familiar with both schools and there's some pretty big structural differences between the IU and Maryland jobs. The big one being that Maryland's campus is within 30 minutes of like 8 different pro teams in a bunch of different sports. A Maryland football home game isn't drawing a bunch of local fans when they're competing with the Ravens and Commanders right there. Another important one is the competitive recruiting ground it's in. The entire east coast raids the DMV for talent and Maryland, even when they've been at their best historically, doesn't tend to stand out to the best local players. Lastly, the internal politics with UA seem really stinky and limiting. They don't have the same grassroots appeal as IU (largest alumni network in the U.S.) or the same level of engagement / investment from their deep pocketed alumni. Not to say Maryland doesn't have some good stuff going for it or that they can't have sports success... they have had it before. I just don't think the job has the same ceiling as the IU job in football specifically.

I occasionally have to drive directly by the Rutgers football stadium on my way to work. There are a bunch of pole banners with the block R logo across the street from the front entrance. At the start of the school year, somebody had flipped all the pole banners upside down and one of the houses down the street had a spray painted sign hanging out of their window that said: "RU IN DISTRESS End the football program!" If I weren't driving I would've snapped a pic. The pole banners were all fixed before the UMass game lol. Too bad Rutgers and Purdue don't play this year, they may have found a way for both teams to lose.

12 days til Butler scrimmage (day after football plays Nebraska) 19 days til UNC scrimmage (day after football plays Ohio St.)

Looks like Julian Lewis is losing his starting spot at Colorado

These are good questions but I am not a lawyer so can't give very nuanced answers. My understanding is that the CBA would require players to be part of a union, which would mean the athletes have to be A) employees of some entity B) organize themselves, which is logistically difficult with so many schools and big rosters. They can't really be employees of the Universities because it would be prohibitively expensive and could open the floodgates for other groups like TAs/RAs/campus service workers to sue the university claiming they are employees and as such require things like healthcare benefits, etc. I am simplifying a lot here. If you're really curious, it's worth doing some research on. A quick Google search tells me these athletes currently have their revenue share income (direct from the school) treated as independent contractor income, not W-2.

It's worth googling for the full picture. The TLDR is basically implementing 5 for 5 with a 1 time penalty free transfer among many other important provisions. 5% cap on agent fees, which is the best part IMO. Also some longer term academic (10 years assistance) and healthcare (5 years assistance) support resources. Some measures to make it harder for there to be backdoor NIL payments above the cap, which is sort of the primary point of contention with the bill. The NCAA, being a monopoly, would fail to make a bunch of rules because of antitrust laws (why we see so many lawsuits now). Normally there would be an exemption like how pro sports work and there would be collective bargaining. But for there to be a CBA, players would need to be employees and that's logistically not viable for a myriad of reasons. If the bill passes, they would not be considered employees and wouldn't be able to sue, unionize, etc. Direct payments would be hard capped at $50M annually. That'd be a 22% base revenue share. Leaving plenty of profit for the hangers on of the sport and partners like ESPN. Very different split from the pro leagues that CFB and CBB feed into as developmental leagues. Our development system is much different than the rest of the world, so the NCAA sometimes sounds incoherent because of their ideals of "amateurism" (not a real legal concept) and not counting grown up Euro basketball players as pros, for example. IMO no solution will make everyone happy. I tend to agree with skepticism about intervention from Congress making things appreciably better here. My hot take is that this bill passing + continued CTE research would lead to a significant decline in the amount of kids choosing to play football over a long time horizon. Lastly, important to note that it needs to pass the House which is a much different animal than the Senate. The House is also in recess until after the midterm elections in November, so IMO it's unlikely this passes in general. But it may have a shot in the lame duck session before the new Congress is sworn in. The bill will expire on Jan 3 2027 if it's not signed into law before then.

This organization deserves to burn and have something new fill its place

Thanks for posting. I assume this doesn't include players who participated in the Summer League like Sam Alexis. So over the constant eligibility news cycle

Hopefully Turbo sits out Rutgers and comes back even if only for a few snaps against Nebraska and OSU. Would be nice for someone behind Beebe to step up this week.

This past week was weird with the game being on a Friday and the odd start to the game. Braun is a good coach, NW is much better than Rutgers. I honestly think this game is smooth cruising for a big W. Good opportunity coming off a hard fought Big Ten win to prepare for Nebraska and then OSU.

I think that's a troll tweet

Cig has a serious eye for detail and IUFB is sort of his creation at the end of the day (those are his words). The fanbase definitely is spoiled by virtue of the fact we had a perfect season, natty, Heisman winner in his second year here. That is an impossible standard to sustain year over year. We also don't really know how to win as a fanbase because we haven't had a consistent winner in football or basketball for so long IMO. Some of that he can address with the AD by making improvements to the game day experience, which it looks like is a work in progress but way ahead of where it's been historically. I also think there's a degree of him having to coach the fanbase too on how to be part of a winning culture. There are loud outliers online (people tweeting negative things at players / complaining about winning 38-0) and in person (random obnoxious people who don't know how to act, which every school has). Schools with really strong winning cultures kind of self-police that, in person at least. I don't doubt random booing of Hoover gets noticed even if it's not loud. Or that some players families may hear stuff they find offensive and that gets noticed too. It doesn't surprise me that Cig and staff pay attention to narratives around the program and get kind of miffed by A) our press corps, who just kinda suck B) some of the ridiculous stuff people come up with, especially after his immediate success. Doesn't bother me when Cig has comments about the fans or sounds annoyed, even if it's a small portion of the overall fanbase. Some of it I think is more about sending a message to his own players and some of it I think is coaching that fans have to be open to receiving (EX: he referenced how the fans still have the championship hangover)

There have been worse late hits, but the attitude / celebrations while Moore was twitching on the ground makes it more atrocious IMO. #8 was doing angel wings on the sidelines like 20 seconds later.

You'll see clips on the internet soon I'm sure. Moore was sliding, clearly defenseless, and #8 on USC put a shoulder into him. Moore immediately fenced up like Tua and has been on the ground for a while. Going to get carted off. Lot of pushing and shoving after the fact. Oregon players have every right to push USC's sh!t in the rest of the game whenever they can.

That was as dirty a play as I've seen in a while, damn. Actually makes my stomach churn. The shoving is warranted for sure. #8 is a POS.

Wisconsin upsets PSU

Sumrall seems to be the real deal

Really hope USC beats Oregon tonight

Us 49 them 14

Northwestern is underrated. Concerned about our injuries. The rest can be solved / improved as the year goes on. Get right game against Rutgers next week.

Tre White is coming back to Kansas

Crowd sounds great on TV.

Let the rout begin

I get it but the inconsistency is still frustrating as a fan