Official 2023 College Football Thread

[albionmoonlight]

It's the same rules that apply elsewhere in the economy. Like how all the tech firms can't all agree to not pay programmers more than minimum wage. That would violate antitrust and related laws.

Same sort of thing.

[bob]

OK, so going back to my original message, they can't all collude to make TDs worth 6 so they could be sued?

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by bob

The rules are one sided everywhere. No one is required to play college football. I just don't understand.

The lack of anti trust exemption is what makes college sports different than what we're used to when it comes to the professional sports. College sports are effectively a group of conferences competing against one another. There isn't an overarching body with the level of authority that a commissioner has.

Because these conferences are competing against one another, due to the lack of anti trust exemption, anything that is viewed as them working together to put limits on player pay, player movement etc could be seen as collusion.

The reality of it is you can't go around bragging about your potential $100 million a year conference payouts and not have the people putting in the work start to wonder where their share is.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by bob

OK, so going back to my original message, they can't all collude to make TDs worth 6 so they could be sued?

Because that is not a labor issue?

[bob]

Isn't it though? Its literally part of the metric by which their performance is judged.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by bob

Isn't it though? Its literally part of the metric by which their performance is judged.

No. That would not be a labor issue. Something like pads or helmets or safety concerns would be. But increasing the points for a touchdown wouldn't make any difference for individual workers. Everyone is still going to be judged the same whatever the number you make a touchdown. 1 touchdown is one touchdown, whether it is 1 point or a million points.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by bob

The rules are one sided everywhere. No one is required to play college football. I just don't understand.

Cartels are illegal. I guess you can argue they should change the law but it is the law.

[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by bob

The rules are one sided everywhere. No one is required to play college football. I just don't understand.

One way around these lawsuits is to eliminate college sports. But if they exist, the rules have to follow the laws.