Flying Dutchmen Fans

Here are a couple more articles, including one about an NLRB hearing that addresses the possibility of classifying college athletes as college employees. According to some college administrators, this could lead to the drafting of high school players, college athletes being fired, and international athletes having to secure work visas to play here.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/us/c ... =url-share

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/us/c ... =url-share

This is too much for my small brain to absorb, but it does not sound good for us:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/550645 ... ge-sports/

The essence:

"The 22 smaller, non-FBS conferences (colloquially referred to as the CCA22) were not initially briefed on the settlement talks until earlier this month, multiple administrators said, once the financial structure of payouts had already been formulated.

"One Division I commissioner estimated that non-FBS conferences would be on the hook for $2.5 million per year to help cover the NCAA’s costs of the settlement. Two sources in different CCA22 leagues said that equates to roughly 25 percent of the annual revenue those schools receive from the NCAA. That level of reduction could lead to cutting sports and athlete resources, despite a lawsuit that was clearly aimed at power-conference schools with the most lucrative media deals."

The squeeze on the Mids continues.