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[–] Hyper_red@hexbear.net 30 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

I live in Europe now, but all my academic friends from back in the states where I'm from fucking hates working for football schools once nil started

They started getting budget cuts and shit instantly

A lot of American schools are going to be killed by private equity trying to turn college football into the NFL

[–] KhanCipher@hexbear.net 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

once nil started

The only difference between before and after nil, is that after nil the money is openly going to the players, where before it's known that some players were getting paid under the table. Not like directly handing them cash (though that did happen), but like they'll get a new car, their family's financial situation is given much needed relief, that sort of thing.

Well, and that I guess the amount being thrown around was likely a lot less back then so that the NCAA wouldn't be too attentive to it.

But really, it was a public secret that all the under the table paying the players was happening before nil came around and made it all get put out in the open.

[–] Hyper_red@hexbear.net 2 points 56 minutes ago

Money was thrown around before,

But the amount thrown around now is in another stratosphere.

All the journalism I've seen in the matter is that schools are entering and arms raise where they're getting billionaire donors and using student money to fund a arms raise of rapidly increasing nil contracts.

It kinda looks like a bubble as schools race to overpay go get records and into the playoffs to get into the SEC or big 10 so they can get TV deals and survive the eventual super conference that will be formed

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I did a post-doc at one of the schools that's supposed to be both a really good school and a really good football school, and yeah I can confirm that it fucking sucks to work there. Even at an R1, sports comes first for basically all admins (and many students).

[–] Hyper_red@hexbear.net 6 points 13 hours ago

I left my previous American university and fled to Europe once history was beginning to be cut and because I'm trans I predicted all this shit happening

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 15 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

NFL but the athletes don't get paid.

[–] Hyper_red@hexbear.net 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

No they get paid now

Millions

It's why for instance jmu needs to keep increasing their "athletics fee"

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 9 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

No they get paid now

Millions

Amerikkkans have no middle ground between basically slavery and this. jesus-christ

[–] Hyper_red@hexbear.net 8 points 14 hours ago

This is the economy

But the reality is these kids should have been getting paid before

None of the issues arise from kids getting paid

It's more so starts in the late 80s when the university of Oklahoma sued the NCAA In supreme court case over university athletics broadcast rights

OU won and since then athletic conferences have been condensing and forming into super leagues trying to rival the NFL