The Big 12 keeps having forums dedicated to the changes surrounding college athletics, and they keep producing great (read: terrible) ideas. The latest comes from Texas women’s athletic director Chris Plonsky, who, recognizing that the NCAA is entirely ineffective in enforcing its own rules, wants the government to think about taking on that task.
Texas administrator wants the government to take over NCAA investigations
I’m sure they’d love to!
Ronald Martinez
Texas' Chris Plonsky: Needs to be outside organization monitoring/enforcing college rules "with some teeth in it," possibly govt. agency.
— Jon Solomon (@JonSolomonCBS) October 21, 2014 I would be stunned, but some have suggested giving the NCAA subpoena power, so it’s clear that the level of self-importance about governing silly sports rules is very high. Still, this is a very hilarious idea for a couple of reasons.
- An administrator at one of the biggest schools in the NCAA actually thinks the government might care enough about a) college sports and b) the amount of money athletes make, that it would actually put considerable resources into a committee to oversee the NCAA.
- As economist Andy Schwarz pointed out, this entire purpose of this supposed agency would be to make sure that antitrust laws are not enforced.
Perhaps people should stop giving Chris Plonsky a platform to talk about athlete compensation. After all, the last time she spoke on this subject, she was so convincing that the lawyers who she supposedly opposed applauded her.
More bold talk by an O'Bannon attorney. This time it was Bill Isaacson saying of NCAA witness Chris Plonsky: "She was our witness."
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