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09-27-2013 03:13 PM |
Re: EA/CLC Settlement With O'Bannon Team Is $40 Million
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Originally Posted by Sam Marlowe
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Lets be frank, there is never going to be an NFL minor league.and the NBA is not interested in expanding the NBDL. College athletics have a stranglehold and will continue to have one (as they want, for very good fiscal reasons). It would also be incredibly difficult to put together a fair pay all system. So in the end, the best thing to have happen is the NCAA releasing its monopoly on player likenesses and names for profit. The status quo would stay mostly in tact and those players who are really interested in monetizing themselves can without threat of sanctions to their schools.
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Well, David Stern and Adam Silver have both already stated they want to expand the D-League, evidenced by the new team they just added in August, and 3 more teams over the next 2 years.
That leaves the NFL as the only 1 of the big 4 without a minor league system... which is sort of the lame attempt they had with the Euro league. While the NFL certainly isn't remotely close to a minor league, the NBA sure is.
Regardless of the money the NCAA makes, the NFL is their own business. They have a relationship with the NCAA, but their future isn't dictated by the NCAA trying to make money. If the NFL wants to expand into a minor league system, they're not going to ask the NCAA for approval... they ask for cooperation, but certainly not approval.
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