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Back to Top Bobcatzblitz General User Member Since: 7/21/2010 Post Count: 1,790 Status: Offline     RE: Senate Passes Sweeping College Sports Measure    Posted: 9/30/2026 7:50:28 AM  Economic Jim Crow 2.0 disguised as a solution. This Bill does nothing to protect the Athletes it’s only to limit their earning potential and bargaining leverage. Coaches , Corporations,Colleges and administrators can run up Unlimited BILLIONS in Profits nobody bats an eye and we all know why. Coaches can jump from Job to Job obtaining 100 Million dollar buy outs etc Lavish Gifts, Multiple Wives & Mistresses so let’s not pretend this fixes anything. Back to Top Athens General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,488 Status: Offline     RE: Senate Passes Sweeping College Sports Measure    Posted: 9/30/2026 9:14:39 AM  Going into this there was a revenue sharing cap for schools to pay the players of 21 million and they've added to that another 22.5 million for a retenion and 5 million for Title IX specific revenue sharing. This cap includes booster collectives but excludes true third party marketing deals for the players where there is no cap. The cap on revenue sharing to the players has been more than doubled and is cap is in line with P4 conference revenue distributions. The Big 12 paid out only 39.5 million in conference revenue last year. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans 2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field 2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740 Back to Top OLineGuy74 General User Member Since: 3/10/2026 Post Count: 31 Status: Offline     RE: Senate Passes Sweeping College Sports Measure    Posted: 9/30/2026 9:28:01 AM  It still has to go through the house. The one thing I do like is one free transfer. The whole point of college is to get an education. I don't see how one can obtain an education transferring schools 3, 4 or even 5 times. What no one should want is 5th, 6th and sometimes 7th year players taking roster spots away from 18 year old kids. Back to Top Athens General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,488 Status: Offline     RE: Senate Passes Sweeping College Sports Measure    Posted: 9/30/2026 9:42:17 AM  OLineGuy74 wrote: It still has to go through the house. The one thing I do like is one free transfer. The whole point of college is to get an education. I don't see how one can obtain an education transferring schools 3, 4 or even 5 times. What no one should want is 5th, 6th and sometimes 7th year players taking roster spots away from 18 year old kids. How does that impact the transfer environment at the top programs then? Is it going to be a situation where quality P4 second stringers that don't receive a good retention bonus are going to be enticed to transfer to another P4 program? Its going to be more difficult to poach stars. If the coaching staff is fired players are still free to transfer unlimited and that happens at 20% of the jobs in any given year. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans 2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field 2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740 Back to Top Mike Johnson General User Member Since: 11/11/2004 Location: North Canton, OH Post Count: 1,772 Status: Offline     RE: Senate Passes Sweeping College Sports Measure    Posted: 9/30/2026 9:43:03 AM  OLineGuy74 wrote: It still has to go through the house. The one thing I do like is one free transfer. The whole point of college is to get an education. I don't see how one can obtain an education transferring schools 3, 4 or even 5 times. What no one should want is 5th, 6th and sometimes 7th year players taking roster spots away from 18 year old kids. Questions: When players transfer 2 or more times, what kinds of majors are they pursuing? Are GPAs considered? How many of their credits are transferred? Is there any sort of compliance these days? http://www.facebook.com/mikejohnson.author Back to Top Athens General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Post Count: 5,488 Status: Offline     RE: Senate Passes Sweeping College Sports Measure    Posted: 9/30/2026 10:37:32 AM  Quote: Health And Safety A number provisions in the PCSA protect athletes health and safety, both while in school and after their eligibility. Division I schools would be required to cover out-of-pocket medical costs for athletic injuries or illness, including covering the cost of a second opinion and provision for an end-of-eligibility medical examination. Those institutions would also be required to cover out-of-pocket costs for sports-related injuries or illness for five years after the athlete’s eligibility concludes. The PCSA also mandates safety standards for heat exertion, brain injury, sick cell trait, and asthma, all of which would be overseen by health and safety officers that are independent of the athletic department. Coaches and non-medical personnel would be prevented from second-guessing the decisions of medical personnel on playing decisions. Focused on post-eligibility, the PCSA would create a medical trust fund of $60-100 million per year to help institutions who don’t have the financial resources to provide post-eligibility medical coverage to athletes. These funds could be used to help athletes cover the costs associated with long-term conditions caused by playing their sport such as chronic traumatic encephalopathy. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristidosh/2026/09/29/breaki... / The medical provisions in the bill are a worthy addition. There was talk of upping the medical trust fund to 200 million dollars. One thing lacking in the final Senate bill was some kind of coaching cap provision. Most Memorable Bobcat Events Attended 2010 97-83 win over Georgetown in NCAA 1st round 2012 45-13 victory over ULM in the Independence Bowl 2015 34-3 drubbing of Fiami @ Peden with 25,086 fans 2023 10-7 near shutout of Iowa State @ Solich Field 2025 17-10 defeat of WVU @ Peden in front of 26,740 Back to Top M.D.W.S.T General User Member Since: 12/23/2021 Post Count: 3,784 Status: Offline     RE: Senate Passes Sweeping College Sports Measure    Posted: 9/30/2026 10:46:52 AM  Mike Johnson wrote: OLineGuy74 wrote: It still has to go through the house. The one thing I do like is one free transfer. The whole point of college is to get an education. I don't see how one can obtain an education transferring schools 3, 4 or even 5 times. What no one should want is 5th, 6th and sometimes 7th year players taking roster spots away from 18 year old kids. Questions: When players transfer 2 or more times, what kinds of majors are they pursuing? Are GPAs considered? How many of their credits are transferred? Is there any sort of compliance these days? No Back to Top Diamond Cat General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 994 Status: Offline     RE: Senate Passes Sweeping College Sports Measure    Posted: 9/30/2026 12:35:13 PM  While it brings some order to the chaos, it effectively walls off the elite tier of college football and cements a permanent two-class system, leaving the MAC on the outside looking in. Capping conferences at 20 teams doesn’t save the MAC, it locks the Big Ten and SEC into permanent, self-sustaining super-alliances that don't need the rest of college football. By letting these conferences pool their massive TV rights up to 20 teams, the bill allows them to create an exclusive ecosystem. They don't need to play MAC schools or share the postseason pie with them. So really the "1 free transfer" is about the only item that curbs some of the nonsense happening now. We will still have a system where the MAC functions as a cost-controlled "triple-A" developmental league for a 36-to-40-team elite upper tier. Back to Top Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame General User Member Since: 7/30/2010 Post Count: 4,729 Status: Offline     RE: Senate Passes Sweeping College Sports Measure    Posted: 9/30/2026 12:41:14 PM  Bobcatzblitz wrote: Economic Jim Crow 2.0 disguised as a solution. This Bill does nothing to protect the Athletes it’s only to limit their earning potential and bargaining leverage. Coaches , Corporations,Colleges and administrators can run up Unlimited BILLIONS in Profits nobody bats an eye and we all know why. Coaches can jump from Job to Job obtaining 100 Million dollar buy outs etc Lavish Gifts, Multiple Wives & Mistresses so let’s not pretend this fixes anything. Isn't the revenue share a percentage of revenue? Back to Top Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame General User Member Since: 7/30/2010 Post Count: 4,729 Status: Offline     RE: Senate Passes Sweeping College Sports Measure    Posted: 9/30/2026 1:51:45 PM  Diamond Cat wrote: Capping conferences at 20 teams doesn’t save the MAC, it locks the Big Ten and SEC into permanent, self-sustaining super-alliances that don't need the rest of college football. By letting these conferences pool their massive TV rights up to 20 teams, the bill allows them to create an exclusive ecosystem. They don't need to play MAC schools or share the postseason pie with them. I think you might be misinterpreting the intent here. The cap exists to disallow further major conference mergers and to prevent a further concentration of financial resources. Remember that SEC/Big 10 alliance that was being bandied about? This is to prohibit that. It also explicitly prevents Power 4 schools from moving from one P4 conference to another without first having to spend 3 years as an independent. They are effectively trying to stop realignment altogether, accept that that's upward mobility. I agree none of this is particularly good for the MAC though. But nothing that's happened in major college sports has been particularly good for the MAC for 30 years now. Last Edited: 9/30/2026 1:52:10 PM by Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame Back to Top OLineGuy74 General User Member Since: 3/10/2026 Post Count: 31 Status: Offline     RE: Senate Passes Sweeping College Sports Measure    Posted: 9/30/2026 1:52:04 PM  Athens wrote: OLineGuy74 wrote: It still has to go through the house. The one thing I do like is one free transfer. The whole point of college is to get an education. I don't see how one can obtain an education transferring schools 3, 4 or even 5 times. What no one should want is 5th, 6th and sometimes 7th year players taking roster spots away from 18 year old kids. How does that impact the transfer environment at the top programs then? Is it going to be a situation where quality P4 second stringers that don't receive a good retention bonus are going to be enticed to transfer to another P4 program? Its going to be more difficult to poach stars. If the coaching staff is fired players are still free to transfer unlimited and that happens at 20% of the jobs in any given year. My understanding is one free transfer as a blanket. Someone with more legal expertise than me can weight in on that. In a lot of cases these 5th and beyond year players aren't good enough to be on a pro roster so they are just collecting a nice nest egg before joining the real world. I'd much rather see it revert back to more high school recruiting and push those older guys into the workforce. Last Edited: 9/30/2026 1:53:41 PM by OLineGuy74 Back to Top giacomo General User Member Since: 11/20/2007 Post Count: 2,795 Status: Offline     RE: Senate Passes Sweeping College Sports Measure    Posted: 10/1/2026 9:24:31 PM  I don’t see how they can avoid the players being employees of the university. Walter Byers in the 1950s didn’t want that and coined the phrase “student athlete” to avoid all the complications that come with being employees. The coaches were never paid more than the president until Jackie Sherrill. Then it got out of hand. This is why we are where we are. Non profit? Hah! 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