It would take a real "heighten the contradictions" set of circumstances to get them to go along with collective bargaining.

Posted on September 4, 2026 at 12:33:41 PM by GritsGoBlue

I kinda like the anarchy in the sport right now. The courts have created a situation where the players are finally getting paid something other than scrip from the company store and they have freedom of movement. Naturally, the administrators and coaches think that this is a disaster. It would be nice if their desire for rules and order led them to collective bargaining but instead, it has taken then to Capitol Hill to whine to Ted Cruz for an antitrust exemption.

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This LSU stuff is reminding me of the way that everyone ganged up on Michigan during the Harbaugh era. - By GritsGoBlue September 4, 2026 at 11:43:56 AM
- it seems like LSU is going for a monopoly on the most hated coaches in all major sports - By DoctorD September 4, 2026 at 12:27:33 PM
- Yeah it's pretty interesting that after everything else that has happened, guy gets drafted but is cut during training camp and wants to go back to college ball is somehow the end of all that is decent and holy - By Paul September 4, 2026 at 11:51:03 AM
  - Wouldn’t all of this be solved by a CBA? nm - By mgaelster September 4, 2026 at 12:15:09 PM
    - You basically have to destroy the entire 150-year ideology built up around big time college sports to get universities to admit these guys are employees* - By Paul September 4, 2026 at 12:30:55 PM
      - It would take a real "heighten the contradictions" set of circumstances to get them to go along with collective bargaining. - By GritsGoBlue September 4, 2026 at 12:33:41 PM
  - Right. These are the guys we always thought should be allowed to come back (ie guys like Sean Higgins or Che Foster who left and then got drafted in later rounds or undrafted) - By Rich September 4, 2026 at 11:55:09 AM
    - Contin, unrelated but related, in the case of Roddy Gayle - By Rich September 4, 2026 at 11:57:28 AM
      - Roddy did not sign a pro contract. * - By Nikos September 4, 2026 at 12:24:58 PM
        
        I think Noland did.* - By MasterBates September 4, 2026 at 12:39:14 PM
        
        even better, but I'd be ok if he did under the circumstances* - By Rich September 4, 2026 at 12:36:16 PM
- Rumors that they have contacted Joe Flacco (!)* - By Cincywolve September 4, 2026 at 11:44:41 AM

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It would take a real "heighten the contradictions" set of circumstances to get them to go along with collective bargaining.