(10-07-2019 06:11 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(10-07-2019 04:04 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(10-07-2019 03:46 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(10-07-2019 11:00 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(10-07-2019 09:56 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  I would guess that's because the concept of "booster abuse" is a nonesuch concept. It doesn't really exist in the real world, only in the propaganda-universe of the NCAA. It's like the "wrecker" concept in the Stalin-era USSR. It doesn't mean anything outside the vocabulary of communist slogans of that regime, which of course were entirely self-referential and had no connection to an objective reality, the vocabulary was created to ensure the stability of the regime.

If a rich Houston supporter wants to pay a 4-star recruit $50,000 for a Billboard ad so that he plays for Houston and not SMU, there's no harm done to anyone in the real world. It is only a violation in the Newspeak world of NCAA parlance, propaganda designed to maintain the 'stability' of the system that makes the NCAA a ton of money.

So IMO it's kind of silly to expect real-world legislators to consider that concept.

This is the kind of argument that completely destroys any sense of you presenting a reasonable point of view. One would have to be completely obtuse to not be able to see there are legitimate concerns on either side of the issue.

The "concern" about booster abuse is a purely-fabricated one, it is not a societal concern at all. As I explained, it exists only in the world of the NCAA. There is zero of societal concern at stake if Houston boosters pay recruits to play football at Houston. None, doesn't matter at all.

The notion that a congressman or state legislator should be crafting legislation that takes a non-concern seriously just doesn't make any sense. It would be harmful to do so, as that would shroud the NCAA's private concern in the color of law.

In this case California has said that its schools won't abide by an NCAA rule any longer, and they are perfectly within their right to do that, at least for the public schools.

If there is zero societal concern over third party pay for play, then why is the FBI investigating it?

What exactly is the FBI investigating? They don't care about NCAA rules, just federal crimes such as bribery, fraud, and tax violations.

As for California, they aren't obligated to have their schools follow NCAA rules. They own the schools, the public ones, not the NCAA.

The California law also says that the NCAA cannot punish or kick out the the schools for ignoring the NCAA NIL rules. Now, California is perfectly within their rights to order their school to ignore NCAA rules. By the same token, California has absolutely no power to dictate how the NCAA reacts to those rules violations. If the NCAA wants to bar those schools from the postseason--or kick them out of the NCAA completely---there is absolutely nothing the California can do about it. The power of the California legislature ends at the California border. Only federal law crosses the border. It would be like the Texas legislature passing a law requiring the Pac12 to make Houston a member. Good luck with that. Thats why I say part of the law might remain standing after a challenge---but the law has zero chance of surviving a challenge 100% intact. Not to mention, while the legislature clearly can dictate terms to the state schools---Im not so sure the law will hold up with respect to private schools like USC and Stanford.