Dev Sethi

Great interview absolutely

It still amazes me that college sports leaders position 'codifying college athletes' rights to enter into legitimate NIL deals' as some historic, progressive action that they've taken in this bill. It really means 'we won't try to fight this unlawful restriction any longer by agreeing it's the law now!' Any legislator reading their positioning should deduct credibility points off immediately off the top. Great stuff

educational and enjoyable read, thanks @DanButterly

1000%

So players would have to do a 2nd job to get paid what they would otherwise make just by being really good at what they do on the field. In what world are we thinking that's the right model? It's not like a collective drops a bag off at their locker like the old days.

Thank goodness Senators Cantwell and Cruz are trying to protect his right to monetize his name, image and likeness so he can gain compensation from running into people at full speed

if you just took FBS coach buyout figures from 2025 alone you'd be a quarter of the way there!

It seems disingenuous for you to suggest that students or alumni are upset about the current state of affairs when they've been as passionate about college sports as they have ever been. Despite how mismanaged their institutions have overseen their finances.

No, I'm saying that you taking our Senators' votes as representative of the public opinion is inaccurate, as would me saying that Cruz getting booed in his home state as he riffs on the 'chaos' of college sports wouldn't be particularly insightful. What's more insightful is all of the data that suggests college sports are more popular than they've ever been. Despite all the 'chaos.' Despite all the 'NIL.' I think 74 votes has literally nothing to do with how people feel, and everything to do with who the legislation was designed for: the powers that be. Don't take my word for it, just look at how it was publicly negotiated.

So it sounds like your problem as well as the minimum threshold required to be an NCAA member institution and the amount of programs required by schools to sponsor. I'd also say those 10 programs you referenced have done little to nothing to figure out how to fund those sports beyond just getting football and basketball to pay for them. That's intentional. They don't care about your athlete in the grand scheme of things. They care about you and your athlete suffering enough to get legislation passed that benefit them, not your son/daughter. (yes, there are some great college athletics' administrators who deeply care about young people; they're just not the ones making decisions)

in a system with a 'salary cap' that is applicable to an entire department, which is an absurd way to do things. Also, again, look at what happened at Arkansas. That wasn't a zero sum game. This isn't all about 'revenue sharing.' Don't buy the misleading commentary by PCSA sponsors.

that is most definitely not how this legislation was developed and introduced. Public opinion had nothing to do with it. Look no further than Ted Cruz getting booed by the very people he claims 'hate' the current state of college athletics.

Or spending money irresponsibly yet trying to continue operating the same way as always. Look what happened at Arkansas. It took 3 weeks for tennis to be reinstated. Countless ways to fund Olympic sports while not restricting freedoms, economic & otherwise, of football/basketball

this is all but guaranteed. I'd venture to say within 4 years the threshold will have been reduced.

What we've seen is how our elected officials work. It's not hidden; in plain sight, 'negotiations' between conferences, power brokers who make millions off this industry, working together to restrict the freedoms of young people. As someone who loves college sports, I'm appalled and sad.