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Matt Baker

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231 total appearances

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

But I do – I mean I know that some people in the sport are starting to understand that

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

Collective bargaining is one of the ways that this could get solved.

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

And if the Congress door doesn't work, which I'm not saying it will or won't, but if we play that out where the Senate bill dies like all the other bills have died, it doesn't go anywhere.

The Program
H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

We're talking in the fall about what's going to happen with college sports.

The Program
H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

Maybe collective bargaining is the only door really that's left to try and walk through it in a timely manner and fix things now before they get worse.

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

It could happen.

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

It's really complicated.

The Program
H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

But again, all these solutions here are really tough and complicated.

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

That's why we're so into that.

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

I don't think so.

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

Because here's the thing about college sports.

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

When you give people more money, they will spend it.

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

Just period, right?

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

It's not like – I really object to the – or I really like the idea that college sports doesn't have a spending problem or a revenue problem.

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

It's a spending problem.

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

I really think that's the way it is because there's zero reason why schools that make $200 million off of sports and they're paying 20 to the athletes directly, they shouldn't be in a situation where they're like, oh my gosh, we don't have money.

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

We can't make this work.

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

The math doesn't math.

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H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

But the problem is that for years, schools didn't have to worry about the bottom line and trying to balance the budget.

The Program
H4 N2K, Matt Baker, The Kicker

So they haven't tried.