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I'm not a free-market absolutist. It's good in some cases...

Posted on: January 13, 2025 at 16:35:27 CT

zounami MU

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not in others.

And btw, there is no such thing as a free market in the real world.

In sports, you need some guardrails to ensure competitive balance or the richest teams will dominate and ruin the product.

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Good news regarding NIL corruption. Republicans are leading - zounami MU - 1/13 15:24:16

could see that coming a couple years ago. What did - MNTIGER MU - 1/14 02:31:18

First of all if ANY body believes the government is going to - tigerman81 MU - 1/13 23:09:43

Ha. This thing is just going to get worse and blow up - SabertoothTiger MU - 1/13 21:49:06

Let it run its course for a while - KC rules MU - 1/14 10:57:43

RE: Good news regarding NIL corruption. Republicans are leading - THINKINGTIGER MU - 1/13 21:34:48

Yeah, gee, it's not like a handful of schools haven't... - mplsTiger MU - 1/13 18:24:07

if you can't see the problem is getting worse, then you're - zounami MU - 1/13 18:28:14

Well, my alma mater appears to be benefitting. - mplsTiger MU - 1/13 18:33:26

Ted Cruz..LMAO(nm) - meatiger MU - 1/13 17:53:10

LMAO!!! (nm) - zounami MU - 1/13 18:20:48

RE: Ted Cruz..LMAO(nm) - CPA MU - 1/13 18:15:11

RE: Ted Cruz..LMAO(nm) - RolandMiz MU - 1/13 17:54:58

Thank god the republicans will be enforcing more regulations - Cosmo MU

- 1/13 16:21:31

free market in sports has failed over and over - Harvey Specter MU - 1/13 19:22:41

agreed, it's desperately needed in this case (nm) - zounami MU - 1/13 16:36:07

lol. No(nm) - Panthera MU - 1/13 18:48:19

RE: Good news regarding NIL corruption. Republicans are leading - sarasotatiger MU - 1/13 15:39:44

I'm not a free-market absolutist. It's good in some cases... - zounami MU - 1/13 16:35:27

RE: I'm not a free-market absolutist. It's good in some cases... - sarasotatiger MU - 1/13 21:38:09

Need a collective bargaining agreement - sks MU - 1/13 17:12:41

Technically, the NCAA wants less regulation. The problem - zounami MU - 1/13 17:18:14

Won't work at the college level. Why would players agree - zounami MU - 1/13 17:14:54

The richest teams have dominated for decades(nm) - TigerMatt KC - 1/13 17:07:56

This argument is silly. It's like downplaying 10% hyper- - zounami MU - 1/13 17:13:17

NIL has benefited many programs like Mizzou (nm) - TigerMatt KC - 1/13 18:10:48

no, Drink has navigated the "NIL" landscape well, but... - zounami MU - 1/13 18:18:51

RE: Good news regarding NIL corruption. Republicans are leading - hondo MU - 1/13 15:49:33

Of course they do run quite a large side business in many - JeffB MU

- 1/13 16:33:08

EXCELLENT point. Antitrust laws are the problem in this case - zounami MU - 1/13 16:38:49

Research grants are way bigger money for universities than - TigerMatt KC - 1/13 17:10:16

It's usually up to the advisor on how much to pay - SatoriTiger JC - 1/13 17:13:02

But who applies for and receives the grants? The professors? - JeffB MU

- 1/13 17:37:02

Usually it is in the professor's name - SatoriTiger JC - 1/13 18:12:59

Thanks for the info. It sounds like the system may have - JeffB MU

- 1/13 20:24:22

MU can probably join the NAIA and restore integrity to - Columbian Gold MU - 1/13 16:24:06

Yeah that is legit a crazy idea - Cosmo MU

- 1/13 16:13:40