FCS, Division I-AAA working group aims to chart path for future

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Jason Svoboda said:
If USC's athletes win their case, I think FCS football may go extinct. Most FCS schools cannot afford to classify their athletes as employees and give them even more benefits (think taxes, retirement accounts, etc.) unless they can find a way to separate revenue sports from non-revenue sports and leave Title IX opportunity matching at the door off the backs of said revenue sports.
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If they win that case then Division 1 as we know it will cease to exist. I bet at least 2/3 of D1 would be out of business. There's also no way a university would ever be allowed to only classify football and men's basketball athletes as employees. Can you imagine the lawsuits from women's rights groups if the men's basketball players are being treated as employees and the women's players aren't? Just make sure to get the case in front of a woman judge and that's a slam dunk case. And if women's basketball players are treated as employees then everyone else is going to get the same treatment.
 
Jason Svoboda said:
If USC's athletes win their case, I think FCS football may go extinct. Most FCS schools cannot afford to classify their athletes as employees and give them even more benefits (think taxes, retirement accounts, etc.) unless they can find a way to separate revenue sports from non-revenue sports and leave Title IX opportunity matching at the door off the backs of said revenue sports.
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Damn, but, spot on. Total post will eventually happen
 
Jason Svoboda said:
If USC's athletes win their case, I think FCS football may go extinct. Most FCS schools cannot afford to classify their athletes as employees and give them even more benefits (think taxes, retirement accounts, etc.) unless they can find a way to separate revenue sports from non-revenue sports and leave Title IX opportunity matching at the door off the backs of said revenue sports.
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Are universities distributing 1099s to the "student"-athletes today? By taxes, I'll assume you mean payroll (Social Security and unemployment)...

Does every (current) isu employee have a Sponsored 401k plan?
 

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Actually, it is a pretty fast scan. Some of the sales pitch does seem to be creative marketing, but they did give it the old college try.

Career and Life Preparation

• According to Ivy League, “athletes have significantly higher labor market outcomes that non
athletes…athletes earn about 3.4% more over their entire careers than non-athletes.” [1]
• 55% of student-athletes have held a leadership position in an extracurricular activity, compared
to 31% of non-athletes. [5]
• 54% of student-athletes strongly agree that they were challenged academically in college,
compared to 44% of non-athletes. [5]
o 95% of the student-athletes believed this challenge had a positive effect.
o “The degree to which an [undergraduate student] experiences academic challenge is
also a critical element in positioning them favorably for long-term outcomes.”
• Student-athletes are more likely than non-athletes to have benefited from meaningful and
enriching support experiences with professors and mentors [5]
• 31% of both student-athletes and non-athletes strongly agree that they have had an internship
or job that allowed them to apply what they learn in the classroom. [5]
• There is no evidence to show that the athletic experience takes away from potential life
preparation experiences:
o 15% of student-athletes participate in study abroad programs, compared to 12% of non
athletes. [5]
 
Bluethunder said:
Yea I’m not reading all of that.

Can someone post the highlights?
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Most of it is marketing fluff about student-athletes. The important shit is the framework, which is why they came together in the first place. That starts on page 21 and the most important piece is the Governance Framework. Here that is:

GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK PRINCIPLES

1. National responsibilities and governance are shared for areas of commonality that define all Division I institutions based on membership requirements that may include:
a. Alignment around the sport played by all Division I member institutions, basketball, and governance is no longer subdivided by football;​
b. Sports sponsorship, e.g., basketball and minimum number of sports;​
c. Education, health, and safety support standards;​
d. Academic standards and eligibility;​
e. Structure and administration of fair and equitable national championships;​
f. Revenue distribution formulas and policies that reflect core values and principles; and,​
g. Recruiting and playing rules.​
2. Provides flexibility1 for institutions, conferences and/or sports to make decisions such as:
a. Institutional and/or multisport conference autonomy regarding sports sponsorship offerings and creative partnerships, and prospective and student-athlete benefits enhancements; and,​
b. Sport-specific flexibility and national governing body cooperation for sustainable operations and/or post-season opportunities.​
3. The education, health, safety, well-being, and success of all student-athletes are central to the structure, organization, and decision-making authority of the governance of intercollegiate athletics.2
a. Student-athletes are represented with meaningful voting authority at every level of Division I governance.​
b. A new Student-Athlete Policy and Experience Committee will provide expertise and leadership to ensure the collegiate model remains student-athlete and education-centric.3 The new entity will:​
1. Serve as a unified voice for student-athlete;​
2. Provide opportunity for athletes to present legislation; and,​
3. Make its recommendations directly to the Division I Council; and,​
4. May include independent members selected by the student-athletes to provide health,​
safety, well-being, legal, educational, and administrative guidance.​
c. A new dispute resolution system will allow student-athletes to resolve certain disputes.​
d. Education and training will provide student-athlete representatives with knowledge about governance, leadership, negotiation, legal rights, and more.​
4. Requires minimum membership standards to access meaningful and equitable representation.

The second most important was the Financial Framework piece. Here that is:

FINANCIAL AND RESOURCES FRAMEWORK PRINCIPLES

1. Intercollegiate athletics serves a public purpose through broad-based and equitable educational opportunities funded primarily through investments from institutional resources, student fees, and its community.
2. Athletics departments are integrated and operate within an institutional non-profit, higher education entity.
a. Expenditures are aligned with the institutional mission and to fulfill its public purpose; and,​
b. Expenditures focus primarily on human development and student-athlete support.​
3. National and conference revenue are shared to promote financial sustainability.
a. Institutions invest an amount at least equal to all shared athletics revenue directly to student-athlete education, health, safety, well-being, and equity.​
4. Allows freedom within the governance structure to provide enhanced benefits to “qualified” student-athletes when needed.

To me, this sounds like the creation of an entirely new NCAA-like entity especially based off of #1A in the governance framework section and #3 in the financial framework section. Unless they were just pooling all funds received by the NCAA and then equally redistributing them.
 
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