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RE: California Schools Will Not Be Part Of The NCAA In 2023 If Newsom Signs The Bill
(09-29-2019 12:54 PM)billings Wrote: (09-27-2019 12:50 PM)YNot Wrote: (09-27-2019 12:38 PM)ccd494 Wrote: Setting aside that I think this bill is eminently fair, the California schools will never get booted.
#1, the NCAA isn't going to look at the world's 5th largest economy and say "we are no longer willing to do business with you." That's bonkers. Particularly because you are likely also forgoing business relationships with California based companies.
#2, IF (and again, huge theoretical if, not a realistic if) the NCAA decided to cut off it's nose to spite it's face and boot the California schools, why do you think schools in Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, etc. wouldn't choose to form a new association with the California schools? Is the University of Oregon going to choose to associate with the SEC and ACC over UCLA and Stanford?
#3 Beyond individual schools making these decisions to go with "Cal-CAA" over the NCAA, there are a lot of blue states out there who will follow California's lead, just like there are a lot of states that adopt California's environmental and consumer protection policies. Is there any doubt that if this was brought to the Massachusetts legislature, or the New York legislature, or the Illinois legislature, that the bill wouldn't pass? Particularly because there are a number of states where NCAA sports aren't particularly important and lobbying from, say, the AD at UMass isn't going to have much clout?
This bitching and moaning is saber-rattling and nothing more. California is the state with nationwide clout to get this ball rolling, and that's why the movers and shakers behind this bill started in California. Similar laws will pass in other states.
Even in places where this seems anathema- like Alabama- this will become either law or policy. If there are 20 states with colleges offering increased compensation to athletes, even if they aren't in the "NCAA" and are in some other organization, the best players are going to play there. And Alabama won't accept having a diminished product.
The article also mentions that there are already similar legislative efforts in South Carolina, New York, Colorado, and Washington.
If California does it and Colorado and Washington are considering, than Oregon isn't far behind. So, the PAC 12 is fine.
And, once you get into New York and the southeast (South Carolina), the ACC and SEC are likely fine too.
So, good luck, NCAA, with drawing that line in the sand.
Yep and if the PAC called the MWC and said screw it lets set up something new The NCAA loses the entire wet and yes the MWC would align with the PAC over the NCAA
Except for schools in red states like Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Arizona.
You could see a new P5 conference with these schools.
Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, Utah State, BYU, Boise State, and Wyoming.
If the PAC grabs Big Sky schools? Idaho, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, Weber State and Northern Arizona will join the 7 schools that would not be part of the California schools. WAC would lose Dixie State, Utah Valley, Grand Canyon and UTRGV. If the PAC grabs RMAC, GNAC and all the D2 California schools? Westminster and the Alaska twins will join the 7 schools that broke away from the PAC schools. These lawmakers are destroying college sports without understanding that there are bad consequences to the schools. Take a look at Title 9? You are supposed to have equal numbers of women scholarships to men. There are no sports for women to matched the football. Only way to do it is to cut scholarships for football in half at the FBS levels.
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