@wcparker_829 More travel if you don't schedule two game trips (which is contrary to the safety rationale), the need for more staff (trainers, etc) b/c of overlapping seasons, the need for more fields/practice space
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Steven Bank
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Steven Bank
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UCLA Law professor. Most tweets are about sports law or tax/business law. Tweets/replies are not legal advice
Los Angeles, CA Katılım Ocak 2016
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@ProfBank How exactly does a 2 semester season with the same number of contests equate to higher costs
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A 2-semester season is consistent with the US Soccer/NextGen White Paper recommendation for college soccer, but it omits a regionalized structure. That's the next step in making college soccer sustainable. Otherwise, the cost of 2 semesters will lead to programs being cut.
NCAA News@NCAA_PR
Committee adopts 2-semester playing season for DI men’s soccer. ncaa.org/news/2026/5/13…
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This is a strong argument for a Fall-Spring season, but how will this work in big, geographically-distanced, conferences? If you play 2 games in 3 days to save money on road trips, safety is still compromised. If you don't, expenses are unsustainable. Something has to give.
College Soccer Truth ™@ImCollegeSoccer
3 games in 9 days and in some conferences it’s 4 games in 10 days with the current model…… …do you think that’s in the best interest of the kids? It’s not! 20-22 games over 3 months is NOT in the best interest of the student athlete physically or mentally. #CSTruth
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It buys you a short-term international slot while you are waiting for another one to come open
Corner Of The Galaxy@GalaxyPodcast
I can imagine scenarios that let you wrangle things around for a short period of time. Might also buy you time during the Transfer window to bring someone in and then get somone out before he returns. No cap relief, but the senior roster spot is opened. #LAGalaxy #MLS
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In other words, D1 non-revenue sports = Low D1 or D2/D3, where activity fees/tuition pays most sports costs. Ironically, this model can give the players more power and control than the current DI non-revenue model at tuition-dependent schools going through the demographic cliff
D1.ticker@D1ticker
New standard on the horizon? 🐏 @GoHeels AD @BubbaUNC believes there will be a shift in non-revenue athletics: "I do think we'll get to a bifurcated system … that will have two pay-per-play models. One is you will be paid to play your game and others you'll have to pay if you're going to play your game. And so that's where we're going to end up, I think, at some point." Cunningham also offered a look into the transfer portal: "This past year, almost 50% of the Division I basketball players entered the portal. That just doesn't seem to be something that is good for the academy." 📰: drvco.omeclk.com/portal/public/…
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@theAndyMead @WinterSportsLaw In theory, NCAA sport-specific committees already perform the rules/sport governance part, but if US Soccer, for instance, did that, you would get some rules alignment. On the broader issues, though, you at least need some broader org coordinating schedules for facility usage
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@WinterSportsLaw The official USOPC sport governing bodies should handle more of the sport-specific matters, but without some sort of over-arching body to coordinate calendars and the available staffing, facility, officials resources, it could get ugly real fast.
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A good example of why college sports should be governed by sport specific entities.
Each sport is different.
Trying to govern them with blanket rules in today college athletics world doesn’t work.
Gopher Puck Live 〽️@GopherPuckLive
The NCAA wants 5 in 5 and they do not care about any other sport besides Football & Basketball. This will have huge ramifications on College and Junior hockey. But the affect on High School hockey in Minnesota could be very bad! This is just a small piece of our conversation on this topic. Full show: youtube.com/live/9_bvwaoCM…
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I would amend this to say ALL college athletes really can use the education that is attached to the scholarship. Even if you “make it,” education helps you keep it and everyone has a post-athletic career awaiting them for which an education can be helpful
William Payne@TweetsbyCoachP
The vast majority of college athletes really need the education that is attached to the scholarship. Let’s try to never lose sight of that.
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@theAndyMead Could be Rocco's family, the NASL's former owners who would receive a share of any proceeds, or Kessler's firm could be doing it as a loss-leader. It's not super expensive to pursue an appeal after a full trial and if they win reversal, someone may pony up for another full trial
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NASL argued its case for a new trial against US Soccer in the 2nd Circuit, focusing on the failure to include a jury instruction permitting jurors to ignore the lack of a relevant market and prove anticompetitive effects directly
Good Seats Still Available@GoodSeatsStill
"The North American Soccer League pressed the Second Circuit for a new antitrust trial against Major League Soccer and soccer's U.S. governing body Wednesday." (@AlexxLawson) law360.com/sports-and-bet…
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Both parties need each other, which makes this an ideal situation for balanced collective bargaining if the NCAA/colleges would end their resistance to acknowledging that players are employees. 2/2
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There is a broader point lurking here. The popularity of college revenue sports and its players is primarily, if not almost exclusively, a function of the college affiliation. That's the secret sauce that makes an otherwise minor league a market competitor to pro leagues 1/2
Florida Basketball Hour@FloridaBBHour
This insight from Todd Golden in the @jeffborzello and @JeremyWoo piece on Haugh’s return gives you an idea of just how good the Gators braintrust is at navigating the NIL era. It isn’t just a production number. It’s a brand and marketing fit.
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Aubrey made $75,000 base salary and $93,500 total with Toronto FC in Major League Soccer in 2017 before leaving soccer and eventually transitioning to the NFL
Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
Brandon Aubrey and the Dallas Cowboys reached agreement today on a deal that will make Aubrey the highest paid kicker in NFL history. The four-year extension makes Aubrey the first kicker to earn $7 million per year and receive $20 million guaranteed, per Todd France and AJ Stevens of @AthletesFirst.
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Val Ackerman, @UCLA_Law '85, first WBNA Commissioner and member of the UCLA Ziffren Institute on Media, Entertainment, Technology, and Sports, retires as Big East Commissioner.
Amanda Christovich@achristovichh
Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman is retiring. Ackerman helped rebuild the historic basketball conference and set it on a path to success. Before that, she was the first ever WNBA commissioner. A giant in the sport of basketball. Full release: bigeast.com/news/2026/4/20…
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Just in time for Tax Day, my new book, High Rates and Low Taxes: Tax Dodging in Mid-Century America (Cambridge University Press 2026) is now out
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Sounds like FIFA is contemplating asking Trump to declare a form of domestic "Olympic Truce" during the World Cup
Adam Crafton@AdamCrafton_
Exclusive and free to read @TheAthleticFC FIFA’s senior executives & Gianni Infantino have spoken about him making a President-to-President plea to Donald Trump for a *full* ICE raid moratorium across the United States during World Cup. nytimes.com/athletic/71934…
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This is true, but colleges and sports are like a bad codependent relationship. They both would be in trouble without the other, but many of the problems of each can be traced to the ill-fitting nature of the relationship
Mit Winter@WinterSportsLaw
DI college 🏀 & FBS 🏈 exist in their current state for one reason: their main purpose has become university marketing. As a former DI college 🏀 player myself, and someone who has kids that hope to play DI🏀, it pains me to say it but any educational purpose is secondary.
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