Demond Williams Jr. situation highlights need for collective bargaining
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Key Points:
- The NCAA's current policies allowing coaches to be poached mid-season and the unresolved NIL/transfer portal issues have created ongoing chaos in college football.
- Recent cases like Washington QB Demond Williams Jr.'s NIL deal and transfer uncertainty, and Georgia DE Damon Wilson II's lawsuit highlight conflicts between player rights and university control.
- Universities resist recognizing players as employees while seeking to control them, opposing efforts for players to unionize and gain collective bargaining rights.
- A players' union could secure clear rules on transfers, payments, practice limits, and coach oversight, similar to the NFL's model, but schools are reluctant to lose control.
- The article argues Congress should reject one-sided antitrust exemptions that favor schools, urging full employee
