Solution - we've had enough of this and we're off to do our own thing. We'll call some of you if we decide we need you.
Comes from the institutions' desires not to share revenue and probably avoid other laws/liabilities of paying athletes.
It's too late, man. I think they crossed the Rubicon. State AG's are involved. I didn't realize the DOJ was involved in the transfer restrictions suit already, don't be surprised to see the DOJ get involved with this too.
Saw yesterday the AA currently is defendant in at least five (5) antitrust suits. Ours just so happens to be the one that can end them.
The NCAA has really painted themselves into a corner. There's no way out of this without it getting messy. They'll lose what little face they have, but their best course of action here is probably to either offer a nothing burger punishment quicky and try to make it all go away or draw it out as long as possible (even longer than normal) in hopes that they can somehow gain control of the narrative and become noble victims. The latter is dumber, but it could work to their favor in the lawsuits as it might make it harder to show that anyone has been subject to damages among the parties currently involved if they don't perform any actual enforcement of their retroactive, conceived by a minority of the body rules.
From the comments section of the above piece (not promoting the piece, just wanted to credit the comment): "NCAA has turned college sports into semi pro. They should give Jim Thorpe his gold metals back. He was just a man ahead of his time. All major colleges should refuse to play in any playoff games. What’s happened is an insult to the people that have to pay for there education. Scholarship player are already getting a free education, free room and board with all they can eat free. I have already stoped watching pro football because of players disrespecting our flag by taking a knee. I will stop watching college ball. It has become just like the government, nothing but greed and corruption. No pride in it, just whoever can buy the best team" I mention this because to some friends I was talking about a guy I work with that basically regurgitated the above verbatim to me (sans the Thorpe comment, which is dumb, because Thorpe already got his medals returned ). And I find it hilarious.
So how tied to the Tennessee response and TN/VA court case is the SEC/Big10 announcement? I think we all want to say that it is a united front with a planned response, but are we fooling ourselves if we do?
I think UT formed a beachhead and everyone with a grievance is sending their landing craft to that beach.
Pretty likely this was already in the works, but our stuff may have expedited putting it out there. Jmo.
