An executive order on unfairness of NIL ?

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11:36a, 5/3/25

From the NYT:

"President Trump is considering an executive order to examine payments made to college athletes and whether they have created an unfair system, two people briefed on the matter said Friday.
Mr. Trump's focus on the issue which he's talked about in the past, one of the people briefed on the matter noted was renewed after he spoke with Nick Saban, the famed former University of Alabama football coach, backstage at an event Thursday night in Tuscaloosa, where Mr. Trump delivered an address to graduates.
The Wall Street Journal first reported on Mr. Trump's consideration. The two people who were briefed on it were not authorized to speak publicly.
The executive order would address newly expanded opportunities for student-athletes to monetize their athletic careers. Last year, the N.C.A.A., the organization that governs much of college sports, agreed to settle a class-action antitrust lawsuit that had accused it and its member schools of exploiting student-athletes while hoarding the profits of the lucrative college sports industry."

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In reply to Bobodeluxe • 2:45p, 5/3/25

Bobodeluxe said:
From the NYT:

"President Trump is considering an executive order to examine payments made to college athletes and whether they have created an unfair system, two people briefed on the matter said Friday.
Mr. Trump's focus on the issue which he's talked about in the past, one of the people briefed on the matter noted was renewed after he spoke with Nick Saban, the famed former University of Alabama football coach, backstage at an event Thursday night in Tuscaloosa, where Mr. Trump delivered an address to graduates.
The Wall Street Journal first reported on Mr. Trump's consideration. The two people who were briefed on it were not authorized to speak publicly.
The executive order would address newly expanded opportunities for student-athletes to monetize their athletic careers. Last year, the N.C.A.A., the organization that governs much of college sports, agreed to settle a class-action antitrust lawsuit that had accused it and its member schools of exploiting student-athletes while hoarding the profits of the lucrative college sports industry."

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That would be a step in the right direction, but no doubt any action by the President would face a legal challenge. Something needs to be done, as the current system is not sustaInable.

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4:16p, 5/3/25

Saban is such a not great spokesperson. It may be nothing more complicated than Alabama being a poor state but they have lost the advantage they used to have. Meanwhile Saban has made probably in excess of 200 million in compensation.

I don't know how this gets fixed other than a superleague of about 30 schools that can afford an employee model with a collective bargaining agreement.