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re: It's impossible to build depth like this

Posted by TXLSUCHE on 1/8/26 at 3:06 pm to 304tiger

Maybe college should just go to the 53 player roster size like the NFL.

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re: Everyone is overlooking most important aspect of solving this NIL / transfer portal issue

Posted by TXLSUCHE on 1/8/26 at 12:44 pm to Oilfieldbiology

In researching some more, it looks like the wheels are already in motion for the federal government to get involved. In addition to the SCORE Act, I didn't realize Trump had issued the following EO:

“Saving College Sports”

Recently, the executive branch also entered the NIL realm as President Trump signed an executive order, titled “Saving College Sports,” recommending how NIL should be handled and directing government agencies to become involved. Signed on July 24, 2025, the executive order calls for the prohibition of third party, pay-for-play arrangements but permits legitimate, fair market value compensation provided by a third party to an athlete for deals such as brand endorsements. Additionally, the executive order directs the Secretary of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board to clarify the question of student-athletes as employees. The executive order also calls for the involvement of the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission, directing them to act regarding antitrust and other legal challenges. Further, to address the post-House Settlement concerns that schools will funnel resources away from women’s and Olympic sports to higher revenue sports like football or basketball, the executive order calls for the preservation and expansion of competition and scholarship opportunities in non-revenue sports. To do so, the executive order sets benchmarks based on the amount of revenue generated by athletic departments and directs the Department of Education to use the disbursement of federal funds, Title IX enforcement, and interstate commerce laws to influence schools. The executive order also provides that revenue-sharing be implemented in a way that protects women’s and non-revenue sports.

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re: Everyone is overlooking most important aspect of solving this NIL / transfer portal issue

Posted by TXLSUCHE on 1/8/26 at 10:58 am to JiminyCricket

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I don't want the federal government to have the right to cap or limit the income potential of legal adults just like I don't want the feds to limit what a plumber or electrician can charge for their services in a free market.

I wasn't suggesting the government gets to cap or limit income in any way. The "market" would dictate that. I'm more or less just referring to establishing guidelines, rules, etc.

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re: Everyone is overlooking most important aspect of solving this NIL / transfer portal issue

Posted by TXLSUCHE on 1/8/26 at 10:51 am to 777Tiger

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the NFL operates in violation of anti-trust /monopoly laws that other normal businesses are subject to

I don't necessarily disagree, but even if there were 10 professional football leagues with 10 player's unions, that is still far fewer variables to solve/control.

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Everyone is overlooking most important aspect of solving this NIL / transfer portal issue

Posted by TXLSUCHE on 1/8/26 at 10:27 am

It can't be "professional" like the NFL. There are too many "degrees of freedom" right now to solve it. The NFL is only two parties or degrees of freedom (NFL & the player's union). College football is 50 independent states with varying laws x 1000's of legislature representatives that make the laws x public & private universities x conferences.

The closest thing we "had" to governing all of these degrees of freedom was the NCAA and we've spent the last decade + tearing their power down. The only option I see to fill the void is a federal agency stepping in that can institute guidelines on a national level like the Dept of Commerce since technically transactions, games between colleges, etc. are occurring across state lines giving them jurisdiction. I'm not an expert in the government agency jurisdictions, so maybe Dept of Labor or some other agency is the more appropriate choice.

The federal government getting involve isn't necessarily what I want to see happen but I don't see how else you can get EVERYONE aligned and following the same set of rules on any sort of reasonable timeline.

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