Figured we could use a thread on this. Trio of bipartisan senators have released a draft version of a bill dealing with NIL. Some good (trust fund for healthcare for 2 to 4 years post playing days, can come back to school if not drafted if not signed with pro agent), mostly bad (15 member panel with subpoena power, NIL deals to be reported to schools and panel, etc.) Again, NCAA had years to fix this problem and kept their head stuck in sand. They've got to live with consequences. Article here - https://www.on3.com/nil/news/nil-bi...e-richard-blumenthal-cory-booker-jerry-moran/
At some point I figure NIL will have a "salary cap" like the NFL. Or not, I'm completely ignorant to most NIL workings.
God forbid they focus on healthcare reform, military reform, crime reform, social security reform, infrastructure, police demilitarization, etc
Imagine if we just all had healthcare, and you wouldn't have to worry about an athlete 2 to 4 years after playing specifically?
Could write in a "first 400 lbs, free, surcharge after that." Or use some other health metric to where the less healthy by lifestyle you are, the more on the hook you are.
It's the biggest thing that pisses me off about universal health care, fat lazy ass holes drinking diet coke while eating two big macs and a large fry. We all know fast food is dog shit and it isn't even cheap anymore, go to the store and buy something that isn't processed shit
Were I in charge, I would be willing to negotiate with you on this. You have a fair point, but I think we could find a middle path.
73% of Americans are fat so I don’t see hitting them financially being a winning public policy in elections. also I’m good on the public health officials being the ones deciding on what a healthy lifestyle is when they’ve vilified animal fat and created the food pyramid that lead to over consuming highly processed grains and highly processed seed oils.
You offer a path and can give them care so long as they follow the path towards getting below the limit when it is first introduced.
That seems likely to turn into an unworkable boondoggle. To be fair though, that's also what our current system is. To the extent there is a solution, it doesn't start with medicine in my opinion and medicine alone will never be able to fix or even seriously curtail it. There is far too much money being made pumping poison into people, charging people to protect against the risk of illness from the poison, and ultimately charging them more to treat their affliction with a solution that will also cause additional problems. Private healthcare can work. Like almost everything else in America, it isn't broken by accident.
It took an act of god to make smokers pay higher insurance rates. No way we get all the fat [uck fay]s to.
