College Sports, as you know them are about to be finished:
Justice Kavanaugh: "It does seem... that schools are conspiring with competitors to pay no salaries to the workers who are making the schools billions of dollars on the theory that consumers want the schools to pay their workers nothing." "That seems entirely circular and even somewhat disturbing," Kavanaugh said.
Justice Kagan: The way you talk about amateurism sounds high minded, but schools that are naturally competitors have gotten together in an organization with undisputed market power to set salaries at far lower levels than if market were set to operate. Aren't you fixing prices?
Justice Thomas: you (NCAA) focus on amateur status of the students, but what about coaches and their salaries?
Justice Alito: "Let me put on the table some of what is said by those who challenge your idea of amateurism. They argue that powerhouse football and basketball programs are really exploiting the students they recruit. They have programs that bring in billions of dollars, as Justice Thomas mentioned, this money funds enormous salaries for coaches and others in athletic departments, but the athletes have a pretty hard life. So the argument is that they are recruited, used up and cast aside without a even college degree. How can this be defended in the name of amateurism?
Justice Kavanaugh: "It does seem... that schools are conspiring with competitors to pay no salaries to the workers who are making the schools billions of dollars on the theory that consumers want the schools to pay their workers nothing." "That seems entirely circular and even somewhat disturbing," Kavanaugh said.
Justice Kagan: The way you talk about amateurism sounds high minded, but schools that are naturally competitors have gotten together in an organization with undisputed market power to set salaries at far lower levels than if market were set to operate. Aren't you fixing prices?
Justice Thomas: you (NCAA) focus on amateur status of the students, but what about coaches and their salaries?
Justice Alito: "Let me put on the table some of what is said by those who challenge your idea of amateurism. They argue that powerhouse football and basketball programs are really exploiting the students they recruit. They have programs that bring in billions of dollars, as Justice Thomas mentioned, this money funds enormous salaries for coaches and others in athletic departments, but the athletes have a pretty hard life. So the argument is that they are recruited, used up and cast aside without a even college degree. How can this be defended in the name of amateurism?
