INDIANAPOLIS — In a boardroom within the NCAA's headquarters this week, athletic administrators, as well as others, are gathering to explore potential solutions for a vexing issue that, they say, has hurled college sports into chaos.
DAYTON, OHIO - MARCH 15: A detailed view of a NCAA logo is seen prior to a First Four game of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at University of Dayton Arena on March 15, 2023 in Dayton, Ohio. INDIANAPOLIS — In a boardroom within the NCAA’s headquarters this week, athletic administrators, as well as others, are gathering to explore potential solutions for a vexing issue that, they say, has hurled college sports into chaos.
The aggressive proposal is certain to face significant hurdles in both legality and acceptance among a college landscape that continues to cling to the amateurism model. However, the movement could spark a conversation that many are already holding privately within NCAA circles. An NCAA spokesperson would only confirm that a meeting took place. An SEC spokesperson did not provide comment.
The seven collectives have combined to distribute nearly $70 million to more than 1,500 athletes, according to figures they provided. Officials expect to grow TCA to more than a dozen members eventually. “This is something that can last another two to three years,” Smith said. “The idea that three to four people are footing the bill for 90% of a school’s NIL presence is not sustainable.”
There are obvious issues with TCA’s proposal, experts tell Yahoo Sports, most notably: a potential, if not probable, violation of Title IX; the triggering of athlete employment status; antitrust issues around the designated distribution amount; and violations of a league’s television contracts. In a Senate hearing earlier this year, Jason Stahl, the founder and executive director of the College Football Players Association, publicly implored college leaders to embrace a system that features collective bargaining. Stahl said then that he’s held conversations with coaches at unnamed programs who are in support of such a system.
Several pathways to a new college compensation model are in the process of working their way through the judicial and executive branches of government. In the courts, a case in Pennsylvania could deem athletes as employees, and in the executive branch, the National Labor Relations Board is on the way to ruling athletes as employees.
“There are Title IX implications even under the current status, much less moving toward something where clearly the institution or conference is sending money to collectives to use in a different way,” said Amy Perko, the CEO of the Knight Commission, which promotes reforms that support and strengthen the educational mission of college sports. “The collectives are acting as an arm of the institution.
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