(09-13-2019 10:17 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(09-13-2019 08:36 AM)HawaiiMongoose Wrote:  I think a lot of folks here are underestimating the NCAA.

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Get out the popcorn because this thing is far from over.

I agree. Some talk about "the NCAA" as if it is some alien entity forced on the schools. But it's not, it's a creation of the schools, particularly as you say the big powerful ones.

Like you, I do not think the NCAA is likely to just meekly accept the California rule as the new national mandate, like GM and Ford have done with emissions standards. There are powerful forces on both sides, so as you say, a fight is likely, and a big one.

You could see this coming. Ed O'Bannon's landmark case in 2014 is the foundation for the California bill. In that case, the court found that the NCAA bylaws operated as an unreasonable restraint of trade, in violation of antitrust law. This is the lingering effects of O'Bannon case playing itself out. The O'Bannon case will be used as a favorable precedent for other legal challenges to NCAA amateurism rules. The NCAA will likely fight this, but if the politicians are bailing on them and the courts are not ruling in their favor, they are fighting a losing battle.