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the BigAmateurism monologues

the BigAmateurism monologues

著者： Richard Ford
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 A series of events over the last 18 months—some unforeseeable—have created a perfect storm that will change college sports forever. The NCAA's bait and switch campaign in Congress on name, image, and likeness, a historic case in the US Supreme Court, COVID, race-based social unrest, the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (and the ascent of Amy Coney Barrett,) the Georgia special elections, and more have conspired to make this era perhaps the most consequential in the history of American sports. In this perfect storm, nothing is as it appears to the public. The NCAA and powerful conferences have marshaled some of the most powerful corporate, legal, public relations, media, and political forces in the world to wage war against a small group of elite revenue-producing athletes—overwhelmingly African American—who threaten to disrupt the NCAA cartel in the 15 billion-dollar-a-year college sports industry. The NCAA is one bill in Congress and one Supreme Court decision away from achieving the Iron Throne of college sports regulation. If that happens, the athletes whose talents underwrite the entire industry will have no recourse in federal courts to challenge the NCAA's amateurism-based compensation limits and state legislatures will be powerless to pass laws that protect athletes' basic economic liberties. Join former Duke basketball player, attorney, academician, and athletes' rights advocate Richard Ford as he dissects the NCAA's war against revenue-producing athletes and the institutions, interests, decision-makers, and motives behind it.© 2025 the BigAmateurism monologues Richard Ford 社会科学
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  • The NC State Decision: Is the IARP Auditioning for Power 5 Business?

    The NC State Decision: Is the IARP Auditioning for Power 5 Business?
    2025/12/22
    On December 20th, the NCAA’s Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP) hearing panel issued its decision in the NC State infractions and enforcement (I&E) case. The I&E case arose from the 2018 criminal prosecutions in the Southern District of New York. The federal government charged financial advisors, athlete agents, and assistant basketball coaches under wire fraud statutes for schemes to either (1) pay assistant coaches to steer star players to certain agents/advisors; or (2) pay athletes or their families to attend a particular Adidas-sponsored university. NC State—an Adidas-sponsored school— was implicated in the criminal cases by a cooperating witness with Adidas connections. The allegations against NC State center on a $40,000 payment from the shadowy cooperating witness allegedly earmarked for NC State basketball recruit Dennis Smith Jr.—intended to secure Smith Jr’s commitment to attend NC State. The IARP panel found former NC State assistant basketball coach Orlando Early guilty of “arranging” the $40,000.00 payment. Early did not cooperate in the investigation. No NC State interest involved in the alleged transaction(s) were prosecuted or called to testify at the criminal case. However, the NCAA I&E staff and IARP advocates/hearing panelists relied principally on testimony from the cooperating witness to make their case against NC State. They also relied on circumstantial evidence—a timeline of phone calls and text messages—and Early’s refusal to cooperate in the NCAA investigation as substantive proof of guilt. The hearing panel then imputed Early’s guilt to NC State. Thus, in effect, NC State was guilty of “arranging” a payment of $40,000 to a high school athlete. Despite the severity of the offense (by NCAA logic and values), NC State received "kiss on the cheek" penalties: (1) one year probation, (2) the loss of one scholarship for 2022-2023, (3) nominal recruiting restrictions, and (4) financial penalties of $5,000.00 and 0.05 percent of the NC State basketball budget. Former head coach Mark Gottfried received a one-year “show cause” order. Orlando Early received a six-year “show cause.” Sports commentators have been perplexed by nominal penalties in the Auburn (Committee on Infractions) and NC State (IARP) decisions. However, when viewed in the context of the realignment of NCAA regulatory authorities under the new constitution, both decisions make perfect sense. Indeed, with the Power 5 now in the driver’s seat on the future of the entire infractions and enforcement apparatus, the NCAA national office I&E staff and the IARP mini bureaucracy are under existential assault. The new constitution’s transfer of I&E authorities to the Divisions includes guiding principles at odds with the NCAA’s decades-long “my way or the highway” approach to I&E. The I&E national office staff and the IARP may be motivated less by compassion and fairness than self-preservation. In essence, both are now auditioning for the Power 5 to keep their jobs.
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    57 分
  • Herbstreit and Howard Flap Suggests Growing Values Dissonance for ESPN and Power 5

    Herbstreit and Howard Flap Suggests Growing Values Dissonance for ESPN and Power 5
    2025/06/04
    On New Year’s Day, ESPN analysts Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard went old school to criticize NFL-caliber football players who opted out of increasingly less consequential bowl games to avoid career-altering (or ending) injuries. Herbstreit questioned these players’ love for the game, and Howard described them as entitled. Facing immediate blowback online (and presumably after consulting with ESPN higher-ups), Herbstreit issued a “clarification” that was essentially a poorly disguised double down. This episode discusses why Herbstreit’s and Howard’s comments reveal a growing values-based imaging and messaging problem for both ESPN and the Power 5.
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    55 分
  • Saban Schools Fisher While Lobbying for Protective Federal Legislation

    Saban Schools Fisher While Lobbying for Protective Federal Legislation
    2025/05/21
    Nick Saban’s comments on the state of college sports regulation will no doubt be remembered more for the reaction they drew from Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher than for what they say about the future of college sports. This was textbook Saban. Grab headlines with provocative claims, then weave in the actual message. Saban’s claims that Texas A&M and Jackson State were “buying” players—and Fisher’s entertaining rant in response—are a sportswriter’s dream. This gift will keep giving until the teams square off in Tuscaloosa in October. But Saban’s comments are worth analyzing for a much different reason. In his portrayal of the chaotic state of college sports regulation, he was a human talking point for tired—and often false—narratives that justify protective federal legislation that would effectively end the athletes’ rights movement. Saban’s megaphone is second to none in college sports. When he speaks, people listen. Saban is a far more potent lobbying force than the army of paid lobbyists working on behalf of the NCAA and the Power 5 conferences, including the SEC. This episode examines Saban’s comments in the context of the NCAA/Power 5 lobbying and public relations war against revenue-producing athletes.
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