NCAA Petitions Supreme Court to Stop College Athletes From Receiving Expanded Education Related Benefits
The NCAA filed a petition Wednesday morning that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to press pause on allowing college athletes to receive an expanded number of education-related benefits.
In March 2019, a federal judge ruled that the NCAA's restrictions on what schools can provide to student-athletes violate antitrust laws. As part of that ruling, Judge Claudia Wilken ordered that schools should be allowed to provide an unlimited number of benefits to college athletes as long as those benefits are related to education. The NCAA appealed that decision in circuit court and lost earlier this year. Wednesday's filing indicates that the NCAA intends to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court as well.
These pathetic greedy fucks. I truly hope the athletes unionize and bring this whole thing down.
Agreed. Leave that shit organization in the dust and start anew.
Kill them all. Drag out the suits and burn it down.
Can you drag an empty suit?
Might need to use Dave Brendan as a test dummy.
As the P5 teams edge ever closer to breaking from the NCAA for football, the NCAA appears to be intent on speeding up the process. Wow
So, what does this mean for current student athletes?
Nothing yet. The NCAA is starting the appeal process with the Supreme Court. It's going to be a while before we see any decision made.
Hopefully the Supreme Court tells them to eat a bag of dicks.
An entire bag of dicks seems excessive.
If it's an entire bag, they should at least be afforded some dipping sauce
That would be an impermissible benefit, sauce would make it a meal.
Yet, you are able to send an entire bag, anonymously, through Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GKEUY1Y/?tag=097-20&ascsubtag=v7_1_3_2pt_23bt_420_x01_-srt-
now they’re sold out, but at least now you can’t get a singing Bag of dicks.
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Almost like naughty M&Ms, really.
I would think a conservative majority on the supreme court would support the NCAA on this issue.
FWIW as someone who pays attention to this stuff: on traditionally political topics (voting rights, 4th amendment / police stuff, war powers, abortion, religion, ACA) the Court splits cleanly and predictably along political lines.
On topics that are "apolitical" (a very risky definition) -- think copyright, patent, civil procedure -- the court doesn't necessarily split in that way and actually tends to do a usually very good job. My hunch is that "is the NCAA an antitrust cartel" leans apolitical, especially because none of the Justices went to a real CFB power. (Breyer went to Stanford, the rest went to an Ivy except for Thomas, who went to Holy Cross.)
Seems to me that the court generally falls in line with whatever it is that business wants. Note that I do not claim to be an ardent 'follower' of all things SCOTUS. However, since Roberts became Chief Wiggums, the Court has been universally one-sided in its dealings with 'apolotical' business cases. The result has been the most big-business friendly Court in history - to the very much declining benefit of civil liberties and political representation.
I seriously doubt that the SCOTUS will even hear this case, believe it'll let the Circuit decision stand.
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Fuck the NCAA.
burn the whole motherfucker to the ground
I'm shocked.
It is 2020. It amazes me that the NCAA still holds all of the power.
Perception of power
This is one time that I want the Roberts Court to buck its pattern of narrowly-scoped rulings and just find that the entirety of the NCAA needs to be thrown on the ash heap of history.
The best result is if they can break out their rubber stamp engraved with an image of Roberts rolling his eyes when denying to hear it.
Since it's not another opportunity for him to gut the VRA, I'm sure he'll do everything he can to not hear this so as to keep his docket clear for the next chance to disenfranchise some Black folks.
Is there anything left of the VRA to gut?
I'd say they're picking a hill to die on, but it's more like a swamp or a landfill.
Great look. Well timed. Putting the students' education and welfare first. Bravo
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No entiendo lo at all. That's a lot hubris right there !
At quick glace i read "no nintendo allowed at all."
What counts as an education related expense? What education expenses do college athletes already not receive? books? check. tuition? check. room and board? check. tutors? check. laptops? check.
Can you say a new car is needed to get to class and a big condo for the player and his family is required to study? The article did say "monitary rewards for good grades"...."You went to class today Mr. Fields. Here's $1000"
I'm totally down with athletes getting paid whatever they can get, but this doesn't seem to open much more up.
I am with you on these points you made. The devil is in the details here. It will get into the specifics. I would agree on expanded medical coverage for all student athletes. Some-not all-of these student athletes feel entitled. All of the perks Alabama football has to offer, comes to mind.
Although I am not an expert, there's likely quite a bit of guidance on what is a valid, education-related expense from the 529 plan rules/regs and other similar sources. There may be some medical and health categories that might need to be expanded.
I think the monetary rewards for good grades is where things will get hung up. I agree with the other benefits, but we all know some schools will stretch those limits. If the athletes (who are getting all or most of their education paid for) get rewarded $$$ for grades, then why shouldn't every student? After all, aren't they all there "to play school."
I just think this is the NCAA's effort to prevent the kids from getting paid.
I wonder how many people hating on the NCAA in this thread are the same people touting the NCAA as the best entity to direct health/safety policy for member institutions in another thread. ??
I don't think anybody thinks the NCAA is the best entity to direct health policy, but right now they are the only one that can put basic standards in place. Obviously, they will screw it up, but who else can...
Only to the simple minded are things that simple.
Most people do want that shit organization to be better at literally just about everything, yes. And since it won't the end game is naturally wanting something else to take its place.
What's it like going through life thinking there are only binary choices?
It is going to be impossible for them to face the groups of players in the PAC and the BIG in good faith, as if they ever could. But wow. On the heels of players requesting changes - many good, some seemingly misguided somewhat - for them to make a move like this? I don’t think the NCAA realizes that they are losing this, and they just can’t stop shoveling.
Bit of a thread jack (although somewhat related) - Sarkisian (Bama OC) just got a raise to $2.5M.
People will not bat an eye at Bama's decision to pay him this money (as if they could not find a qualified candidate for $1-$1.5M per year) but oh no, the kids want laptops --- somebody find my fainting couch
I've said it before, I'll say it now and know for a fact I will say it plenty of more times in the future, FUCK THE NCAA!
Burn down the NCAA, start new and what ever else you want to say withholds one very important fact. The NCAA is ran by the schools, which includes the ones that don't make up the top 1%. Schools like Michigan can easily afford this, it won't be a huge competitive advantage and are most likely all for it.
But bagmen are just fine.
This suit is because the NCAA cares so much about the student athletes, right?
This suit actually stems from a 2014 lawsuit, so if you want to see how long the court system in this country takes to get around to something this is a prime example.
Beyond that, it's just...the NCAA is going to lose and for some reason still desperately wants to be on the wrong side of history. I'd actually be a little surprised if SCOTUS picks this case up, but we'll see.
Bama just broke ground on 50 more Earthquake simulators.
The NCAA is out of touch and don't seem to care. This is consistent with their obsessive greed when it comes to sports played by their institutions. They seem incapable of grasping the fact that they've already lost (Covid + BLM + shitting on their labor for, well, more than century) the grip they artificially (and illegally, by labor standards) created on 'their' product. The need serious help, but who in their right mind would offer them any?
August 5th, 2020 at 10:11 PM ^
At this point, the NCAA is a useless dinosaur relic of the past that is still here.
Division 1 (or even just the power 5) needs to break off like what happened with the premiere league back in the early 1990s.
Man fuck the NCAA. The P5 schools need to use this to their advantage and break away from the NCAA.