National Sports Writer of the Year from Yahoo Sports College Football
The new bill ... no support from SEC and Big 10
Agent registry-Transfer Limits- Salary Cap-Private Right of Action
Minimizes Anti-Trust Exemtion and Pre-empts state law ... but not enough
Title 1 is Anti-Trust
Title 2 is pooling FBS TV rights and anti-expansion rule (1/3-1/2 of schools revenue)
Ted Cruz believes he does not need the Power 2 to pass the bill...
NCAA is supportive of bill ... a lifeline for Charlie Baker and Tim Buckley
Role of TV & ND
The employment test- 9 questions ... collective bargaining
Lane Kiffen Rule
$22 million cap but use 3rd party, multi-media rights partners to re-direct revenue to the athletes (not counted in the cap)
Avg Spend in Power 2 is $40-60 Million- the new bill prohibits the extra spend from 3rd party and will be rejected by the college sports commission
Will next step be to raise the cap and lump in 3rd party groups ... luxury tax looming
Can a school brand contracted with the school and the athlete vs brand not contracted with school (i.e NIKE and Oregon)