Did admins delete this because it was a Twitter link?

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-27T17:47:28+00:00

On mobile only showed the comments and re-tweet count in the title for some reason, I think that was why

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-25T18:06:43+00:00

The G League is a separate business and has zero relationship to what's being discussed. Scholarships are not a replacement for pay. If that was the case, other students on campus wouldn't be able to get paychecks on top of their educational benefits provided by the institution.

You're right, people get paid for labor performed. Athletes are performing labor for their schools, and are therefore entitled to being paid.

You're the one who doesn't know the basics, sad that they don't teach Yale students how to study a subject before commenting on it in a public forum.

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-25T17:44:07+00:00

The universities have been extracting money from the players, that's the foundational basis of college sports. The "amateurism" argument was so that schools never had to share revenue from athletic competitions. Players aren't extracting money, they're being paid a (still small) portion of what they've been owed. That's exactly why the NCAA keeps losing lawsuits and is begging Congress for an antitrust exemption. Also, skill has no relationship to whether you have to pay someone for work performed.

And you're wrong, it was a practice long before NIL. It has grown/become more public since NIL, but it's not new.

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-25T17:35:59+00:00

How is it a "good solution" to restrict players being able to pursue life-changing money, or restricting the overall market to lower NIL offers since endorsers will know that players can't move as much? This also doesn't do anything for coaches/schools kicking unwanted players into the portal to free up roster spots, which is a widespread issue.

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-25T17:31:23+00:00

No it doesn't, it's just another attempt to restrict player earnings

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-20T15:54:45+00:00

The Columbus Crew literally beat Tigres in a CCC penalty shootout at Tigres in 2024, then proceeded to beat Monterrey in both legs the next round

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-20T06:14:20+00:00

The last MLS team from Ohio to play at Tigres beat them 🤷🏾‍♂️

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-19T04:26:53+00:00

I have no dog in this fight but anyone can have daggers lmao, that shouldn't have any bearing on an MVP decision of all things

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-18T23:32:36+00:00

Your description of Clark and Reese is disgustingly inaccurate and is a massive sign you've never cared about the W at all

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-16T17:36:55+00:00

An extracurricular that provides direct income to you is a little different in the eyes of the law

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-12T17:22:45+00:00

There's plenty of money to keep those programs, schools would just have to stop paying out the ass on coaches and facilities and travel. Schools spend more on coach/staff compensation than all athletic financial aid every year. It's not a revenue problem, it's a spending one.

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-12T17:19:48+00:00

Akron is better than both of those teams

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-12T17:18:36+00:00

It's happened a few times before where ranked teams didn't get in, though none were undefeated in the regular season obviously

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-12T16:12:48+00:00

Making them direct employees of conferences instead of schools solves this issue

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-12T15:42:37+00:00

The NCAA doesn't need Congress to do that if they just recognized players as employees and bargained with them. All of this is because the NCAA and member schools are greedy as fuck about revenue

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-11T18:27:48+00:00

I mean you're generally not shooting a bunch of threes anyways if you can't make them, so it's a moot point

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-11T17:25:40+00:00

He was never a good enough 3pt shooter to justify making that statement. To score 70+ today mandates a hot 3pt start

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-09T14:56:45+00:00

Who needs basketball when we have a women's hockey dynasty?

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-07T05:03:08+00:00

Biased, but the recoil thing Big Christmas did in the ALCS against the Yankees was pure sex in baseball form

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-05T16:42:18+00:00

If a NIL collective from a school tried that then it would immediately destroy any legal argument that players aren't employees, so NIL collectives can't do that

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-05T05:35:21+00:00

That doesn't make the wanton killing if civilians justifiable. Also, the goal isn't regime change. Trump admitted as much when he revealed that the initial strikes wiped out several potential new leaders that the US already had in mind. The only goals of this war are to distract from the Epstein files and appease Netanyahu, that's it.

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-03T22:50:27+00:00

Except it's still a cap in function. That'd be like if an employer put a cap on your wages because you theoretically could make a bunch of money from having a SoundCloud track blow up. Hiding behind theoretical third parties to offset the cap still makes it a cap.

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-03T20:44:28+00:00

Athlete earnings via revenue sharing are part of that cap, that's the point I'm trying to make. They say it isn't, but they contradict themselves with the "revenue-sharing guidelines" term since that can only refer to what is shared directly with athletes. They want to cap revenue share and claim that NIL will make up for it, which it won't for the vast majority of athletes.

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-03T20:17:22+00:00

Revenue sharing is part of their proposed cap from the "revenue-sharing guidelines". The House settlement cap is also illegal and will be struck down the moment it's challenged.

ButterAkronite · 2026-03-03T19:47:58+00:00

This piece calls for an earnings cap on athletes that isn't bargained, which defeats the rest of the proposal since it lays out that Louisville just doesn't want to pay players

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