Is unlimited free agency good or bad for sports leagues?
>>152693871Giving players any power is bad for leagues and fans
>>152694483all they have to do is re-instate the rule where you have to sit out a year if you transfer but for some reason they can't do that.
>>152693871>Giving players any power is bad for leagues and fansit's a rich get richer league...but it's always been that way. top recruits go to the top schools to get drafted. now they added money into the mix. since there is rich donor money at non top schools..it could actually add some parity. i could see some restrictions in the portal being implemented...but if the guy that convinced you to sign bolts for a new job, i don't think you should have to stay or face a year of sitting as a consequence
The players ARE the league. They should get the lion's share of the profits that the league makes, and free agency enables this. Remember that if you don't like the idea of an athlete getting paid millions, you shouldn't like the idea of someone being rich enough to pay someone millions either. So why would you support team owners, who are usually billionaires, having even more power and even lower wage bills than they already do?
>>152694894>They should get the lion's share of the profits that the league makesWhy? Because they play a game? Stupid reasoning.
>>152694982They generate the revenue. Anyone else who wants to claim that revenue should justify why they think they deserve it. No further reasoning is required.
>>152695141>They generate the revenue.Broadcasters do actually
>>152693871what they're doing isn't even free agency, it's just pure chaos. the fact you can sign a coach before the season is over and he can't coach his team while they're in the fucking playoffs is just absurd.
>>152694894>>152695141>>152695188Players just show up and play, broadcasters and teams/the league create the whole opportunity. Players are already well compensated enough to have some basic restrictions to prevent the sport from losing popularity. You can't be a public figure for catching a ball without someone letting you use their platform to do it.
If the athletes are getting paid, why can't the schools make them sign contracts?
>>152694535Alternatively, make it so NIL deals only fully vest after 2 years and they make only minimum wage for their time spent there if they leave early for a better deal (which will now have to be a LOT better). But then that would require the NIL deals be done through a centralized system or the school or something and not just oil barons talking to kids directly, which would've required the NCAA to get out ahead of this shit when they KNEW it was coming 5 years in advance from the California lawsuits. But I can't recall a single instance in history when the NCAA was proactive instead of reactive
>>152695141The revenue can't be generated without someone organizing it. No one* shows up to watch practice *meaning hardly anyone
>>152695840because the money is coming from outside sources. It's not the schools themselves paying for the most part.
>>152693871NCAA clung onto pure amateurism for too long, then chose the stupidest possible pay model to replace it
