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Dartmouth players ruled employees. Can unionize to negotiate travel, practice, etc. Expected to be appealed. Beginning of the end.
They're heroes in their own mind, the hubris is stunning.Dartmouth is 1-5 in the Ivy League and 5-14 overall. If they're employees, fire the lot of them right now. Kind of pathetic that one of the worst teams in D1 will be the catalyst that ruins everything for everyone.
Disagree, this ruling will likely make college sports look more similar to what they were 10-15 years ago. Unionizing and collective bargaining will eliminate a lot of the issues with transfers and NILDartmouth is 1-5 in the Ivy League and 5-14 overall. If they're employees, fire the lot of them right now. Kind of pathetic that one of the worst teams in D1 will be the catalyst that ruins everything for everyone.
I'd argue their job isn't to entertain, it's to make money any way possible. Entertainment is just another route above and beyond collecting tuitionI used to think colleges' jobs were to educate. How wrong I was!
Now, colleges' jobs are to entertain.
After all, what's more important, entertainment or education?
It will be the end of non-revenue sports. The same people pushing for this will be crying if/when that happens.I’m not sure what all the consequences are but one thing I’d certainly expect is some college athletes on programs like say, the Dartmouth basketball team, will find out just how little value they have to the institution.
You guys are cheering nil and the unlimited portal, which I would argue had a much larger negative impact on college sports. The unregulated portal in particular. But suddenly the next logical step, making players employees, which would actually establish some less arbitrary standards, is a bad thing because it was brought about by players on a “bad” team? NIL opened the barn door. The portal opened the floodgates. Now comes the flood.They're heroes in their own mind, the hubris is stunning.
It will be the end of non-revenue sports. The same people pushing for this will be crying if/when that happens.
I've never cheered those things but keep doing what you do.You guys are cheering nil and the unlimited portal, which I would argue had a much larger negative impact on college sports. The unregulated portal in particular. But suddenly the next logical step, making players employees, which would actually establish some less arbitrary standards, is a bad thing because it was brought about by players on a “bad” team? NIL opened the barn door. The portal opened the floodgates. Now comes the flood.
If you're fine with only football and basketball being played at the scholarhip level then good on you. There's going to be a lot of people freaking out when all the other scholarship sports are cut and thousands of kids who would be getting free college are no longer getting it.Non-revenue sports will be exposed for the money sucking leeches they are and return to local/regional competitions between college students who will get "real jobs" after they're done with college.
Part of the problem with college athletics was trying to put everything from coaches, facilities and everything else for all sports all on equal footing.
Most college sports should be local and only travel should be for conference championship and national championships.
Yeah, this was the thing with the grad students unions in CA. The thing is, there was abuse, but this is over reaction that doesn’t solve the problem. Also UAW leadership has student’s welfare foremost in mind when organizing?I used to think colleges' jobs were to educate. How wrong I was!
Now, colleges' jobs are to entertain.
After all, what's more important, entertainment or education?
Vast majority of non revenue scholarships are already institutionally backed. Why would that change? For a lot of schools, non revenue sports are enrollment drivers, they are not suddenly going to stop supporting them.If you're fine with only football and basketball being played at the scholarhip level then good on you. There's going to be a lot of people freaking out when all the other scholarship sports are cut and thousands of kids who would be getting free college are no longer getting it.
Hi Dean Reddy! Didn’t know you posted here. And yes, my dean and chancellor just about say this at every faculty & staff meetingI'd argue their job isn't to entertain, it's to make money any way possible. Entertainment is just another route above and beyond collecting tuition