I feel bad for the kids but this judge is supposed to be ruling on this class action suit (were these former SAs harmed) not how the colleges intend to find the money to pay for it. Roster limits should not be an issue she weighs in on.
The truth is (and she probably knows) there will be future lawsuits filed by future athletes who feel this settlement doesn't provide them enough anyway.
The only way around all these lawsuits is for congress to pass carve out laws for college sports.
Actually, the way around these lawsuits is for the schools to just stop violating the Sherman Act. This settlement is absurd because it allows the schools to keep committing antitrust violations.
We allow these kinds of agreements in the context of collective bargaining because of the so-called non-statutory antitrust carve-out for labor law. But this isn't collective bargaining. There's no valid union here; it's just class action plaintiffs' lawyers. They're colluding to harm a large percentage of the class they purport to represent by formalizing an ongoing conspiracy in restraint of trade.
can't disagree. the only solution would be carve out laws for college sports but even then we'll still get 'haves' and 'have nots'.
You are wrong. All of the stuff you mention is nice, but it's not part of a scholarship.
A full scholarship covers tuition, room&board, fees; ie entire cost of attendance. If Alston money added, then there is even some spending money. This is all covered on your scholarship agreement.
If that athlete loses spot, but keeps aid, they are quite comfortable attending school, especially if they pick up a few hours of campus job.
The patchwork you are talking about is where coach gives them a 30% scholarship, but says you can still eat with team and live in a team apartment, which will make it feel like more scholarship. This is a problem between coach and athlete and lack of honesty.
You are speaking about hypothetical full scholarships, I am referring to reality. For all intensive purposes, full athletic scholarships (as in the kind that actually pay for everything) do not exist for male American distance runners in major conferences in 2025. I know sub 4 milers who don't even have a half scholarship.
For all but maybe a dozen guys in the country, they are in the exact situation you describe in your final paragraph. They have a partial scholarship that helps out a lot with tuition, but rely on team benefits to meet their living needs. Maybe you would say it shouldn't be that way, coaches should be more honest, ect. I would agree with you. But that is not the reality we live in. The reality is a lot of guys (and gals) are in this situation, and the settlement needs to keep their interests in mind. That is what the judge is doing.
Given that you write 'for all intensive purposes', I understand your lack of conceptual thought.
I get that most runners are on partial scholarship. I understand that many of those kids get perqs to help cover other school costs.
The issue is that a school has no obligation to continue to provide these extras. The college is only responsible to keep providing the actual scholarship. Kid then has choice to stay at school and pay the difference to be a regular student, or switch schools.
I'm not happy about this, but I don't like to continually see complaints about a situation that is pretty clear.
If I change from employer A to employees B, and employer A paid for my country club, but employer B will not, I have two choices. Pay club fees myself, or quit the club. These things happen in real life.
If I change from employer A to employees B, and employer A paid for my country club, but employer B will not, I have two choices. Pay club fees myself, or quit the club. These things happen in real life.
But if employer A and employer B get together and say, "let's not pay for country club memberships for our employees anymore," then you have a third option--sue them for conspiring in restraint of trade.
I’m very interested to see how the “grandfather” part is implemented. My child got cut recently at a major school. It really sucks as running is such a source of friendships and a part of her identity but we knew it was a possibility with the doom and gloom on the horizon. I think she would be interested in going back to the team but no idea how the AD and coaches will handle. Will they begrudgingly accept and look for a reason to cut mid season again or embrace a good person back to the team?