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Unionization Next?

There were a bunch of folks who when I posted that this was the next logical step in the initial NIL threads told me I was "lost". Oops.


"The National Labor Relations Board has directed its Los Angeles regional office to pursue charges of unfair labor practices against USC, the Pac-12 and the NCAA. The NLRB will argue that athletes at USC are employees of those three groups and that their rights have been unlawfully restricted. If they are successful, athletes who play men's basketball, women's basketball or football at any private college in the NCAA will be granted the rights of employees, including the freedom to create unions."

And for those thinking when this eventually gets to SCOTUS that the case is a loser, think again. First, the O' Bannon case which opened the door to NIL went against the NCAA 9-0. And Justice Kavanugh (not exactly our most Liberal Justice) is the one who opened the door for this when he wrote the majority opinion in the O'Bannon case: "Justice Brett Kavanaugh said college athletes could find a more fair path toward sharing in the revenue they help to create by establishing some kind of collective bargaining group."

This will take years, but I think it's logical that this will eventually happen. Major college athletics are the only significant US sport(s) where the athletes are currently not represented by a Union.


https://www.espn.com/college-footba...rsue-unlawful-labor-practices-usc-pac-12-ncaa

Richie - a few transfer portal questions

Richie,
Are there any players RU offered so far in the transfer portal that we missed out on? Meaning they committed to another school or have said no thanks. Do you think any of those players would have considered RU if they had an OC? Who are the players you thought RU should have offered but did not?

It’s my impression that RU does not have a lot of scholarships to hand out (maybe 4-5 if they nudge out more players this spring). GS is not hitting the portal hard, not because we don’t have an OC, but because 1) there are not a lot of scholarship and/or 2) there isn’t a lot of interest from quality players to join a rebuilding team.

Thoughts?
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PSU QB Veilleux jumped by true freshman on QB depth chart. Transfer candidate

If you guys recall this is the kid who came in vs us when clifford went down last year. Looked really good and lit us up. Canada kid who went to Bullis school in maryland. We do well with both canadians and bullis school. If Evan Simon doesnt get a chance this year he is likely to transfer leaving us with just one scholarship qb on the roster for next year (piss poor roster mgmt by schiano). This would imply we have to hit the portal for a qb. This should be the guy we target. Heck, if he was on our roster hed be starting saturday at BC imo
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