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I started in this business 18 years ago, at age 14. I didnât make enough money to support myself until I was 24. I never did it for the money. I did it because I love this game with every fiber of my being.
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1:36
$300m they couldâve paid the athletes, instead of paying lawyers to fight for them to not have to pay the athletes.
NEWS: The @NCAAâs latest tax return shows it spent $63.5 million on legal fees in FY25, bringing 5-yr. spending to nearly $300 million.View quoted post on X
(@WSTrialLaw got $19.6M!)
NCAA also spent $372.4M in FY25 legal settlements apart from House.
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âWeâve all seen many of the criticisms of NIL. People say âyouâre giving these young guys all this money, theyâre going to blow it. They donât know what to do with it. Theyâre just going to waste it.â
We want to be the ones who buck that trend. We want to be the ones where they say, âno, you canât say that about WEAVE guys⊠we donât blow our money. We save our money. We invest our money. We make our money work for us.â @WEAVE
We want to be the ones who buck that trend. We want to be the ones where they say, âno, you canât say that about WEAVE guys⊠we donât blow our money. We save our money. We invest our money. We make our money work for us.â @WEAVE
2:56
We can all agree the Sorsby/Texas Tech situation is an unfortunate byproduct of an imperfect system.
What we don't agree on is how to fix it.
Even if Congress passes NCAA legislation, it will only be a temporary band-aid. More lawsuits will follow. New loopholes will emerge. The boundaries will continue to be pushed.
The reality is that major college football and basketball are professional sports. The athletes generating billions in revenue should be recognized as employees and afforded the rights that come with that status.
Every major professional leagueâthe NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, MLS, and WNBAâoperates through collective bargaining between the league and its players' union. Together, they establish the rules, regulations, enforcement mechanisms, and dispute-resolution processes that govern the sport. When circumstances change, they return to the bargaining table and adapt.
Until college athletes have those same rights, the litigation will continue and the system will remain unstable.
Congressional intervention may delay the reckoning, but it won't prevent it. Employment status, unionization, and collective bargaining aren't radical ideas, they're the inevitable destination.
The sooner we start building that framework together, the sooner we can create a sustainable system for everyone involved.
What we don't agree on is how to fix it.
Even if Congress passes NCAA legislation, it will only be a temporary band-aid. More lawsuits will follow. New loopholes will emerge. The boundaries will continue to be pushed.
The reality is that major college football and basketball are professional sports. The athletes generating billions in revenue should be recognized as employees and afforded the rights that come with that status.
Every major professional leagueâthe NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, MLS, and WNBAâoperates through collective bargaining between the league and its players' union. Together, they establish the rules, regulations, enforcement mechanisms, and dispute-resolution processes that govern the sport. When circumstances change, they return to the bargaining table and adapt.
Until college athletes have those same rights, the litigation will continue and the system will remain unstable.
Congressional intervention may delay the reckoning, but it won't prevent it. Employment status, unionization, and collective bargaining aren't radical ideas, they're the inevitable destination.
The sooner we start building that framework together, the sooner we can create a sustainable system for everyone involved.