(SB) Ongoing UF Softball Commentary

I’d like to be a fly on the wall in Patty Gasso’s office and her conversation$ with Love$. Gasso vs Glasco?!

 

I thought of you when I wrote that post. God love ya for watching single-camera Batbuster games and keeping us informed. Compared to that, Athletes Unlimited is iMax coverage.

 

Of all the Gator Softball Testimonies posted on the Gator Softball page this was my favorite testimony:

 

This testimony is for Rick to relish!

 

I have proof Taylor has played first base before. Broken arm and all:

 

Korbe just missed her first pro home run by one inch. Might have been a 1/2 inch. Not sure how it hit the top of the fence and bounced back.

 

For those interested, this site tries to explain the administration of the NCAA settlement:Inside the House v. NCAA Settlement’s New NIL Oversight Regime: 12 Steps, Power Conferences, and a Compliance Balancing Act
This is a very complicated article and I don’t do complicated well. So view my first take with that in mind.
The $20 million limit per institution, I would guess, means UAA will determine how much goes to which sort. Softball, which operates at a loss will likely get a small share.
The NIL fair market value is subject to review by an outside firm (Deloitte) and subject to arbitration. I believe this is to keep schools (like TT) from cornering the market and making unrealistic deals. I think administering this will be a nightmare.
Getting back to Softball’s share, I am concerned the new scholarship rules could add significant cost to the program and reduce the amount available for athlete’s compensation.
I will appreciate anyone who has better knowledge explaining this settlement.

 

Almost everything in this settlement will be challenged and kicked to the curb, so don’t get too attached to anything in it. There’s already an appeal filed for failure to take title ix into account.

This doesn’t prevent third party deals, and I doubt very seriously their attempt to control what deals will be allowed is going to hold up. If they try to stop a deal they deem not to be “fair market value”, it will almost certainly be challenged, and the ncaa has a horrible record with these suits recently. They simply don’t get to decide what’s fair. If someone wants to pay some no name high school grad a million bucks to attend their granddaughter’s birthday party, they decide what’s fair fair market is.

 

Based on what I've read, even attorneys have differing views on the implementation. Keep in mind, this will give certain schools who don't have or don't prioritize FB an advantage in the so called minor sports. St.Jihns has been used as an example in Basketball, UCONN is another even though they kind of play Football. Personally I'm just watching from afar with my popcorn. I believe this will hurt the everything schools such as Stanford and UF. On the flip side, I don't believe the cap will standup in court and will be challenged sooner rather than later, probably a Texas school. In regards to Softball, It will IMO become harder for UF to stay at the top than before.

 

To add to my other post a bit, this is a single lawsuit between a single person and the ncaa. The ncaa tried to put together some kind of quasi cba with the settlement here between them and another single entity. You can’t negotiate a cba and not give the athletes a say. None of this is going to hold up. If they want to put any type of real restrictions in place, they need a cba. They won’t have a cba until the players have a union. They won’t have a union until the players are on employment contracts. The schools are avoiding the employment relationship at all costs.


Even if/when they get a cba in place, it won’t curb the third party deals. The schools/fanbases that want to spend the most will continue to do so. The only thing you can hope for is they get some contracts in place that can somewhat limit movement.

 

I saw all is well and was wondering the same.

 

The cap doesn’t limit third party deals, so it’s not going to slow the flow or hurt any schools directly. If the schools booster networks want to continue to spend more than the cap, they will. The schools placing some arbitrary cap on themselves doesn’t mean anything. Their attempt to control those third party deals will come crumbling down after the first lawsuit, and there will likely be hundreds filed. You’ll probably have a bunch filed before there’s even any denials.

The schools that ignore football and focus more on basketball and other sports were already at an advantage because football is by far the most expensive to fund.

 

That look on her face lol. She’s like I got this! Such supreme confidence for such a little one.

 

I have a feeling that kid at five years old was a complete handful.

 

Wholeheartedly agree. I have a three year old boy that marches to his own drum. Hopefully he turns out as awesome as Taylor. However military school and prison wouldn’t surprise me lmao!

 

Wonder what kind of NIL deals the scared straight and military school programs are offering nowadays. I may have missed my calling.

 

Seems like tomorrow is the day for the class of 2027 to commit and be reached out by schools. Anyone know if we are in the running for some top players? Our 2026 class seems pretty strong.

 

Thought it was September first?

 

What could happen next? AUSL is successful and, like the NBA, drafts underclasswomen or signs them right out of high school.
The sport we have loved so long for it honesty and purity has been FUBAR’ed!

 

So, #21 was an adorable little kid? Who would've guessed that? Even then, I bet she was a great interview.