Report: White House presses pause on governmental college sports commission

The presidential college sports commission is gone. There was one?There wasn’t, but there was going to be. Now, it’s not happening.Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, mentioning unnamed

Congressional sources, reports that the White Home is” pressing pause”on the prepared commission. Dellenger describes that the relocation is perhaps rooted in the potential impact of the commission on Senate negotiations regarding legislation that would deal with the present mayhem in college sports.Separately, Amanda Christovich of FrontOfficeSports.com reports that plans for a commission are on hold, which the White Home has actually made no final decisions regarding efforts to reform college sports.Even without a commission, it appears that the federal government stays intent on”repairing”college sports. That job must fall to the universities. Decades of blatant antitrust infractions have come home to roost, and the present issues circulation from the NCAA and its members:(1) making the present mess; and(2)refusing to clean it up on their own. They desire it both methods. They yearn for the antitrust-exemption advantages of having a nationwide union without needing to deal with the tasks and

duties of unionized players.Through it all, will the players’interests be properly represented? A commission co-chaired by Nick Saban undoubtedly would have steamrolled player rights

under the guise of pretending to understand and secure their “benefits.”Congress might wind up doing the very same thing.The overriding question stays. Why does college football need a Hail Mary from Uncle Sam? Doesn’t Congress have much better things to do than to help bring back the imbalance that previously existed?Apparently not. College football has actually produced this problem through greed, and it has actually now bootstrapped it into a crisis that needs Congressional intervention.That intervention undoubtedly will restrict player payment and freedom of movement. Without altering in any method the unconfined ability of coaches to make the most of both their earnings and their capability to jump from job to job to job.It’s hypocritical. It’s wrong. For the schools who have actually had their oxen gored by the belated application of antitrust laws to a corrupt system, it’s just what the medical professional purchased.