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Message: [QUOTE="NKR1978, post: 1006842, member: 186"] I think the great thing about this is the uncertainty. You're right - one star making $200,000 in marketing money while a bench player or starter with fewer accolades gets nothing will cause problems, but the idea that problems might occur within the team does not negate the fact that right now these athletes are not allowed to profit off their own celebrity. Is there any other class of people in the world that cannot make money off of their own likeness in the way that these athletes can't? Gordon Gee said that the BTN will make more money than God. The ACC will hopefully start a network that will get us in the neighborhood of God. At this point, the athletic departments are clearly in the business of making profits. The notion that the athletes with their forced practice time, forced workouts, study halls, meals, etc. don't meet the statutory definition of employee is just wrong. I don't know if the athletes have considered the unintended consequences, namely taxes. If they're employees and unionize I would imagine everything they receive could theoretically be taxable. But I like the idea of schools being forced to honor scholarships so long as they are maintaining their academics, I like the idea of lifetime medical coverage for injuries suffered on behalf of their university and I like the idea of full cost of attendance scholarships. Everything else can be bargained for, and if the private schools are able to come to something that works, we will be at a great advantage until the public schools follow suit. Not to get into politics, but given the nature of their state governments, this could hurt the SEC and other schools from conservative states. Those state governments will have a hard time swallowing the notion of creating a public employee union when they're currently trying to crush those unions. Again, call me crazy, but this could be awesome from our perspective. [/QUOTE]

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