ST3

September 12th, 2019 at 3:53 PM ^

I commented in the other thread before reading any articles about it and got my ass handed to me by StephenJr.Viking. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the California legislature, that bastion of moderation (hey, no politics!) decided to pull their version of NCAA-Brexit. (Would that be NCAAxit?)

I can see giving money for video games and jersey sales, but they intend to legalize charging for autographs and doing advertising. It's going to be the wild wild west. Chaos uber alles.

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Mr Miggle

September 12th, 2019 at 6:49 PM ^

So what happens next? Are we really expected some orderly process involving state legislatures around the country?

Things I see happening. 

After California makes their law effective come 2023, a few states will pass similar laws. Then some state legislature will say screw it and pass a law that goes into effect immediately. 

Some state legislators will look at data like in that Forbes article about the profits in college football. They'll propose a revenue sharing setup for players for the money making programs in their state, at least in those schools that take state money. Let's say that passes in Connecticut. Their football program may be in the red, but not basketball. It would give them a tremendous advantage in recruiting. And that advantage would come relatively cheaply when compared to many other states.

I'm not arguing for whether these things are good or bad. I am suggesting it's going to be very messy and it's hard to foresee how it will all work out. That's true even if the process does go smoothly. I'm not comfortable with the idea that one state cat set the rules for everyone and that's what we might well see.

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CoverZero

September 12th, 2019 at 3:58 PM ^

Its CA.  They want the athletes to "profit" so that they can tax the hell out of them, and then appropriate the tax revenues towards immigrant programs such as free health insurance for illegals, all they while ignoring the horrible homeless tents in the streets homeless issue which those same politicians have created here.

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ST3

September 12th, 2019 at 6:39 PM ^

Policies that restrict housing development would be the first place I'd start. It's a simple economic supply-and-demand issue. Supply is being held down "...cities that aren’t allowing new construction..."

That's a quote from LA's mayor. NIMBYism has run amok in California.

I, like XM, have no idea why the demand is surging. Who would want to live through plague season, typhus season, earthquake season, and traffic season?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/us/los-angeles-homeless-population.html

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Maize and Blue…

September 12th, 2019 at 5:50 PM ^

Some people just have no clue.  If I was homeless I would be making my way to California because of the weather.  There is no place like it, but go ahead and blame it on the politicians.  If it wasn't for the taxes California pays Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi and other states won't be able to exist as they siphon money from the federal government.  You know those less educated, poor states that couldn't exist on their own.

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