9th Circuit Upholds NCAA Can't Restrict Athletes

[redsox4evur]

Quote: Originally Posted by canes21

Roster editing is not a problem. It violates nothing. Roster sharing for a profit could cause problems, and a roster share brings in a lot of confusion, but at this point based on history, is not violating any laws. But if it came down to it, like Odogg said, just take out the online share feature and users can share them via USB like the old days with gamesharks and what not. That would be safe and have nothing unlawful associated with it.

One tiny problem with the whole USB thing. No one has been able to crack the PS4 and X1 yet. So you could share them but no one could use them unless they were using your account.

[canes21]

Unless EA didn't tie the roster to a profile which is very wishful thinking.

[lbrown531]

All I have to say is Thank You Sam keller and the other so called players who think they resemble video game characters. I hope everything was worth ruining people's lives.

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by lbrown531

All I have to say is Thank You Sam keller and the other so called players who think they resemble video game characters. I hope everything was worth ruining people's lives.

I agree, hope they are spit on wherever they go...I really hate those guys with a passion.

[goillini03]

Sam Keller, lol.

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[DaSmerg]

Interesting comments. Interesting twist in this case. US law is so fascinating sometimes.

On the issue many have raised in this topic...amateur/amateurism, the NCAA, TV money, paid players, value of education. I think the one thing I fail to see in anyone who has brought up '...NCAA makes a gagillion dollars...' is that for every big name D1 school that you feel is making a gagillion dollars is that there are something like 10 small schools that might break even or that have a successful program (say men's basketball) that pays for the rest of their sport programs (for men & women). Yeah, ESPN's college deal was a giant number at the top line, but divide that number by conferences, then by teams and then by years. How much is it now?

I also fail to see addressed how paying young men to play football and/or basketball (let's face it, the two big money sports) and how that would be squared with Title IX...paying an equal amount to an equivalent amount of young women to play sports most of us would never bother to watch.

Nor do I see addressed what was brought up early on in this thread...the cost of a full ride scholarship, not including unmeasurables like connections you can make through booster & alumini clubs to a bigger/brighter life after college ball. On the value of scholarship, a measurable, my mother was advising a client a couple years ago who's daughter, in New York state, desperately wanted to go to Michigan. Out of state tution alone was 30 grand a year. How exactly would you measure the value of the coaching and athletic training that each student-athlete recieves? Do paid players give up a portion of their "salary" to pay for coaches too? Do red shirt roster hangars get volunteer trainer services? How about their medical care? Do only big name players get a true "full ride" now? Where's the bottom in this what's paid, and not paid?

IMO the stupid BCS system totally distorted many people's perception of the NCAA making it seem like every school is big and making money.

[redsox4evur]

DaSmerg you are so right....Title IX definitely would have to come into play. Also you are right about the big time schools and the money issues. I am one of those people that at some point thought, most of the big time athletic departments make a ton of money for their schools. And boy was I wrong. I took some sports management classes in college and I learned that only 12-15 DEPARTMENTS made a profit. That surprised me to say the least. Passing a new rule like this could really hurt the smaller schools like Akron, Miami OH, etc.

[RedHawk24]

Why not just take the PES approach to not having the licenses for the schools? Call the schools something generic (think "Columbus College" for Ohio State, etc) and then allow players to import school imagery, uniforms, and change the names? Just call the game "College Football 2017" and avoid any mention of the NCAA.