Supreme Court Favor Athletes in Narrow Ruling on NCAA Rules

[HoosierAloha]

One question before I withdraw.... Why aren't HS kids afforded the same??

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Only a matter of time for certain schools


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[Lebowski]

14 hours ago, IU Scott said:

I see a lot more fans of professional sports being more fans of stat players and not teams

That's cool kind sir.  I guess I'm an old school fan and cheer for the organizations as a whole.  Living in multiple cities during my lifetime I can tell you with certainty that I didn't/don't experience what you are.  I've encountered more water cooler conversations on the team compared to a player's stats.  The occasional no hitter, 5 TDs passing and triple double gets brought up, obviously.  But more times than not it's conversation about where the team is going or how they played or what I experienced at the game, etc. etc.  

[IUCrazy2]

If they are employees then every benefit they receive needs to be monetized and taxed and the IRS will have to be involved in these under the table payments from shoe companies which should (if they are employees) amount to tax evasion.

[Hoosierfan2017]

Out of state IU players get the equivalent of $53k a year with the full COA. That’s the equivalent of $70k pre-tax. They also get a bunch of free gear and free media exposure. Would TJD get more than that on a free market? Yeah probably. (Obviously he’s in-state so not quite the same). But would Logan Duncomb? Probably not. Would a third string offensive lineman on iufb? Probably not. They shouldn’t pay players salaries as that would cause too many issues, but they definitely should let players get paid for their NIL. If a business wants to pay $5k for a commercial, let them.