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CTFAN4LIFE said:
This is getting weirder by the day - an employee paying other "employees".
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I may be missing a post. nevertheless, it is possible for one to be both an employee and a contractor. not sure if that applies to your comment.
 
Kolumbo said:
I may be missing a post. nevertheless, it is possible for one to be both an employee and a contractor. not sure if that applies to your comment.
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I see the coach as an employee and the athletes as quasi employees or true employees in the future (that's why I put the reference to players being employees in quotes)... Regardless, this LSU scenario sure is raising a lot of eyebrows, questions and concerns.
 
CTFAN4LIFE said:
I see the coach as an employee and the athletes as quasi employees or true employees in the future (that's why I put the reference to players being employees in quotes)... Regardless, this LSU scenario sure is raising a lot of eyebrows, questions and concerns.
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They can't be considered employees when there's so much more involved here. They're part of a university that has so many different categories of workers.
 
upstater said:
They can't be considered employees when there's so much more involved here. They're part of a university that has so many different categories of workers.
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Whether considered employees technically or not, they will likely be something extremely close to it in the fairly near future. Perhaps some sort of union-like situation with collective bargaining. It's moving that way with these decided and looming court cases.
 
CTFAN4LIFE said:
Whether considered employees technically or not, they will likely be something extremely close to it in the fairly near future. Perhaps some sort of union-like situation with collective bargaining. It's moving that way with these decided and looming court cases.
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I was actually referring to the courts. There are a lot of carve outs at universities in labor law and even with taxes.

If college ball were truly run as a business the profit split would be totally different.
 
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CTFAN4LIFE said:
I see the coach as an employee and the athletes as quasi employees or true employees in the future (that's why I put the reference to players being employees in quotes)... Regardless, this LSU scenario sure is raising a lot of eyebrows, questions and concerns.
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Got it. That's really no different than any organization, especially pro sports where the athletes make more than the coaches. Everyone is an employee and the coach is in management.
upstater said:
They can't be considered employees when there's so much more involved here. They're part of a university that has so many different categories of workers.
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There are far more complicated arrangements in the corporate world. Agreed there is a lot to shake out here, but whether they end up being employees, contractors, full time, part time, they'll figure out a way to get paid.
 
Kolumbo said:
Got it. That's really no different than any organization, especially pro sports where the athletes make more than the coaches. Everyone is an employee and the coach is in management.

There are far more complicated arrangements in the corporate world. Agreed there is a lot to shake out here, but whether they end up being employees, contractors, full time, part time, they'll figure out a way to get paid.
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It's the below minimum wage thing that is allowed on campus. Not sure about the corporate world for that. But many workers are also exempt from taxes.
 
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jostar1 said:
Gotta get the car wash going again:

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There are chapters of our CR odyssey where I look at it and just say, wtf. The Car Wash was a prime example of this. The obsession with specific realignment experts like "The Dude" and Frank the Tank is another. Someone needs to write a book on this. However, right now it's a sad story to tell.
 
UCFBfan said:
There are chapters of our CR odyssey where I look at it and just say, wtf. The Car Wash was a prime example of this. The obsession with specific realignment experts like "The Dude" and Frank the Tank is another. Someone needs to write a book on this. However, right now it's a sad story to tell.
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As I recollect, the whole car wash thing was originally parody that ended up getting taken seriously by some on the board. After a while, the poster pivoted and started making up faux serious predictions and eventually flamed out. I suspect that most on the board "were in on the joke" and just went along with it because it was a funny running bit for a while.
 
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CL82 said:
As I recollect, the whole car wash thing was originally parody that ended up getting taken seriously by some on the board. After a while, the poster pivoted and started making up faux serious predictions and eventually flamed out. I suspect that most on the board "were in on the joke" and just went along with it because it was a funny running bit for a while.
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Yeah I can't remember exactly how it started. I remember it getting more and more ludicrous as it went on. I also remember some people taking it very seriously while others ran with the joke. I did appreciate it's absurdity and it's place in the history of this CR board.
 
jostar1 said:
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This lost whatever sliver of info this person had when they made it seem the ACC was the conference looking. Hell needs to freeze before they take us in CR
 
jostar1 said:
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The addition of UConn and Notre Dame is still the most logical move that The B1G could pull off IMO. It won't happen because of Domer Exceptionalism, but on paper it makes too much sense. The addition of ND would likely raise the overall share value for all members of the conference including The Irish upon their joining. UConn could be on a graduated revenue plan like RU and UMD initially were on and then ramp up as the conference has its next window of rights negotiations.

The addition of Husky M/W basketball, hockey, and yes even football would add value to the conference based on the quality of the programs and the increased exposure of the conference to the market. UConn and ND are currently the two most "available" programs from a contractual standpoint as well. Again, nothing happens because of ND, but damn it, it just works so well. Total domination of the Pacific Coast, Midwest, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic Regions. In the early 2030's you work on peeling UNC and UVA or UNC and GT away from The ACC and close up shop.
 
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UCFBfan said:
This lost whatever sliver of info this person had when they made it seem the ACC was the conference looking. Hell needs to freeze before they take us in CR
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Yeah he mentioned tv audience pull in the northeast too. Like Boston is going to watch college football
 
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CL82 said:
As I recollect, the whole car wash thing was originally parody that ended up getting taken seriously by some on the board. After a while, the poster pivoted and started making up faux serious predictions and eventually flamed out. I suspect that most on the board "were in on the joke" and just went along with it because it was a funny running bit for a while.
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You mean the car wash isn’t real ?
 
Ldandy said:
The addition of UConn and Notre Dame is still the most logical move that The B1G could pull off IMO. It won't happen because of Domer Exceptionalism, but on paper it makes too much sense. The addition of ND would likely raise the overall share value for all members of the conference including The Irish upon their joining. UConn could be on a graduated revenue plan like RU and UMD initially were on and then ramp up as the conference has its next window of rights negotiations.

The addition of Husky M/W basketball, hockey, and yes even football would add value to the conference based on the quality of the programs and the increased exposure of the conference to the market. UConn and ND are currently the two most "available" programs from a contractual standpoint as well. Again, nothing happens because of ND, but damn it, it just works so well. Total domination of the Pacific Coast, Midwest, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic Regions. In the early 2030's you work on peeling UNC and UVA or UNC and GT away from The ACC and close up shop.
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Who on our side is bribing who for AAU acceptance?
 
LBird33 said:
You mean the car wash isn’t real ?
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In this season of Hope, who is to say what is it isn't real?

(Go back and reread the thread and come to your own conclusions.)
 
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UConnTrumbull said:
lol this can be interpreted in a million ways…
No BIG = No Big Ten or Big 12
By all ACCounts = No ACC or Yes ACC
Means nothing
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Wait, are you trying to say that cryptic Twitter posts from a guy who's handle is "uncle UConn" don't have any impact whatsoever on our conference realignment prospects?

Shocked GIF by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
 
UCFBfan said:
Yeah I can't remember exactly how it started. I remember it getting more and more ludicrous as it went on. I also remember some people taking it very seriously while others ran with the joke. I did appreciate it's absurdity and it's place in the history of this CR board.
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The. Car Wash thing was a poster who ran into a friend who I believe was a Wake or NCS booster at a car wash . The booster confided in him he heard. a rumor that UConn to the ACC was a done deal. So it was speculation from a ACC booster ( of unknown influence ) passing on a rumor. .
 
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