How WIll the NCAA Enforce New Compensation and NIL Rules?

[FloridaCuse]

Group of 10 athletic directors in charge of enforcing new rules under college sports lawsuit

Ten athletic directors are taking on the biggest lift in college sports, figuring out how to enforce new rules that will come into play when terms of the landmark lawsuit settlement reconfiguring their industry go into effect this summer.

apnews.com

The Group is tasked with coming up with rules and mechanism to enforce the $20.5 million cap on athlete compensation and the ensuring that the future NIL payments are legitimate and not pay-for-play. IF the House Case Settlement is approved by the judge in April, the new system and these compliance rules will take effect on July 1.

As the article states: "Among the group’s toughest chores will be finding appropriate sanctions for those who violate the rules."

 

[kcsu]

It is a step in the right direction.

 

[cuse62]

They will only enforce the rules on teams that are not in the top of the sec and the big whatever number

 

[BomberOrange]

They will only enforce the rules on teams that are not in the top of the sec and the big whatever number

There are only three ADs from the sec/big (for now) so I am not so sure that they’ll be able to throw their weight around.

 

[FloridaCuse]

An earlier article on February 6th by Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports on this subject.

Monumental shift: Power conferences, not NCAA, to control policing athlete compensation

A committee of power conference administrators took significant steps this week toward the creation of a new entity that will govern the evolving professionalized aspects of college sports.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[baggerbob]

They will only enforce the rules on teams that are not in the top of the sec and the big whatever number

The courts have already ruled that they can't make rules that are different then the states have already made. And unless the federal government steps in the court ruling will stand no matter what that judge says.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

The courts have already ruled that they can't make rules that are different then the states have already made. And unless the federal government steps in the court ruling will stand no matter what that judge says.

Congress will need to pass preemptive legislation codifying the settlement.

 

[baggerbob]

Congress will need to pass preemptive legislation codifying the settlement.

Getting them to pass anything that takes away states rights isn't going to happen.

 

[kcsu]

Getting them to pass anything that takes away states rights isn't going to happen.

The leagues themselves need to step up