You are the legal authority, but are you sure the caps are permanent? I thought there would be room for adjustments based on inflation. It is by no means perfect, but I do find myself more for it than against it.
However, it needs to be understood that the cap that schools would be limited in paying students is not the same as NIL. As I understand it, student-athletes can make as much money as they want. There is no cap on that.
I'll take your.attribution as a compliment, but Kenn I'm not a lawyer. I'm just a happily retired Deputy Sheriff that has read and wrote a ton of admissable court documents during a long career.
Recall, we got to this point by student-athletes, individually or collectively, successfully or without success suing the NCAA. Originating with Ed O'Bannon to this present day where guys with limited professional league experience are suing to bounce back into intercollegiate athletics.
It's just my opinion, but I believe the core and critical intent of the legislation is to protect the NCAA from similar student-athlete lawsuits by exempting the organization from Antitrust Laws. To my understanding, an exemption from that body of law is likely to have an adverse effect on student-athlete gains via the courts.
It is also my opinion that the guarantees for student athletes in the bill or a trojan horse to help get it across the finish line. They are good guarantees, but they are designed to deflect from what they would lose if the bill becomes legislation in its current form.
I took a little time to do an AI search to determine if I was remotely close with my line of thinking While AI responses certainly are wrong at timed, I still find them to be a useful tool.
The following is part of the response I received on the subject matter of this thread:
If the Protect College Sports Act (PCSA) is signed into law, it will grant the NCAA a limited federal antitrust exemption.
The NCAA has aggressively lobbied for this immunity following landmark legal defeats like the 2021 Supreme Court ruling in NCAA v. Alston, which subjected its amateurism model to antitrust scrutiny.
If this legislation goes into effect, it will provide the NCAA with several massive advantages:
1. Protection from Future Lawsuits
The primary advantage is immunity from federal and state antitrust liability. For years, plaintiffs' attorneys have used the Sherman Antitrust Act to systematically dismantle NCAA rules regarding player movement and payment. This law would essentially slam the door on those types of multibillion-dollar, class-action lawsuits.
2. Legal Power to Cap Athlete Compensation
The exemption will allow the NCAA, athletic conferences, and member schools to legally enforce strict athlete revenue-sharing and spending caps. Under current antitrust law, capping player compensation constitutes illegal price-fixing; under the PCSA, it becomes a federally protected framework.
www.nytimes.com
