The corrupt system to deny payment to university athletes has officially finished.
On Friday, Judge Claudia Wilken approved the agreement of multiple demands for antimonopoly class action that questioned the long -standing rejection of the NCAA and its members to compensate for athletes.
The agreement includes $ 2.8 billion in players payments in the last 10 years along with payments to players who advance.
This barely ends the chaos that currently consumes university sports. The main conferences have launched the University Sports Commission (which is different from the presidential commission that was under consideration for a week) to regulate the null groups that in many cases have become payment programs per game.
Here is the problem. Any collective action of independent companies that restrict the income capacity of athletes potentially creates a new antitrust problem.
Friday’s agreement resolves (in theory) the way in which schools will compensate directly to the players. The null problem is separated.
And it should be an open season, thanks to the American free business system. That is why universities want the federal government to throw a line of life with legislation that would include an antitrust exemption.
The only truly effective solution would come from creating a union nationwide and negotiating rules regarding key issues such as compensation limits and transfer rights. However, with that, players would have the ability to ensure protections against, for example, unlimited padded practices and a calendar of intense training throughout the year that leave players with very little time for themselves, especially in relation to professional athletes.
Then the settlers are not the end. It is more like the end of the beginning, with much more work to do.
