4GX
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I posted a thread (on the main Yappi football forum) that I expect the same restrictions on scholastic amateurism in sports (that the US Supreme Court recently struck down for colleges, ruling vehemently against the NCAA) to soon ALSO be struck down for high school athletics— in other words, the OHSAA is NO DIFFERENT than the NCAA— the courts are NOT going to protect amateurism in scholastic sports at any level— there is really no difference in the conditions at either level— and with the legal precedent ALREADY established at the highest court in the land, it will not take long to apply that precedent downward, across the country.
So, I expect a free-for-all for players to emerge here very soon— it will take someone with standing (e.g.- a HS player) to sue for the same NIL benefits that ”college” professional athletes are now getting (that kid QB who just jumped from Texas HS to Ohio State— Quinn Ewers— could have been the test case— but he elected to just go to college early, rather than sit around and argue with the Texas equivalent of the OHSAA)— and then, it will be Katie-bar-the-door with the same flood of endorsement money (on a smaller scale) beginning to wash over HS athletes across the country,
So, my real question is this: WHO are going to emerge as the dominant powers in Ohio “high school” athletics? Really, I am asking: Who has the richest, most devoted alumni base, willing to spend the most money to attract (and pay) the most, best players to play for their alma mater?
I think I already know the answer— but I want to see what this august group here has to say; the group on the main Yappi thread is likely to get too wrapped around the axle debating why this won’t happen— and focusing on the wrong criteria for future success, if they even ever DO consider what this New World Order will look like. Here, I expect a bit more rational, considered thought about what I think is (inevitably) coming.
So, I expect a free-for-all for players to emerge here very soon— it will take someone with standing (e.g.- a HS player) to sue for the same NIL benefits that ”college” professional athletes are now getting (that kid QB who just jumped from Texas HS to Ohio State— Quinn Ewers— could have been the test case— but he elected to just go to college early, rather than sit around and argue with the Texas equivalent of the OHSAA)— and then, it will be Katie-bar-the-door with the same flood of endorsement money (on a smaller scale) beginning to wash over HS athletes across the country,
So, my real question is this: WHO are going to emerge as the dominant powers in Ohio “high school” athletics? Really, I am asking: Who has the richest, most devoted alumni base, willing to spend the most money to attract (and pay) the most, best players to play for their alma mater?
I think I already know the answer— but I want to see what this august group here has to say; the group on the main Yappi thread is likely to get too wrapped around the axle debating why this won’t happen— and focusing on the wrong criteria for future success, if they even ever DO consider what this New World Order will look like. Here, I expect a bit more rational, considered thought about what I think is (inevitably) coming.