Campbell is part of the group meeting with Trump next weekend, so at least he's got an invitation to a spot at the table.

As I said last week, watching the derivative fallout of the untenable era of NIL is becoming its own sport.

Campbell's push reminds me of the era of women trying to break the barrier into Augusta National or the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band. People said that would never happen, either.

Campbell didn't become a billionaire because he's dumb. He knows which buttons to push and exploit. Wait until he gets all the have-not schools and their women sports behind this. If you think the WNBA got...and gets...more attention than they should, you ain't seen nothing yet.

The only question remaining is if the mountain is too big for Campbell and the dozens of have-nots to climb. But climb they will, and as they do you will see more transparent, eye-rolling arguments as nauseating as that "white paper" and Campbell's tweet are.

Every school has billionaires, and some with money that dwarfs Campbell. And collectively the big schools don't give two ****s about him.

Teslag said:

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Every school has billionaires, and some with money that dwarfs Campbell. And collectively the big schools don't give two ****s about him.

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So what.

Augusta National has a membership with more net worth than most, if not all schools. It's also a for profit corporation whose 300 individual members are as influential as any in the country.

And even they had to bend the knee and weren't able to keep outsiders on the outside.

Watch what happens if Campbell and others play their cards well...they may not ultimately get what they want but sphincters are gonna pucker before it's all said and done.

Title IX is the law of the land but it might not survive NIL.

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Teslag said:

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Every school has billionaires, and some with money that dwarfs Campbell. And collectively the big schools don't give two ****s about him.

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So what.

Augusta National has a membership with more net worth than most, if not all schools. It's also a for profit corporation whose 300 individual members are as influential as any in the country.

And even they had to bend the knee and weren't able to keep outsiders on the outside.

Watch what happens if Campbell and others play their cards well...they may not ultimately get what they want but sphincters are gonna pucker before it's all said and done.

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Based on what? ESPN calls the shots here and they aren't going to be pushed around by Cody f'ing Campbell and a bunch of schools with no viewership.

The issue was not ESPN & SEC and Big10 being pushed around by Cody Campbell.

It's Cody Campbell getting the ear of Trump and influential members and Congress.

They don't have to push around ESPN. ESPN has no choice but to bend the knee

BMX Bandit said:

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The issue was not ESPN & SEC and Big10 being pushed around by Cody Campbell.

It's Cody Campbell getting the ear of Trump and influential members and Congress.

They don't have to push around ESPN. ESPN has no choice but to bend the knee

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This.

Campbell knows there is little chance the SEC and Big Ten would ever agree to pool their rights for an all encompassing cfb media rights deal (and the legislation he backs would not compel that) because the have nots (Tech) would demand a larger share than they are getting now. His main objective is to prevent implementation of the settlement from the House case so, which would happen through passage of the SCORE Act by Congress (and is dead in the water without it) so that he can continue to boost Tech's chances through unlimited NIL.

The Big XII joined all the other conferences in urging Congress to pass the Score Act, but a few well placed contributions by Campbell, and the left's natural inclination to support the "workers" (which the sports agents have convinced them are better served by the status quo), have made it an uphill climb.

Folks, media contracts pay on how many eyeballs will see the commercials. The advertising for a Texas Tceh playing Cincinnati or UCF is not going to draw the listeners/watchers than an A&M game against any SEC team. Networks are not in business to lose money. For the same reason, other sports, men or women, are not going to draw the audience football or men's basketball does.

Schools already share revenue and NIL among all the sports - some better than others. Schools share media rights among conference members. The identical solution for every school is not a good idea - one solution does not fit all schools. Networks would no longer bid big numbers. NIL donors may not donate because they don't like the formula.

This is just another case where socialism would not work.

Buy him paying $40 million a year for NIL, will never make him go broke. He makes that much money and interest a year.

NIL actually freeze the colleges up to be able to support the female sports and nonprofitable sports. They were spending a lot of money for recruiting and paying players that now they don't have to.