Don't know yet but I'm watching closely. ;-)
I know you to be a wise man so let me know. Also. let me know if girl soccer players will get a pay day as well. This is going to be interesting.
If players are able to unionize and be represented by agents they will be W2 in a heartbeat.
www.ncpanow.org
It looks like they have a lot of good ideas, especially if you are a college football or basketball player. All negative-revenue sports (and their players) will likely suffer. That includes every college soccer program, male or female.Here’s one of the union groups fighting to be the representative for all players. Check out the list of issues they’re looking to address.
I realize that some are instantly against Unions. But I urge you to read through the link below it might change your mind.
NCPA | About Us
The NCPA is dedicated to protecting future, current, and former college athletes with education, empowerment, and by meeting with lawmakers at all levels in support of college athletes' rights.
I'm on the "We're going to regret doing this" team.
I believe colleges shouldn't be involved with sports in the first place. However if they are involved colleges should be training and developing players so that they can play the sport professionally. With Football this is happening. With Soccer this is definitely not happening on the men's side and happening less and less on the women's side.
It all depends on how Title IX gets interpreted once colleges are paying players. Say a college gets 2 million in revenue from playing in a league to pay the players. Does this get split 50/50 between male and female players? If the answer is yes females are about to make $$$ playing Basketball, Softball, or Soccer because these are the primary female sports colleges use offset male only Football.
Basketball balances basketball, softball balances baseball, and soccer balances soccer for the most part (women's soccer teams get about 50% more scholarship-equivalents than men's teams, I'm not sure about the other the other sports). Better examples of balancing sports would be field hockey, crew, and bowling.
That's a fair assessment. However I could see colleges dumping men's soccer programs because they're not revenue generating + using the women's players to balance out football. This is because men's college soccer is a dead end for talent. Why continue to invest in something that doesn't generate revenue and doesn't prepare players for playing professionally.
College football has the most scholarships allowed of any NCAA sport and thus presents the biggest problem to ADs and college Presidents. Ironically, it was an attempt to create balance among colleges concerning college football recruiting that led to the formation of the NCAA in the first place.
Yes, all non-revenue generating sports are going to be looked at closely, especially at non-power 5 schools. For a lot of schools that don't generate ANY revenue on sports, they will have to consider leaving D1. So, likely result is less overall opportunity at the D1 level
College is way over priced these days. MOO, college should be a place to learn a trade or become a doctor. The pressure on these young atheletes is too much. Big changes coming....
Well, it hasn't been very long that American players, even males, could make a living playing professionally. Women still can't. We agree there. Colleges are supposed to be preparing athletes for life and a professional career. That's why they declare a major.
The MLS draft pulls players from college. Not a large percentage but how many college basketball players end up in the NBA? Seems like the 1-and-dones from Duke and Carolina... a few others. How many college baseball players go beyond the bus leagues? For that matter, how many college football rosters send players to the NFL?
The only sports that I see generating surplus revenue are football, men's basketball, and men's ice hockey in a few schools. The rest of the sports are attractions for new students and fodder for alumni donations.
