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Came across this story (bold emphasis added):
The Tennessean
Knox News confirmed the existence of the loyalty document through a source with direct knowledge of the situation. The source requested anonymity because those correspondence are between the conferences and member schools.
The document is being circulated by the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten and the SEC. It demands that member schools agree to follow new rules involving paying players despite state laws giving the freedom to circumvent the rules. And the pledge also requires schools to waive their right to sue the NCAA or conferences if they disagree with the implementation of those rules.
The document has not been finalized. But potential consequences of not signing it include expulsion from the conference or participation in playing games against other power conference schools.
The new Tennessee law applies to all four-year universities in the state, public and private. UT and Vanderbilt are in the SEC, one of four power conferences.
A clause in the law permits Vanderbilt and private universities to opt out of the protections of the state law in order to cooperate with the NCAA. Additionally, it appears that UT is guiding the approach of the law because of how it’s utilized lawmakers against the NCAA in the past.
University of Memphis (American Athletic Conference), Middle Tennessee State (Conference USA) and other state universities are in mid-major conferences that likely won’t require a pledge to follow the new college sports player pay rules.
For better or worse, this makes Tennessee the epicenter of another earthquake in college sports.
Read the rest at https://sports.yahoo.com/article/tennessee-chooses-state-law-over-185613660.html
If Tennessee chooses state law over NIL pledge, it risks being kicked out of SEC
If Tennessee chooses state law over NIL pledge, it risks being kicked out of SEC
A new Tennessee law triggered the power conferences of college sports into demanding member schools like the University of Tennessee and Vanderbilt to sign a loyalty pledge over new player pay rules or face possible expulsion.Knox News confirmed the existence of the loyalty document through a source with direct knowledge of the situation. The source requested anonymity because those correspondence are between the conferences and member schools.
The document is being circulated by the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten and the SEC. It demands that member schools agree to follow new rules involving paying players despite state laws giving the freedom to circumvent the rules. And the pledge also requires schools to waive their right to sue the NCAA or conferences if they disagree with the implementation of those rules.
The document has not been finalized. But potential consequences of not signing it include expulsion from the conference or participation in playing games against other power conference schools.
The new Tennessee law applies to all four-year universities in the state, public and private. UT and Vanderbilt are in the SEC, one of four power conferences.
A clause in the law permits Vanderbilt and private universities to opt out of the protections of the state law in order to cooperate with the NCAA. Additionally, it appears that UT is guiding the approach of the law because of how it’s utilized lawmakers against the NCAA in the past.
University of Memphis (American Athletic Conference), Middle Tennessee State (Conference USA) and other state universities are in mid-major conferences that likely won’t require a pledge to follow the new college sports player pay rules.
For better or worse, this makes Tennessee the epicenter of another earthquake in college sports.
Read the rest at https://sports.yahoo.com/article/tennessee-chooses-state-law-over-185613660.html
