Should semipro/college players be paid, or allowed to sell their stuff? (NIL and Revenue Sharing)

[Jaxbuck]

Stanford players are maybe taking the first meaningful step toward unionization.

It's worth the read. They make some good points and it's all very much in the spirit of "make it exist, then make it perfect" kind of view which is the only way all of this gets sorted imo. They also take a slap at Penn State out of nowhere so there is that too.

"There's some legislation going on trying to standardize a lot of the stuff in college football and give us a legal standard. I have a couple issues with it," Umeh said. "College football players should have a voice on the future. They know what works best for them and their teams. I'm not saying college football should be run by the players, but I think the players should have more of a voice."

That is what I have been getting at regarding the proposed bill from congress. The players have no say, it's just the old powers that be trying to still be the only powers that be and dressing it up in language of "good for the sport".

Personally, I don't see why the good football players or basketball players would want to voluntarily join up but overall, this step does have to be taken.

I also still don't see how you lump nonrevenue athletes with revenue athletes but time will tell.