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    Landscape of college athletics may be changing before our very eyes

    Court rules college athletes could be employees
    https://global.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/40541501/court-ruling-seeks-test-decide-athletes-employees
    A U.S. appeals court, in the latest challenge to the NCAA's long-held notion of amateurism, said a test should be developed to differentiate between students who play college sports for fun and those whose effort "crosses the legal line into work."
    My first BU hoops game was on 12/30/1963. My dad took me to watch the Braves defeat Arizona 67-59. He helped me get Coach Orsborn's autograph before the game.
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    This is a federal ruling that opens the door for every state to decide & legislate differently what it means if scholarship athletes are employees.
    And, could it also mean even academic scholarships would also mean non-athletes are employees - thus under the rule of zillions of workplace laws, withholding, income taxes, limits on hours, requirements for work related injuries, discrimination, racial equity, coffee breaks, etc

    I can’t imagine either the colleges nor the athletes are gonna like where this is going, so get ready for all the whining & lawsuits.

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      Originally posted by yoda View Post
      This is a federal ruling that opens the door for every state to decide & legislate differently what it means if scholarship athletes are employees.
      And, could it also mean even academic scholarships would also mean non-athletes are employees - thus under the rule of zillions of workplace laws, withholding, income taxes, limits on hours, requirements for work related injuries, discrimination, racial equity, coffee breaks, etc

      I can’t imagine either the colleges nor the athletes are gonna like where this is going, so get ready for all the whining & lawsuits.
      I totally agree. I want to tell the money hungry athletes,"be careful what you wish for"

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        Originally posted by bradleyfan124 View Post

        I totally agree. I want to tell the money hungry athletes,"be careful what you wish for"
        The government will always make sure they get their cut. This could cause some major run ins with the IRS.

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          Power 4 conferences to break away from NCAA? - https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...ge-sports/amp/

          The 4 conferences would be the Big Ten, ACC, SEC, and Big 12. They would develop their own governing body, and no longer would be under the NCAA.

          One other interesting ruling...
          Feds: Title IX will apply to college revenue share
          https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/40567726/title-ix-college-athlete-revenue-share-nil
          The U.S. Department of Education said Title IX rules will apply to future revenue dollars payments that schools share with college athletes but declined to offer guidance on how schools should distribute the money between men and women.

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            Interesting but if the money is coming through an outside NIL deal then the college shouldn't be held responsible to make sure it is even.
            There are both men and women making 7+ figure income in college.

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